On Wed, Oct 13, 2004 at 01:58:25PM -0600, Sasha Pachev wrote: > 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?
Clearly, we should have a Communist revolution. Mike
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