On Fri, 17 Apr 2009 17:35:24 -0500, Ken Fortenberry
wrote:

Tom Littleton wrote:
wrote:
Unfortunately, the repeated demands of the public to "FIX IT NOW!!!"
(meaning "make me comfortable without requiring me to work for it")
could make things much, much worse

agreed. Completely.

Absolute absurdity. And bull**** to boot. "Fix it now" means
"I want a job that doesn't require me to wear a paper hat and
ask if you want fries with that."

Exactly the problem. For some, even many, that type of job is all they are, or
ever will be, suited to do. I don't begrudge a $20K a year person for _wanting_
to live like someone who makes $100K, or someone who makes $100K to live like
someone who makes $1mil. But I have no sympathy if they try to and fail. People
of all levels need to learn to live within their means, and if that is being a
burger-flipper, so be it. Being a burger-flipper doesn't make them bad people
on any level, it just means what it means - some are suited to doctors, some
engineers, some teachers, and some are simply suited to be burger-flippers and
laborers. And what's wrong with that? It's honest work, pays enough to
survive, and at the end of it, I have more respect for a burger-flipper that
does a good job and lives within their means than I do for a "professional" who
doesn't.

And what is absolutely guaranteed to make things worse is *NOT*
fixing it *NOW* !

Uh-huh...

HTH,
R