some money is always better than no money, Gruss ;) Talk to you later. Dana
On 10/3/05, Gruss Gott <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Dana wrote: > > To repeat my point - we have a minimum wage, get over it. It may as well > be > > realistic. > > > > It's been a great debate and I'll appreciate the updates. > > While I understand there's a MW, it's not a good solution these days. > Maybe even as short as 10 years ago it was, but now that the economy > is entering new territory it's an anachronism. (Kinda like Unions) > > I feel sorry for those that accept it, not because they're mostly near > or below the poverty line, but because accepting the subsidy is a > hopeless act that will doom them to the same fate as those that > accepted Welfare. > > When Mr. Clinton did away with Welfare as we knew it, all kinds of > success stories popped up: people started new business, embarked on > real careers, and just generally moved on with their life. > > I know one woman who went back to college after working her day > shift. She couldn't afford to pay someone to look after her child, so > she brought her with. Now she's a VP of one of the world's largest > health care companies. Her daughter just graduated from one of the > World's top MBA schools and works at the same company. > > Minimum wage denies these opportunities to its recipients; it's > essentially an abusive policy as it ghettoizes its recipients. I > think government can do better. > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| All-in-one: antivirus, antispam, firewall for your PC and PDA. Buy Trend Micro PC-cillin Internet Security http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=60 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:175668 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=89.70.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
