If you want Sweden, you know where to find it. As for Portugal, I'll take the word of someone who escaped the place because socialism over the word of a bitter troll who refuses to stay on topic.
On Sun, Jun 28, 2026 at 5:06 PM Dick Williams < [email protected]> wrote: > Not Adam Smith but plenty of former capitalist on IBM-main. Funny how that > works. People who regularly swear by capitalism, suddenly wanting > government to stop the capitalist because it came for them. If you look at > most of the rest of the world, social democracies are not only better for > the majority, their quality of life is far better. Higher taxes are offset > by free healthcare, free education, better infrastructure, more paid time > off, maternity time off for both the mother and father. I’ve been to many > of those countries. Sweden, Norway, Denmark, Italy, Germany, Netherlands, > Austria, Switzerland, Portugal, & others. It’s better there. > > > Sent from Yahoo Mail for iPhone > > > On Monday, June 15, 2026, 8:11 AM, Seymour J Metz <[email protected]> wrote: > > Adam Smith is a socialist now? > > -- > Shmuel (Seymour J.) Metz > http://mason.gmu.edu/~smetz3 > עַם יִשְׂרָאֵל חַי > נֵ֣צַח יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל לֹ֥א יְשַׁקֵּ֖ר > > > > > ________________________________________ > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List <[email protected]> on behalf > of Dick Williams <[email protected]> > Sent: Monday, June 15, 2026 12:14 AM > To: [email protected] <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: Government finally sees the problem..... > > > External Message: Use Caution > > > This is hilarious. You guys used to be huge capitalists. Now that > capitalism has come for you, suddenly socialism is looking better. > > > Sent from Yahoo Mail for iPhone > > > On Friday, May 29, 2026, 4:08 AM, Seymour J Metz <[email protected]> wrote: > > Also, the rules should allow an H1B employee to change jobs without > penalty if he is not being paid the prevailing wage, there are unhealthy > working conditions or there are unsafe working conditions. That would make > some of the unenforced legal provisions self policing. > > -- > Shmuel (Seymour J.) Metz > http://mason.gmu.edu/~smetz3 > עַם יִשְׂרָאֵל חַי > נֵ֣צַח יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל לֹ֥א יְשַׁקֵּ֖ר > > > > > ________________________________________ > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List <[email protected]> on behalf > of Paul Gilmartin <[email protected]> > Sent: Thursday, May 28, 2026 10:59 PM > To: [email protected] <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: Government finally sees the problem..... > > > External Message: Use Caution > > > On Thu, 28 May 2026 14:08:22 -0400, Steve Thompson wrote: > > >The following was sent to me from the Indiana Attorney General's > >office: > > > >"...is leading a coalition of 13 states in support of a U.S. > >Department of Labor proposed rule to raise prevailing wage > >requirements for foreign workers in the H-1B, H-1B1, E-3, and > >PERM programs. The change aims to better protect American jobs, > >wages, and working conditions from the displacement and wage > >arbitrage caused by the current H-1B system." > > .... > I agree. I'd agree even more strongly if it were scrubbed of > nationalism. Equal pay for equal work should apply alike > regardless of demographics. > > -- > gil > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, > send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN > > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, > send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN > > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, > send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN > > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, > send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN > > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, > send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN > -- Jay Maynard ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
