I have enjoyed reading the discussions at ECOFEM but I would like to
discontinue this service. Could you please remove me from your
distribution list. Many thanks.
>From [EMAIL PROTECTED] Fri May 12 08:45:10 MDT 1995
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
on Fri May 12 09:40:12 1995
To: John Blank <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
Date: Fri, 12 May 95 09:03 CST
Subject: Re: Cancel my subscription
Please cancel my subscription as well. I am leaving a
job I am in now, so my email address will no longer work.
I'm going to grad school in the fall, so hopefully I'll be
able to sign up again for the ecofem list then (if I have
enough time to read anything other than coursework stuff).
Thank you,
Amy Hanridge
>From [EMAIL PROTECTED] Fri May 12 09:18:28 MDT 1995
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: power communication
Date: Fri, 12 May 1995 09:22:22 -0600
From: "Mary C. Simmons, Hydrologic Assistant, Albuquerque, NM
"<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
On Thu, 11 May 1995 17:43:56 -0600
Cuddlemonster/Joy Williams said:
> Mary Simmons typed:
> >
> >"From each according to his ability, to each according to his need" is not
> >exactly what Kylie said. All jobs paying the same implies that we regard all
> >work as equally valuable. This would remove a pesky heirarchy inherent in our
> >western civilisation. I do not think this "absurd".
>
>
> I have a basic problem with this. It would kind of knock out incentive. IF>
>everyone was paid the same amount, then human nature would dictate that no> one
>would give a damn. Utopiastically speaking, it's ideal, but I don't> think it would
>work. If I got paid $9 an hour after spending $50,000 on> college to get a degree,
>and I went through all of that effort to learn a> career, and the high school drop
>out made the same amount as I did, I would> be pretty upset. I would have wasted my
>money. This would also knock out> any potential for raises because the new person
>would be making the same> amount as a person who had been there for 30 years or so.
>
If you spent $50,000 on a college education, you have incredible privilege.
What I'm talking about here is a complete change in attitude, where we don't
have to compare ourselves to each other in order to gain some measure of
worth. Why do you care what anyone elde makes? Does someone else's income
REALLY diminish you? If all work was valued equally, maybe we wouldn't have
high school dropouts--which may be a result of hopelessness in the self-worth
department. Personally, I'd like to see people not be so moved by the dollar.
If we are ever to have a society of social justice, we must stop worshipping
money as the measure of human worth and the incentive to do anything.
> Nope, wouldn't work. Certainly there are problems with the way things are> now, but
>I don't think that this is a feasible answer. What about
> recognizing someone's hard work and dedication?
Are you assuming that people with $50,000 educations are the only people who
are dedicated and work hard? Are you assuming that the ONLY work that should
be recognized comes from $50,000 educations? Are you assuming that high
school dropouts NEVER work hard? This is "classism" at its finest.
Nope, it sure wouldn't work, as long as people NEED to feel better than
others, for whatever the reason.
>
> I do believe that everyone should make a living wage, but the way our crazy>
>economic system works, that wage needs to continually be raised to be able> to live!
> Joy Williams
> Scion, Church of All Worlds
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Thou art God/dess!
Even High-school dropouts art God/dess? Or only people with $50,000
educations?
