Re: [CTRL] Boom times (was):sending ur kid

2000-05-08 Thread Ynr Chyldz Wyld
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

Re: [CTRL] Boom times (was):sending ur kid

2000-05-08 Thread nessie
[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

Re: [CTRL] Boom times (was):sending ur kid

2000-05-08 Thread Nurev Ind Research
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

[CTRL] Boom times (was):sending ur kid

2000-05-07 Thread nessie
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

Re: [CTRL] Boom times (was):sending ur kid

2000-05-07 Thread [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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

Re: [CTRL] Boom times (was):sending ur kid

2000-05-07 Thread Bob Stokes
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