Greeks invented logic?
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From: George Jefferson on 4 May 2010 19:16 "Joel Koltner" <zapwireDASHgroups(a)yahoo.com> wrote in message news:xuYDn.239042$Bs1.36083(a)en-nntp-01.dc1.easynews.com... > "John Larkin" <jjlarkin(a)highNOTlandTHIStechnologyPART.com> wrote in > message news:t2i0u51och09libbhokppcfoj13docsjhr(a)4ax.com... >> Insane. Everybody in Greece will go on strike to punish... who? > > Why, the rich of course -- they're thinking that if they have to endure > pay or benefit reductions, gosh golly, if they strike they can similarly > reduce the income of business owners and other "rich Greeks" and get them > to feel the sting as well. > > It's based on the usual assumption that those running businesses are > raking in huge profits and could "easily" afford to pay their workers more > or at least not cut their pay when the economy goes sour, but (as the > article mentions) instead choose to take "the easy route" of cutting pay > and benefits. > > How often that's really true is anyone's guess, of course. Although logic > would indicate that it's a lot less true when the economy is in rotten > shape than when it's booming... Those people are either too stupid or too arrogant to realize that they are most likely going to cause the complete collapse of their state in which they will have much worse problems... Of course America is heading down the same path...
From: Joel Koltner on 4 May 2010 20:23 "George Jefferson" <phreon111(a)gmail.com> wrote in message news:hrq9sa$k2f$1(a)news.eternal-september.org... > Those people are either too stupid or too arrogant to realize that they are > most likely going to cause the complete collapse of their state in which > they will have much worse problems... I agree, there's certainly a non-negligible chance of that. > Of course America is heading down the same path... Once people have obtained a certain standard of living, it's an unusual individual who will take the long view of what's best for their country as well as their own best interests and accept a reduction; most people are pretty short-sighted in that regard. (This is likely heightened by people seeing the behavior the likes of AIG executives -- if those guys made huge incomes and even when they utterly failed were bailed out by the government so as to be able to continue living their oppulent lifestyles, why should I, the little guy, have to make any sacrifice either?) ---Joel
From: Jim Thompson on 4 May 2010 20:37 On Tue, 4 May 2010 17:23:47 -0700, "Joel Koltner" <zapwireDASHgroups(a)yahoo.com> wrote: >"George Jefferson" <phreon111(a)gmail.com> wrote in message >news:hrq9sa$k2f$1(a)news.eternal-september.org... >> Those people are either too stupid or too arrogant to realize that they are >> most likely going to cause the complete collapse of their state in which >> they will have much worse problems... > >I agree, there's certainly a non-negligible chance of that. > >> Of course America is heading down the same path... > >Once people have obtained a certain standard of living, it's an unusual >individual who will take the long view of what's best for their country as >well as their own best interests and accept a reduction; most people are >pretty short-sighted in that regard. (This is likely heightened by people >seeing the behavior the likes of AIG executives -- if those guys made huge >incomes and even when they utterly failed were bailed out by the government so >as to be able to continue living their oppulent lifestyles, why should I, the >little guy, have to make any sacrifice either?) > >---Joel > What? You didn't contribute to Obama's campaign ?:-) ...Jim Thompson -- | James E.Thompson, CTO | mens | | Analog Innovations, Inc. | et | | Analog/Mixed-Signal ASIC's and Discrete Systems | manus | | Phoenix, Arizona 85048 Skype: Contacts Only | | | Voice:(480)460-2350 Fax: Available upon request | Brass Rat | | E-mail Icon at http://www.analog-innovations.com | 1962 | The only thing bipartisan in this country is hypocrisy
From: Robert Baer on 5 May 2010 00:15 John Larkin wrote: > > http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601087&sid=ai35iM38zN08 > > > Insane. Everybody in Greece will go on strike to punish... who? > > John > > Is George Papandreou still alive? he was my Econ teacher at UC Berzerkly ages ago! They do not like having pay for a measly 52 weeks a year; they were "guaranteed" 54 weeks of pay (or was that 56 weeks?). There are other crazienesses as well..
From: Robert Baer on 5 May 2010 00:19
Joel Koltner wrote: > "George Jefferson" <phreon111(a)gmail.com> wrote in message > news:hrq9sa$k2f$1(a)news.eternal-september.org... >> Those people are either too stupid or too arrogant to realize that >> they are most likely going to cause the complete collapse of their >> state in which they will have much worse problems... > > I agree, there's certainly a non-negligible chance of that. > >> Of course America is heading down the same path... > > Once people have obtained a certain standard of living, it's an unusual > individual who will take the long view of what's best for their country > as well as their own best interests and accept a reduction; most people > are pretty short-sighted in that regard. (This is likely heightened by > people seeing the behavior the likes of AIG executives -- if those guys > made huge incomes and even when they utterly failed were bailed out by > the government so as to be able to continue living their oppulent > lifestyles, why should I, the little guy, have to make any sacrifice > either?) > > ---Joel > > AYUP! That just about nails it on the head! |