Re: Cap's bad old days :)

Friedman (bananafish_9@yahoo.com)
Sat, 20 Mar 1999 15:17:25 -0800 (PST) 

Jim you are my hero, I agree with you 100%. I was trying to express
your same arguments, but I did not get them across as well as you did.
(:
-Liz Friedman

---blah b b blah <jrovira@juno.com> wrote:
> No, that's not the case, Camille.  Capitalism doesn't mean the
banning of
> theater.  It means theater is left to survive on its own, and theater
> patrons and their money is what supports it.  This means the death of
> bad, poorly produced theater and the thriving of good theater, in
> general.
> 
> Firing production workers is just a fact of life, and if you had ever
> been near those kind of decisions you realize what motivates them. 
You
> can only make people work so hard.  Firing excess workers mean more
> wealth for the company and better pay and benefits for the remaining
> workers as well.  Meanwhile the company that fires them (in America,
at
> least) pays out megabucks for unemployment compensation for workers
that
> aren't even being productive for them.  But that's still cheaper than
> keeping them on...
> 
> I live in Central FL (near Disney) and we're in a construction boom
(I'm
> an electrician), specifically because of greedy capitalists wanting to
> make money here.  There are far more jobs in my field than there are
> workers right now, and I'm one of the better ones.  So what's been
> happening is that wages are going up and benefits are increasing to 
lure
> workers.  I've been able to demand more money and win because my
> employers know I can get a similar job in a day, but they'll spend a
lot
> of time looking for an electrician like me.  
> 
> This is all because of moneymoneymoney being spread around by evil,
> greedy capitalists out to make a profit.  
> 
> Your statements about the homeless sound to me like the words of
someone
> who's never bothered to try to help them :)  I mean, really tried.  No
> one deserves that kind of existence, no.  Many are trying to do
better. 
> But many others wouldn't have it any other way, and have been
defeating
> themselves for years to stay that way.  They spend every dime they
have
> on cheap wine and crack cocaine rather than try to hold a job and save
> their money and buy FOOD.  And there are always people around who are
> passing out free meals and clothing (I help support these people), so
> they can afford to spend the money they make at day labor jobs on
drugs,
> etc.  
> 
> I know this because I've worked with these guys on a day in, day out
> basis at different times in the past.  Yeah, some of them do deserve
> better.  Ok, ALL of them deserve better. But many of them have no
desire
> for anything better.  
> 
> It's kinda like Leaving Las Vegas.  They want to keep at it till it
kills
> them.
> 
> Jim


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