That was an excellent article! Thank you. -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Sasha Pachev Sent: Wednesday, October 13, 2004 1:58 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [uug] [OT] Economy
Ok, a somewhat off-topic post. A subject that has been on my mind lately. First, some food for thought. A little follow on the recent Michael Moore thread. See http://www.desnews.com/dn/view/0,1249,595097892,00.html Hanity charges $100,000 per appearance + travel expenses. Moore charges $40,000 per expenses. Both get it regularly. A programmer make somewhere in that range annually. An EMT, a policeman, a firefighter, a teacher, and a farmer make about half the amount annually. It appears that the law that the amount of pay is inversely proportionate to the usefulness of the labor you perform holds very well in those examples. So something is definitely wrong with our economy, but is more than recession, lack of jobs, or high fuel prices. Something is REALLY wrong. Being skillful in drawing public attention is worth millions, while actually making things happen is worth close to survival minimum. With two languages mixed in my head, I cannot remember if this carries into English, but in Russian they say that an empty barrel makes a lot of noise :-) So what is the solution? Any thoughts? -- Sasha Pachev Create online surveys at http://www.surveyz.com/ ____________________ BYU Unix Users Group http://uug.byu.edu/ ___________________________________________________________________ List Info: http://uug.byu.edu/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/uug-list ____________________ BYU Unix Users Group http://uug.byu.edu/ ___________________________________________________________________ List Info: http://uug.byu.edu/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/uug-list
