Harry Pollard wrote: > Rogers compared wages back then with wages in the 19th century using food > as a common measure. > > A laborer could earn a year's food for his family with just 15 weeks work. ... > I am not suggesting we would want to live back then. Rather, that given > the right circumstances, it was possible in the 15th century to live > better than many of our citizenry now - without handouts from the >government.
There's a Swiss mechanic who earns a year's living with just 12 weeks work. Because he spends the rest of the year in Canada. Chris ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ SpamWall: Mail to this addy is deleted unread unless it contains the keyword "igve". _______________________________________________ Futurework mailing list [email protected] http://fes.uwaterloo.ca/mailman/listinfo/futurework
