[zeugma]

The ironic bit about his statement, is that the result is exactly what the enviro-nutjobs want. They don't care one whit about the people who need jobs. The neo-luddites are winning. My youngest sister is one of these, and I just don't understand it. Talking to her is like talking to someone who lives on a different planet, or in a different universe.

[wbill]

Talking to her is like talking to someone who lives on a different planet, or in a different universe

I frequently debate with a Lib in the office. He's a decent sort, if a bit misguided. I suspect that he thinks the same of me. :-)

He couldn't understand that people would actively *choose* to make less money. He just couldn't conceive of it. "I'm sure that, given a choice between making 50K/yr and 100K/yr, that people will always choose the higher number. Always, and without exception."

He didn't believe me when I told him about some of the businessmen I know. (see my previous posts)

Hell, I doubt he believed me when I told him that *I* choose not to make more money as, say, a Computer Consultant. With the Gov't taking 1/2 of the difference (say between my regular gig, and consulting) right off the top, what would be the point to working twice as hard and having far less job security? Unless there's a significant payback to accepting the risk (right now, there is not) ... why accept it?