Re: Cap's bad old days :)

blah b b blah (jrovira@juno.com)
Sun, 21 Mar 1999 13:58:19 -0500 (EST) 

Gawd..first, Scottie, now Liz.

Pretty soon I'm going to get a big head.  As it is I can't see straight
:)

Jim

"The written word is a power of such magnitude that only pedants would
try to reduce it to rules.  Or the French."

--F.K.

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