Is it possible for us (meaning those that do technology for a living) to nudge things in the right direction ourselves or is this too big a problem for that?
--- "R. Scott Belford" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Thursday 20 February 2003 08:32 pm, Stan Baptista > wrote: > > > > So how does Hawaii expect to attract and keep high > > quality technical talent and businesses when they > can > > do so much better elsewhere? Frankly, I have yet > to > > hear any answer other than "lucky live Hawaii" > when I > > inquire about the salary situation. Well, I > > guess...maybe, but it's not a very satisfactory > > answer. > > begin rant > I have come to hate this phrase. This and the > "price of paradise." They > seem to excuse every market inefficiency and > economic incongruity we have. > They distort basic laws of economics by enabling one > to justify non-market > rates simply because of our location. They create > an economic myth that is > simply not true. I find that greed, the fact that > we border on being an > isolated second world government, and unchecked > corruption are the true > contributors to our staggering economic > discrepancies. A simple solution is > not so easily stated. > end rant > > scott > _______________________________________________ > LUAU mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://videl.ics.hawaii.edu/mailman/listinfo/luau ===== ______________________ Stan Baptista - [EMAIL PROTECTED] Webawocky Website Designs www.webawocky.com great websites happen...by design __________________________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Tax Center - forms, calculators, tips, more http://taxes.yahoo.com/
