I get really tired of white-collar workers (and people in the upper middle class) who bemoan Unions, but who do nothing to help working people make a living wage.
In a message dated 12/7/2004 2:43:27 PM Eastern Standard Time, Ben Rhoades <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: >At 02:32 PM 12/7/2004, Clinton, J. Scott wrote: >I'd like to think that too, but do you shop at Wal-Mart?nbsp; A lot of people >are starting to make a distinction between quot;minimum wagequot; and >quot;living wagequot;.nbsp;nbsp;nbsp; Personally, I believe that my earnings >impart a responsibility upon me to use those monies wisely...a concept that >Christians refer to as quot;stewardshipquot;.nbsp; Because of my conviction, I >don't shop at Wal-Mart (though I do buy things from Home Despot...mostly out >of frustration and lack of selection at my local hardware stores) and I don't >feel that my biggest requirement in purchasing things is that the price be as >low as possible.nbsp; I am willing to pay more for a quality product.nbsp; I >believe that it benefits me as well as society for people to be able to earn a >living that allows them to live above the poverty line. > >Well, the Wal-mart example is a good one however, I do look at it sort of >different, and maybe I'm living in the 50s.nbsp; I see most of the people >working at as a job, not as a career.nbsp; I don't think of Wal-mart as a >career place other than maybe some management.nbsp; I shop there with that >mindset and think that many of the problems are people believing that their >job at Wal-mart should be something to support their family.nbsp; However, I >also I agree that you get what you pay for in terms of quality and I will >often pay more to get something I think will last longer.nbsp; > >regarding the union and the turnpike, I would have to agree that the case is >completely unlike wal-mart.nbsp; I remember reading about a study that someone >did for a turnpike (might have been MA) for how to cut costs.nbsp; The >reccomendation was to eliminate fares because the cost of collecting them was >greater than the fares collected.nbsp; This is not the case on the PA >turnpike, but when EZ pass was launched, an agreement was reached that the EZ >pass would not eliminate any tolltaker jobs.nbsp; The turnpike is a political >entity, and eliminating patronage jobs is not the goal of any politician that >I know of. > >Yeah, it's interesting that doing things that would have a positive affect on >the greater good but bad for patronage turns out with patronage winning... > >Like most things, unions bring negatives along with their positives. > >Of course, this is true of almost anything. > >-Ben >---- You are receiving this because you are subscribed to the list named >"UnivCity." To unsubscribe or for archive information, see . ---- You are receiving this because you are subscribed to the list named "UnivCity." To unsubscribe or for archive information, see <http://www.purple.com/list.html>.
