tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6004436662131906365.post5212437958126890493..comments2023-10-30T23:47:11.780+08:00Comments on Towards a Rational America and an Enlightened Judaism: For Exploited Workers Everywhere, All Roads Lead to Bangladesh Secular Guyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03355591007995127097noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6004436662131906365.post-43202658276609126712013-06-03T09:32:09.862+08:002013-06-03T09:32:09.862+08:00northierthanthou,
Thanks for your comments. You m...northierthanthou,<br /><br />Thanks for your comments. You made a good point. It makes me think of NAFTA and the pending Pacific trade agreement. The question is: will government regulation ever catch up? Probably not, as long as the 1% has its way. Secular Guyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03355591007995127097noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6004436662131906365.post-83142169186725459462013-06-03T05:36:26.092+08:002013-06-03T05:36:26.092+08:00It seems to me this is a function of the way that ...It seems to me this is a function of the way that globalism has developed. In short, it is largely an economic force with government regulation lagging way behind. the end result is a race to the bottom.northierthanthouhttp://northierthanthou.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6004436662131906365.post-42515380516870093732013-05-20T10:34:33.914+08:002013-05-20T10:34:33.914+08:00Alan,
Thanks for your response. Even though I hel...Alan,<br /><br />Thanks for your response. Even though I held mostly middle class white collar jobs, they were under "at will" labor laws. And of course, under those conditions management held the upper hand. <br /><br />So to me, "working people" is more than an abstraction, and even though I've been retired for almost 8 years, I still identify and sympathize with that Secular Guyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03355591007995127097noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6004436662131906365.post-66501086336684157082013-05-20T08:56:33.115+08:002013-05-20T08:56:33.115+08:00Rick,
The older I get, the more cynical I become ...Rick,<br /><br />The older I get, the more cynical I become of the praise of work and the yammering of politicians for "jobs" and the use of manipulative abstractions like "working people." <br /><br />I don't wanna work. Never did. That's why I became a prof. <br /><br />The 1% enjoy their jobs and profit immensely (add another 1% that gets rich reporting on their Alanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10075086525599401358noreply@blogger.com