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Re: e-commerce (was Technic shuttle etc)
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lugnet.off-topic.debate
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Thu, 2 Dec 1999 18:00:56 GMT
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JSPROAT@spamlessIO.COM
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"Scott E. Sanburn" wrote:
> Scott-A wrote:
> > To a larger extent, I really do think this is paranoia. I suppose in the States
> > every thing seams to have a monitory value, and/or is exploited for it. My only
> > real gripe with the US system is that it has resulted in so much social
> > exclusion within society. I'm talking about people who have only limited access
> > to health, education and other parts of society. I think these are very real
> > problems.
> This is a major misperception from what I have read in numerous e-mail
> posts from people in Great Britain, do you have examples of "limited
> access" to health care, etc. or is this just a random statement? You can
> go to any employer here and get health care coverage, from gas stations
> to retail shops to factories, etc.
Thanks for the chuckle, Scott. I promise I won't try to perpetuate a common
misconception of America. ;-)
However...the first job I was ever offered health care in is my current one as
a software developer. No other job I've had -- college lab assistant, chef,
telemarketer (the shame of it all), wood-shop floor sawdust-removal
technician, CAD/CAM engineer, aluminmum foundry flunky, you name it -- ever
offered more than Worker's Compensation, and only because that is the minimum
required by law. I am somewhat ashamed to admit, my teeth went for seven
years without a checkup. (1)
But then this morning as I was filling my gas tank, I noticed the clerk behind
the counter was filling out an employee benefits worksheet, so perhaps things
have changed significantly in the past ten years.
Now, while I will agree with Scott-A that everything (within and without the
U.S.) has a dollar value, I cannot subscribe to his notion that everything is
exploited for it. Exploitation does not require monetary worth, and quite a
few folks are extremely scrupulous about how they handle their business.
Cheers,
- jsproat
1. Seven years without a dentist, and not one cavity. Six months after my
first dental checkup in a long long time, and three cavities magically
appeared. It's caused by that red gritty stuff they slather all over your
teeth, I tell ya.
--
Jeremy H. Sproat <jsproat@io.com> ~~~ http://www.io.com/~jsproat/
It's a fine line between marketing and grand theft. -- Scott Adams
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