> BLS DAILY REPORT, FRIDAY, JULY 31, 1998:
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> __Until the beginning of last year, compensation had remained fairly
> flat during an otherwise broad expansion of the economy. The rise in
> compensation is now accelerating -- especially for workers in industries
> such as financial services and business consulting. ^^^^^^^^^^
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Am I just a purist crank about words, or what? Industry ultimately
derives from the Latin struere, to build or pile up. What my father
and a lot of other honest people labored with lifelong is **industry**:
materially acting upon raw materials for employment in a different form.
Their memory is mocked by this fraudulent usage, and whenever I hear
banking, securities, insurance, travel, etc, characterized as "industry"
I can't avoid a strong feeling that some profit-scented con game is being
perpetrated against ordinary folks, as when doctor ---> caregiver
kicked off the whole HMO scam.
Hey, class, how about a show of hands on this?
valis
