I tend to agree that at this point no minds will be changed, but I will answer this one last scenario by saying that it is the exception that proves the rule.
In general, I as an employer have no reason to maintain someone on my payroll if they are not earning their salary. Unless of course it's a disguised gift. Outside of that scenario, why would I do that? sooooooooo.... let this thread end with a question not a whimper. Dana On 10/5/05, Gruss Gott <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Larry wrote: > > I guess that has nothing to do with the fact that the unemployment > > rate for those parts of germany are 2 or 3 times the national average > > for Germany as a whole. > > > > They discuss that in the piece and talk about how those people aren't > leaving gov't assistance and entering the market. > > A further point would be, why don't those people move to where the > work is? That's an example of how taxpayers are being asked to > subsidise another's poor decision. People don't have the *right* to a > job that pays $200k/yr just because they decide living in Antarctica > would be cool. In the same way neither do the "working poor". > > Dana has often made the point that people earn their pay even if the > gov't is forcing it beyond what the market will bear. I would ask her > to consider this case: > > I'm an executive with a large corporation and decide to hire my young > son on as a line manager except I pay him double what other starting > line managers make. Would the same argument above apply? My son > would be earning his pay even though I've singled him out for more pay > simply because, say, he's a newlywed? > > When this happens with Mr. Bush we call it cronyism and/or nepotism > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Protect Your PC from viruses, hackers, spam and more. Buy PC-cillin with Easy Installation & Support http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=61 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:176005 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
