Edward J. Shornock wrote: > I beg to differ. I, at least, am trying to avoid ending up living in a > cardboard box or milking social services.
And the corporations are trying to prevent from folding. BTW, you do realize that corporations are nothing more than individuals just like you. > survive, but I do need the ability to earn _something_. Since these > large corporations[1] wouldn't offer me the chance to work for them[2], > it's now "DIY" with regards to earning an income to pay the mortgage, > and I'm now a competitor. Screw them. And tell me exactly why it is their obligation to offer you, personally, work? > I'm bitching because their collective greed is making it hard > for anyone to be able to find work in order to simply _get by_. Their collective greed? For doing the exact same thing you and I and others do several times a day? Don't believe me. Oh, your gas light is on. 2 gas stations, one selling gas at 2.25 a gallon, the other 2.20 a gallon. Chances are you would be like many other people and hit the 2.20 pump to save a whopping $.80 on the transaction (based on an average 15 gallon tank). But don't you know your *GREED* is making it hard for the owner of that station to "get by". > I was out of the running even though I wasn't applying for positions > that had anything to do with computers. Just because of the schooling, > knowledge, and previous pay that I had attained, I was overlooked for > the chance of ANY positions for ANY pay, including jobs that were at > minimum wage. I just wanted *something* since *anything* would be > better than $0. And that is somehow greed on their part? This started out as "my job was exported" and now turned into a rant against the "overqualified" fallacy which I agree with and isn't motivated by greed. > While there are some that probably go through trying to "make as much as > possible," that surely doesn't apply to everyone. It's the plain greed > that pisses me off with the corporations, as well as the politicians. > How many yachts or mansions does one person need? Envious much? It isn't a matter of need. How many toys the other guy has versus how much you think they need is irrelevant. I mean, hey, how much ELECTRICITY does one man need when there are people in other countries that don't have it. If they obtained the toys legally who gives a rats butt how much they have? That's not your concern and is, quite frankly, part of the problem. -- Steve C. Lamb | I'm your priest, I'm your shrink, I'm your PGP Key: 8B6E99C5 | main connection to the switchboard of souls. -------------------------------+---------------------------------------------
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