[ale] Defeated by the offshoring of America....

[Christopher Fowler]

I agree.

I don;t think the problem is that IT workers are greedy,  I think that
many just ask for what they need to live plus a little extra.  Society
drives the wages up not employee greed.

Chris

On Mon, 2003-04-14 at 14:49, Drag0n wrote:
> in the majority of the US, its almost impossible to have a good job
> without a vehicle, or a residence. i am not upset with ppl's money going
> to the vehicle or the house, i am upset with how much of that money
> actualy goes to the government through various taxes. (Gas, title,
> morgage, utilities, etc.) if it werent for the high taxation for money
> that is probably going to other countries in the form of aid and grants
> that 9 times out of 10 never makes it to the citizens level, government
> pork to pay farmers NOT to grow crops, a one income household could be
> common. as it is now, its almost a requirement to have 2 working parties
> in a house if you want to survive. ( trust me, i know this one first
> hand.) 
> 
> Drag0n
> dragon at atlantacon.org
> 
> George Carless wrote:
> > 
> > >       Sigh, its a shame that we had a revolution over a 5% tea tax, and no
> > > one gets upset over 66% of everything you earn going to ther government.
> > > (if you make over $50,000, own a home and have a car, you get to keep
> > > only 33% of what you earn today)
> > 
> > Those are big 'ifs', aren't they?  I understand being upset at taxation,
> > but being upset that people's money goes towards paying for a car or a
> > house seems.. disingenuous, to say the least.  Who's forcing anyone to buy
> > a car or house?  And who's going to provide you with either of those
> > unless you pay for them (directly, or indirectly via higher taxes)?
> > 
> > --George
> > 
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