Why do the poor have more free time?

03-12-07, 06:36 PM

If you think it's OK to redistribute income but repellent to redistribute leisure, you might want to ask yourself what—if anything—is the fundamental difference.

http://www.slate.com/id/2161309/nav/tap1/

Letum · 03-12-07, 07:04 PM

Well, here in the EU there are minimum amounts of holidays that employers must give and limits on the amount of hours employers can put people to work for so this is almost a non-issue.

03-12-07, 07:07 PM

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Originally Posted by Letum

Well, here in the EU there are minimum amounts of holidays that employers must give and limits on the amount of hours employers can put people to work for so this is almost a non-issue.

Which is why your economies are always at the edge of disaster.

Letum · 03-12-07, 07:10 PM

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Originally Posted by waste gate

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Originally Posted by Letum

Well, here in the EU there are minimum amounts of holidays that employers must give and limits on the amount of hours employers can put people to work for so this is almost a non-issue.

Which is why your economies are always at the edge of disaster.

:rotfl: WHAT?

Seriously! Where do you come up with such ridicously broad statements like that!?

Skybird · 03-12-07, 07:14 PM

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Which is why your economies are always at the edge of disaster.

The living of many American workers is as well.

BTW, Germany currently is booming, while Alan Greenspan warned some days ago that the Us is close to a recession.
And the US still is world record holder in financial debts and state deficits.

All the Western economies are living on tick.

CCIP · 03-12-07, 07:14 PM

I have a bad word ready to fly off my keyboard which I'd like to type but will not.

There are lazy poor people. Many lazy poor people. But never, NEVER, ever, make such @#%^#$@mn @#@#%^ed generalizations please. I take very personal offence at the generalized suggestion this thread makes, having grown up in a family that spent my entire lifetime and then some clawing their way out of poverty and still clawing away. And this is not a rare case. Likewise, I've seen far too many idle rich people to even begin to make an argument like that.

Skybird · 03-12-07, 07:16 PM

I told him the same like CCIP just days ago, but it seems WG was not interested to think over how many people he necessarily offend by such generalizations and cynically scratch off the list.

03-12-07, 07:17 PM

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Originally Posted by Letum

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Originally Posted by waste gate

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Originally Posted by Letum

Well, here in the EU there are minimum amounts of holidays that employers must give and limits on the amount of hours employers can put people to work for so this is almost a non-issue.

Which is why your economies are always at the edge of disaster.

:rotfl: WHAT?

Seriously! Where do you come up with such ridicously broad statements like that!?

The 'European Union' is all about attempts to remain economically solvent. If your respective economies' were not in jeapordy why establish the Orwell 1984 block?

Haven't seen a headline like this coming from Europe.
http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/showthread.php?t=107132

Skybird · 03-12-07, 07:20 PM

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Originally Posted by waste gate

Haven't seen a headline like this coming from Europe.
http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/showthread.php?t=107132

Haven't considered some of the replies either.

Well, we know where this thread will lead to.
I'm out.

Tchocky · 03-12-07, 07:27 PM

*loud profanities*

Letum · 03-12-07, 07:36 PM

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Originally Posted by waste gate

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Originally Posted by Letum

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Originally Posted by waste gate

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Originally Posted by Letum

Well, here in the EU there are minimum amounts of holidays that employers must give and limits on the amount of hours employers can put people to work for so this is almost a non-issue.

Which is why your economies are always at the edge of disaster.

:rotfl: WHAT?

Seriously! Where do you come up with such ridicously broad statements like that!?

The 'European Union' is all about attempts to remain economically solvent. If your respective economies' were not in jeapordy why establish the Orwell 1984 block?

Haven't seen a headline like this coming from Europe.
http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/showthread.php?t=107132

Your seriously nuts waste gate! Europe contains sevral of the worlds strongest enonomys.

Anyhow, I'm with SkyBird:
I'm out of this one!

03-12-07, 07:42 PM

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Originally Posted by Letum

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Originally Posted by waste gate

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Originally Posted by Letum

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Originally Posted by waste gate

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Originally Posted by Letum

Well, here in the EU there are minimum amounts of holidays that employers must give and limits on the amount of hours employers can put people to work for so this is almost a non-issue.

Which is why your economies are always at the edge of disaster.

:rotfl: WHAT?

Seriously! Where do you come up with such ridicously broad statements like that!?

The 'European Union' is all about attempts to remain economically solvent. If your respective economies' were not in jeapordy why establish the Orwell 1984 block?

Haven't seen a headline like this coming from Europe.
http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/showthread.php?t=107132

Your seriously nuts waste gate! Europe contains sevral of the worlds strongest enonomys.

Anyhow, I'm with SkyBird:
I'm out of this one!

That's what they tell ya. Yet, the EU and the Euro was formed.
You make me laugh:rotfl: :rotfl: :rotfl: :rotfl: :rotfl: :rotfl: :rotfl: :rotfl: :rotfl:

What happened to the Franc, Deutch Mark, Lera, etc., etc.

ASWnut101 · 03-12-07, 07:46 PM

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Originally Posted by Letum

Your seriously nuts waste gate! Europe contains sevral of the worlds strongest enonomys.

Anyhow, I'm with SkyBird:
I'm out of this one!

And some of the worst, excluding Africa. Look east.

Tchocky · 03-12-07, 07:49 PM

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Originally Posted by waste gate

That's what they tell ya. Yet, the EU and the Euro was formed.
You make me laugh:rotfl: :rotfl: :rotfl: :rotfl: :rotfl: :rotfl: :rotfl: :rotfl: :rotfl:

What happened to the Franc, Deutch Mark, Lera, etc., etc.

Um, a new currency was formed to make trading easier and remove speculators. Good idea, too.

ASWnut101 · 03-12-07, 07:52 PM

So, you would need new currency because your trade was so poor? Doesn't that just point to a bad economy, all to geather?

03-12-07, 06:36 PM	#1
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Letum Navy Seal Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: York - UK Posts: 6,079 Downloads: 43 Uploads: 0	Well, here in the EU there are minimum amounts of holidays that employers must give and limits on the amount of hours employers can put people to work for so this is almost a non-issue. __________________

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CCIP Navy Seal Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Waterloo, Canada Posts: 8,700 Downloads: 29 Uploads: 2	I have a bad word ready to fly off my keyboard which I'd like to type but will not. There are lazy poor people. Many lazy poor people. But never, NEVER, ever, make such @#%^#$@mn @#@#%^ed generalizations please. I take very personal offence at the generalized suggestion this thread makes, having grown up in a family that spent my entire lifetime and then some clawing their way out of poverty and still clawing away. And this is not a rare case. Likewise, I've seen far too many idle rich people to even begin to make an argument like that. __________________ There are only forty people in the world and five of them are hamburgers. -Don Van Vliet (aka Captain Beefheart)

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Skybird Soaring Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: the mental asylum named Germany Posts: 42,612 Downloads: 10 Uploads: 0	I told him the same like CCIP just days ago, but it seems WG was not interested to think over how many people he necessarily offend by such generalizations and cynically scratch off the list. __________________ If you feel nuts, consult an expert. Last edited by Skybird; 03-12-07 at 07:40 PM.

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ASWnut101 Admiral Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: USA Posts: 2,021 Downloads: 9 Uploads: 0	So, you would need new currency because your trade was so poor? Doesn't that just point to a bad economy, all to geather? __________________