[luau] Re: LUAU digest, Vol 1 #615 - 10 msgs

[Maddog]

Mostly, businesses get away with paying low rates because they can find
people to take those jobs. Think about it from both ends. I looked for about
9 months before I landed a consulting gig that turned into a well paying
job. I turned down at least 20 offers for 1/2 the money that I make now. It
is as Scot said a difficult problem to solve.

Don

>
> 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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