Don't you *ever* get tired of being an apologist for the TM movement, Lawson?
Your "figures" below are calculated on the basis of them being paid $200 per month. They aren't. They are paid $50 a month. The other $150 goes to their parents, who *sold them into this program in the first place*, and ONLY IF they complete their three-year "contract." The pandits never see a penny of that $150. So your apologetics below are all based on a LIE. It's a GOOD DEAL for the parents to sell their children into this kind of slavery. The average monthly income in India is $94. They get $150, plus one less mouth to feed. Meanwhile the TMO charges thousands to tens of thousands of dollars for each of the yagyas performed by these indentured servants, and pays them (using your calculations below, only with the correct base figure) $1.66 per day, not $6.60. Shame on you for helping to perpetuate this scam, Lawson, and for supporting what can only be described as a modern form of slavery. ________________________________ From: "lengli...@cox.net" <lengli...@cox.net> To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Sent: Thursday, March 20, 2014 9:40 AM Subject: [FairfieldLife] What do the Pandits get paid compared to the minimum wage in India? According to wikipedia, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_minimum_wages_by_country#Countries the pandits are getting paid about 4-6x the minimum wage for someone living in India: $689/year. I figure that because the minimum wage figure on wikipedia includes requirements for room and board, which are free for the Pandits while they are staying in the USA. They get paid $6.60/day + room and board, which is nearly 2x the minimum wage of 118 rupees ($2.18) per day in Bihar to 185 rupees ($3.40) per day in Haryana (with local cost of living allowance included). Assume that room and board is 1/2 your income, and the Pandit's income works out to 6x the minimum wage in Bihar and 4x the minimum wage in Haryana. Not the highest wage, but by no means exploitation, either.
