On Wed, 13 Oct 2004 13:58:25 -0600, Sasha Pachev <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > It appears that the law that the amount of pay is inversely proportionate to the > usefulness of the labor you perform holds very well in those examples. So > something is definitely wrong with our economy, but is more than recession, lack > of jobs, or high fuel prices. Something is REALLY wrong. Being skillful in > drawing public attention is worth millions, while actually making things happen > is worth close to survival minimum.
I've wondered this as well. School teachers get paid very poorly compared to the level of service that they preform. I say that after watching the amout of work my wife would put in to a lesson and the amout of money that she brought home. >With two languages mixed in my head, I > cannot remember if this carries into English, but in Russian they say that an > empty barrel makes a lot of noise :-) > I believe the english saying goes, "the squeaky wheel gets the grease". > So what is the solution? Any thoughts? > I as long as people are willing to pay sports/movie/music stars salaries by buying their products nothing will change. Those professions prove an escape from reality, and it appears that society as a whole values that escape. I'm not saying that sports/movie/music/etc stars don't work hard, but as you pointed out society would still continue to function if they didn't exist. I think fundamentally, it starts by raising children would don't view those people as "stars". Jared Moore ____________________ BYU Unix Users Group http://uug.byu.edu/ ___________________________________________________________________ List Info: http://uug.byu.edu/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/uug-list
