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From: lucasea on 11 Nov 2006 10:40 <jmfbahciv(a)aol.com> wrote in message news:ej4k9c$8ss_030(a)s977.apx1.sbo.ma.dialup.rcn.com... > In article <sq15h.3588$IR4.1362(a)newssvr25.news.prodigy.net>, > <lucasea(a)sbcglobal.net> wrote: >> >>> jmfbahciv(a)aol.com wrote: >>> >>>> It causes all other prices to eventually go up, especially housing. >>>> It eliminates wage competition. >> >>Only at the bottom end. Everyone else still competes. >> >> >>>> People's real productivity is >>>> no longer measured nor rewarded with wage. >> >>I would argue that anybody who is still making minimum wage after any time >>at all in a job, isn't productive and doesn't deserve to be rewarded. >> >> >>>> >I saw it can be a slow as $5 an hour. >>>> > >>>> >Can anyone actually live on that ? >>>> >>>> $10k/year? Yes. >> >>That's not living. > > You don't that. It is only your opinion that's not living. > People do live on that kind of cash flow. And what you conveniently snipped is the fact that, in order to reach the poverty level, someone would have to nearly double that wage. Living in poverty isn't "living", it's "existing". There's a big difference. Eric Lucas
From: lucasea on 11 Nov 2006 10:41 "Ben Newsam" <ben.newsam(a)ukonline.co.uk> wrote in message news:b6lbl2t804d13v4moi3i90q1n2hsh25q7u(a)4ax.com... > On Fri, 10 Nov 06 12:04:46 GMT, jmfbahciv(a)aol.com wrote: > >>In article <AEG4h.11568$B31.4300(a)newssvr27.news.prodigy.net>, >> <lucasea(a)sbcglobal.net> wrote: >>> >>><jmfbahciv(a)aol.com> wrote in message >>>news:eiva46$8qk_005(a)s839.apx1.sbo.ma.dialup.rcn.com... >>>> In article <4550A28F.B40C659F(a)hotmail.com>, >>>> Eeyore <rabbitsfriendsandrelations(a)hotmail.com> wrote: >>>>> >>>>> >>>>>jmfbahciv(a)aol.com wrote: >>>>> >>>>>> In addition, people burn the wood that is laced with arsenic. >>>>> >>>>>What kind of wood is laced with arsenic ? >>>> >>>> Any wood you want to prevent termintes from eating. >>> >>>Not any more, at least not new wood. >> >>Sigh! People don't burn wood they've just paid $2.59/bd.ft. They >>burn the old wood they've just replaced. > > But according to you, the treated wood never needs replacing. Pretty damn close, in my experience. Eric Lucas
From: JoeBloe on 11 Nov 2006 10:42 On Sat, 11 Nov 2006 06:39:29 GMT, <lucasea(a)sbcglobal.net> Gave us: > >"JoeBloe" <joebloe(a)thebarattheendoftheuniverse.org> wrote in message >news:g1eal2dosisofr40ccnm98kcgi8pbtiar0(a)4ax.com... >> >> Even Western Digital has its products made and assembled elsewhere, >> but it is still an American company. > >...and what fraction of their workforce would be American? > >Eric Lucas > The up front investiture, hardware product, the profits, the name, the quality assurance, the engineering... All the parts that matter.
From: lucasea on 11 Nov 2006 10:45 <jmfbahciv(a)aol.com> wrote in message news:ej4l1b$8ss_033(a)s977.apx1.sbo.ma.dialup.rcn.com... > In article <4555374F.EF500B95(a)hotmail.com>, > Eeyore <rabbitsfriendsandrelations(a)hotmail.com> wrote: >> >> >>krw wrote: >> >>> rabbitsfriendsandrelations(a)hotmail.com says... >>> > jmfbahciv(a)aol.com wrote: >>> > >>> > > Raising the minimum wage is stupid and insane. >>> > >>> > Why ? >>> >>> Why should the federal government tell anyone what their worth is? >>> > >>> > I saw it can be a slow as $5 an hour. >>> >>> The federal minimum wage is $5.15/hr. Some states are higher >>> (Vermont is $7.25 and going up). I'm not sure anyone really works >>> for the minimum (MacD's is advertising $9.00/hr.). >> >>So why the fuss over increasing what would seem to be a notional minimum ? >> > > You should notice that Keith is swearing. That is not is usual > style. I guess he's got the same problems I have. Yes, defending an untenable position against data and logic will cause one to do that. >AS minimum > wage goes skyhigh, This is disingenuous. Nobody is suggesting it go "sky high". The contemplated increase, the first such in something like 20 years, is about $2, or about $20. In that time, inflation has gone up nearly 100%. I'd say that's a rather modest increase. Eric Lucas > so do property taxes, real estate, food, other > taxes, and other things needed for survival. This is contrary to actual data. Eric Lucas
From: Eeyore on 11 Nov 2006 10:49
unsettled wrote: > I am at a slight loss in the > medicine coverage if I use Canadian pricing as > the basis, but way ahead if I use USA prices. Why are the same medicines more expensive in the USA ? Graham |