[luau] our economy

[Stan Baptista]

Is it possible for us (meaning those that do
technology for a living) to nudge things in the right
direction ourselves or is this too big a problem for
that?

--- "R. Scott Belford" <sctinc at flex.com> wrote:
> On Thursday 20 February 2003 08:32 pm, Stan Baptista
> wrote:
> >
> > So how does Hawaii expect to attract and keep high
> > quality technical talent and businesses when they
> can
> > do so much better elsewhere?  Frankly, I have yet
> to
> > hear any answer other than "lucky live Hawaii"
> when I
> > inquire about the salary situation.  Well, I
> > guess...maybe, but it's not a very satisfactory
> > answer.  
> 
> begin rant
> I have come to hate this phrase.  This and the
> "price of paradise."  They 
> seem to excuse every market inefficiency and
> economic incongruity we have.  
> They distort basic laws of economics by enabling one
> to justify non-market 
> rates simply because of our location.  They create
> an economic myth that is 
> simply not true.  I find that greed, the fact that
> we border on being an 
> isolated second world government, and unchecked
> corruption are the true 
> contributors to our staggering economic
> discrepancies.  A simple solution is 
> not so easily stated.
> end rant
> 
> scott
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