From: "nessie" [EMAIL PROTECTED]
I think these are not boom times, at least not for workers. I think that
the media lies.
Considering that all the major media outlets are now owned by major
non-media corporate conglomerates, it is not surprising that the media does
not report anything from the
[EMAIL PROTECTED],Internet writes:
Considering that all the major media outlets are now owned by major
non-media corporate conglomerates, it is not surprising that the media
does
not report anything from the workers' perspective...
I see three basic conspiracy angles to inflation. The mass
Bob Stokes wrote:
In a message dated 00-05-07 10:00:14 EDT, nessie writes:
If this system is so great, how come economic life has been getting
steadily worse since before most people were born? If we are really in an
economic boom (as the media tells us) how come the typical couple works
I'm 51. When my son was born, I was 20. I had a job that paid about ten
percent above minimum wage. I worked 12 hours a day, five days a week. I
made time and a half for over time. It came to about a hundred bucks a
week. It was plenty. My wife stayed home with the kid. We lived on
Manhattan in a
In a message dated 05/07/2000 9:00:14 AM Central Daylight Time,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
Coca-cola from a machine cost fifteen cents.
Phone calls cost a dime.
If this system is so great, how come economic life has been getting
steadily worse since before most people were born? If we are
In a message dated 00-05-07 10:00:14 EDT, nessie writes:
If this system is so great, how come economic life has been getting
steadily worse since before most people were born? If we are really in an
economic boom (as the media tells us) how come the typical couple works 70
hours a week to