Comment Re:Devil's advocate objects: (Score 1) 1272
"Why should should my sister study 14 hours per day for 20 years, denying herself sleep, sex, and eyesight in the process if she will end up being no better off than a janitor, except that the janitor has been having the time of her life for the last 20 years, has a developed relationship with 7 kids (all on welfare), can sleep well at night in a house she had not earned, and does not need glasses to read the 'funnies'."
I'd like to meet the janitor who has had the "time of their life" for 20 years. And your sister should learn to budget her time better if she wants to live a long healthy life. No company is going to want to pay her anything if she can't see. And while the janitor is most likely not having the "time of their life", they may still be having a happier life than your workaholic sister. If janitors were not doing their jobs, many people would have more miserable lives.
People need to check out this link:
http://www.brookings.edu/metro/pubs/20060622_middl eclass.htm
It is not that liberals want a socialist state (though some may), but most think that it is morally corrupt for a society to have millionare CEOs sitting on the boards of each other's corporations voting each other fat pay raises that are way out of line with what their average employees are earning. These CEOs are also more concerned about the bottom line, and their bonuses, than the well being of our country.
I'd like to meet the janitor who has had the "time of their life" for 20 years. And your sister should learn to budget her time better if she wants to live a long healthy life. No company is going to want to pay her anything if she can't see. And while the janitor is most likely not having the "time of their life", they may still be having a happier life than your workaholic sister. If janitors were not doing their jobs, many people would have more miserable lives.
People need to check out this link:
http://www.brookings.edu/metro/pubs/20060622_midd
It is not that liberals want a socialist state (though some may), but most think that it is morally corrupt for a society to have millionare CEOs sitting on the boards of each other's corporations voting each other fat pay raises that are way out of line with what their average employees are earning. These CEOs are also more concerned about the bottom line, and their bonuses, than the well being of our country.
