Re: The Prize by Any Other Name

["Henry C.K. Liu" <hliu@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

larson@xxxxxx wrote:

> Quoting "Henry C.K. Liu" <hliu@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>:
>
> > They don't give you one not because Corvettes are scarce, but that you
> > value other
> > goods more.  The trade off is your decision.
>
> I see. So all I have to do is redirect the $40,000 I don't make and therefore
> don't spend on vacations in the Bahamas to a car purchase. Of course.
>

No, what you have to do is to demand an extra $40K as income for working you have
done.

>
> > phenomenom.  BTW, while you are demanding, why not a Ferrari ?
>
> You're absolutely right. Now that you mention it, I'll grab my $155,000 I don't
> make and therefore don't spend flying private jets between the Boulders in
> Arizona and Mauritius, and simply buy a Ferrari. Good idea. Tomorrow I'll take
> the $2,000,000 I didn't make last month and therefore didn't invest in Coca
> Cola shares and buy myself a condo on Central Park West.
> /srl
>

You have just described investment banking, the engine of capitalism.  If you have
done it yet, you should hurry up before the whole thing come crashing down.
Everybody else have been doing it for decades except workers, including
intelllectual workers.

Henry C.K. Liu