for anyone interested, an article on a local minimum wage initiative: http://www.alibi.com/editorial/section_display.php?di=2005-09-22&scn=feature#12781
Dana On 9/22/05, Dana <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Ah. Well I speak from the minimum wage capital of the US here. We are > currently having a debate at the local level here, as to whether we really > want to be the place that companies relocate to because we are dumb enough > to chase after call centers. But it is very possible -- and quite common > here -- to work fulltime and barely break $10k a year. > So I question your assertion that nobody *has* to be poor. I have been > there actually, and sure, I didn't stay poor, but I had a clue what to do > not having been born there. Right at the time, working for fifty cents an > hour after the babysitter, it wasn't something I could snap my fingers and > get out of right that second. > > But I was trying to make a slightly different point. It is very facile to > say, as I did at one point, you know, I was only ever in one mandatory > evacuation but I put my last twenty dollars in the tank and got out of St > Augustine. Yes, but if I had not had a car the twenty dollars would not have > done it. > I was merely making the point, to myself as much as anyone, that it is > easy to not realize what little things become difficult below a certain > economic schedule. Get stranded in a flood when you are already overextended > and daddy has decided to skip a few child support payments, and you remember > quite quickly. > > Dana > > > On 9/22/05, Gruss Gott <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > Dana wrote: > > > Being poor is hoping the toothache goes away. > > > > > > > I'm a little iffy on this. > > > > Being poor is the suck, no doubt. However people always have a choice > > to work and not to be poor. This country allows everyone a college > > education and an infinite amount of meritocratic opportunities. > > > > That being said, it's tough to escape when you don't know anyone that > > has even been to college much less has a decent job. It just doesn't > > occur to many people how they can get out. That's a problem. > > > > The 'being poor' thing however does nothing to comment on a solution, > > it only attempts to gather emotion about the problem. That's not > > really ethical. > > > > If you want to understand poor, you should watch Hustle and Flow. > > "You know it's hard out here for a pimp ..." > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Find out how CFTicket can increase your company's customer support efficiency by 100% http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=49 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:174719 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
