Being firmly in the middle on this topic I'm optimistic that the extremes of either ilk are bell-curve-esque in their relative "smallness".....the upper non-working leisure class and the lower non-working leisure class.....although I'm guessing the latter is a larger group than the former as membership in the former has a higher barrier to entry than the latter.
Being a hopeful future retiree myself I believe that you have probably earned your present situation either through contributions to pensions/retirement accounts, frugal/thrifty living, or the grace of one or more gods.... ciao, Scott Nicholson, Director KW Commercial 512-947-2688 Discovery Realty Group www.DiscoveryAustin.com www.KWCommercial.com ----- Original Message ---- From: Gill Ediger <[email protected]> To: Scott Nicholson <[email protected]>; Fritz Holt <[email protected]>; "[email protected]" <[email protected]>; "[email protected]" <[email protected]>; "[email protected]" <[email protected]>; "Ashmore, Stephen C" <[email protected]>; "[email protected]" <[email protected]>; "[email protected]" <[email protected]>; Chris Young <[email protected]>; Bob Rathbun <[email protected]>; Reed Moraw <[email protected]>; Dianne West <[email protected]>; Henri Childers <[email protected]>; Mandy Holt <[email protected]>; "Holt, Jenny" <[email protected]>; Becky Kruse <[email protected]>; Off Topic <[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, February 19, 2009 4:22:09 PM Subject: Re: [ot_caving] FW: A short piece of wisdom At 04:08 PM 2/19/2009, Scott Nicholson wrote: > However, Gill, your family metaphor is flawed (imho) because in this >instance we're not talking children vs adults. Yep, I knew that when I wrote it, but I wanted to point out that there are different concepts of 'government'--and they are related to who works and who doesn't and who makes money and who leaches off whom. The original point of what Fritz sent out was well taken--it does happen that way. But that's not the only way it happens, hence myopic. I was trying to take it to the other extreme--with some attention to brevity, which may have confused the issue. > Outside this argument, but inherent in the larger discussion, are the people >who do not or will not work. Yep, again. On either end of the social spectrum there is a leisure class. Ever notice how many of those on the high end don't work? I wonder where we retired people fit in. --Ediger --------------------------------------------------------------------- Give this to a friend: [email protected] To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected] --------------------------------------------------------------------- Give this to a friend: [email protected] To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected]
