They don't need to hire one, just change someone's job title. Maybe we'll have an acronym arms race (in fact, I assume there is one already!)

Name a sane country ;-)

Using (the) force (of making someone's family's health and well-being dependent on their undermining of their co-workers' need for the same) is like forcing someone to rape someone else - but while you're *not* there ;-)

...if the job paid the same as, say, catering...

Mao knew what youth were capable of. I think it got a bit out of control in the end...

Universal ID.

Let's wait a while and see how this turns out...

Only when trying to think up justifications for the things we have just done ;-) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wRqyw-EwgTk

Consonant

Would you go as far as to say "culpably" irresponsible? Would some kind of lawsuit help, or are Oracle too big for the law?

That's the only thing that might make me consider this.
Actually, I'm joking: even if it did, I wouldn't be interested!

Yes: then their arguments have no basis and they cannot continue.

Society under-utilizes gifted people because otherwise gifted people would become some kind of "elite" ;-)

I suspect that this is not easily done.
If someone's going to try, I suggest comparing the spending power of a $ in the hand of someone at the top or bottom of the chain for any given commodity...

Ok, I'm being lazy - but what were they logging and why?

Er, sorry, got lazy: another story about person x blocking person y from improving something because he hasn't been paid. Don't know how this can be stopped.