You may have a point about Mexican immigrants. And maybe Isaac will be ok. He was able, after all, to convince me to try to help him. But see, my point is that you can point to the mother and say, why did she stay with that man so long, why did she have so many children, and so on, but none of that is *Isaac's* fault. But just because some people are able to get out does not mean that everybody can, that's all, and maybe there are some questions that need to be asked at the level of the community about certain things. Personally, I think it's great that someone here is saying, hey wait a minute, do we really need another $6 an hour call center. I am not sure that I agree with the minumum wage thing -- I am sure it will make it harder for *me* to expand -- but I do think that it's good that society is no longer blind to the way we subsidize corporations that take advantage of workers.
Dana On 9/23/05, Gruss Gott <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Dana wrote: > > That kid really haunts me. > > I could tell a few similar tales but in mine the parents basically > chose their situation by marrying (or not) an alcoholic/drug > abuser/abuser and/or were one themselves. They proceeded to make the > same mistakes and did nothing to get out. > > This isn't the children's fault, and it's very difficult to break the > cycle, but they can. I know many of these kids because I grew up with > them. They made their choice. I went to college with some of them > who dropped out because, really, they liked smoking doobies and > drinking more than they liked money. In fact, it became their sole > source of income. So you do have to put some personal responsibility > on them and I'd say they account for about 75% of "poor". > > A few years ago I sat across a dinner table from a rich guy who was a > managing partner in a large strategy consulting firm. Next to me was > your typical recruit: raised wealthy in Singapore, college in Europe, > post-grad in America, spoke about 20 languages. He was bloviating to > the MP about how the MP must love the int'l recruits who are so smart > and sophisticated. The MP smashed him of course, but not before > making a good point: his best recruits were from poor families in the > mid-west. Why? > > Because this firm needed people willing to work their ass off and > Midwesterners, in general, have a great work ethic. And poor because > poor people with a work ethic are VERY motivated. They actually have > something to lose. In short, they're hungry. > > It's also a silent test they passed. If a poor ghetto kid from > Chicago figured out how to escape and get the credentials necessary to > apply, then they were top notch. > > The point is, some people are hungry enough for the silver spoon that > they figure out how to get it. I bet that, in a few years, that MP > may say he prefers Mexican immigrants as well. They seem to be quite > motivated. > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Find out how CFTicket can increase your company's customer support efficiency by 100% http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=49 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:174878 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
