Re: Temporary blues

1998-05-06 Thread Brad McCormick, Ed.D.
Jim Davis wrote: TEMPORARY BLUES By John Slaughter I have been downsized, effective Labor Day, 1997. Being downsized is actually a pretty accurate description of how it feels, too. My stature as a human being has definitely been diminished. I am a throwaway, a discard at 58, no

Re: Bringing down the MAI

1998-05-06 Thread Cordell, Arthur: DPP
Socializing losses and privatizing profits. Interesting sort of asymmetrical market economy. arthur cordell -- From: tom abeles To: Ed Weick Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Bringing down the MAI Date: Tuesday, May 05, 1998 7:29PM Ed Weick wrote, in part: As you may have

Re: Temporary blues

1998-05-06 Thread Colin Stark
At 05:13 AM 5/6/98 -0400, Brad McCormick, Ed.D. wrote: Jim Davis wrote: TEMPORARY BLUES By John Slaughter I have been downsized, effective Labor Day, 1997. etc I, too found this piece moving, having been "downsized" in '82 at age 44 However, looking back from here, the cloud had a

Re: Bringing down the MAI

1998-05-06 Thread Jim Dator
Here, here, Tom and Arthur. THAT is always the rub. Everyone I observe who favors "free-market capitalism" expects "the government" to provide a docile, competent work force (and more importantly, consumers); regulate OTHER economic activities; permit them to strive for (and hopefully obtain)

Re: Bringing down the MAI

1998-05-06 Thread Ed Weick
Socializing losses and privatizing profits. Interesting sort of asymmetrical market economy. arthur cordell When you think about it, isn't this the way it is - for the most part? Isn't this why we have a social safety net and rather steeply progressive income taxes in order to socialize

Re: Bringing down the MAI

1998-05-06 Thread Jim Dator
Ed you may be right concerning Canada, but not in the Nether Regions. On Wed, 6 May 1998, Ed Weick wrote: Socializing losses and privatizing profits. Interesting sort of asymmetrical market economy. arthur cordell When you think about it, isn't this the way it is - for the most