I think that what you are persistently missing is that human capital is in fact capital. You can refuse to maintain it, sure... but it's a bit small-minded. I can decide that I don't think I should have to put oil in my car -- why should I? But in the long run I will pay more that way if I want to have a tool that transports me.
If a city/state/country wants a competitive workforce, it will occasionally have to do some maintenance and upgrading. Or on the other hand it can be Mexico and bleed possibly productive citizens to better opportunities elsewhere. But we have had this conversation before and you refuse to enter the 19th century... hard to know what to say. Dana >> Sam wrote: >> What I'm saying is we'll help them cleanup and get training but >> after that they're on their own. Its kind of selfish to say they got >> what they deserved so let them rot. >> > >Wow, dude, I think I agree with you here. It's for this reason that I >believe the gov't needs a totally revamped education system because >the current one is horribly broken and not preparing our children to >compete in the global marketplace. > >In many cases, such as soccer games that don't keep score because >it'll hurt self esteem, it's doing the exact opposite. > >> So what do you propose we do with people like Enron employees that >> lost all there retirement money because of a few corrupt people. They >> should take to the street and beg? I think the most common way people >> lose their retirement savings is catastrophic medical reason. >> > >Yes, they should lose their savings. They violated the first rule of >investing: never put all your eggs in one basket. They knew the risk, >took it, and lost. There are many gamblers that make the same mistake >- I know one personally. And he lost everything including his wife >and kids. It's sad, but should I pay for his gambling mistakes? ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:207266 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=11502.10531.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
