On Mon 11 Aug 2003 09:53:12a, "Zack" <rambler@canoemail.com> wrote in
news:NgOZa.5602$9h.369380491@mantis.golden.net: 

> Kevin:
> 
> Why don't you help me out?

Why don't you stop top-posting?

> "Kevin Gowen" <kgowenNOSPAM@myfastmail.com> wrote in message
> news:bh74pc$up33v$1@ID-105084.news.uni-berlin.de...
>
>> Zack wrote:
>>
>>> If America is doing so well as some posters have said, why is there
>>> so much drug advertising on TV?   Doesn't wealth bring good health?
>>
>> Indeed. This health comes in part from pharmaceutical products.
>>
>> If America is doing so well as some posters have said, why is there so
>> much food advertising on TV?   Doesn't wealth bring full stomachs?
>>
>>> If people need to take all the medications you see advertised you
>>> will certainly need to work a lot more hours than the average
>>> European, that's for sure.   I think quality of live is something
>>> that has been breed out of Americans, everyone needs lots of toys so
>>> they can impress their family and friends.
>>
>> Those "toys" are part of what brings quality of life.
>>
>>> With all this talk about American's making the big bucks and being
>>> lucky they work in a country that gives them so much opportunity, I
>>> would like to know the following?
>>
>> Are you sure?
>>
>>> How much does the average European owe on their credit cards (CNN
>>> said the average American owes $8900.00)?
>>>
>>> How much student debt does the average European student owe on
>>> graduation compared to an American student?
>>
>> I don't know. Sounds like you have a research project on your hands.
>>
>>> Zack wrote:
>>>
>>> "Omphalos" <omphalos@wp.pl> wrote in message
>>> news:fc8fecc9724aaa7be94d968d44be8d48@free.teranews.com...
>>>
>>>> On Wed 30 Jul 2003 06:56:26p, Pat Winstanley
>>>> <wallopcods2003@yahoo.co.uk> wrote in
>>>> news:MPG.19925d72afe7d8cb98a60e@News.CIS.DFN.DE:
>>>>
>>>>> In article <1059575906.433730@clnsrv.libraryofconnecticut.org>,
>>>>> schizam2001@yahoo.com says...
>>>>>
>>>>>> "Pat Winstanley" <wallopcods2003@yahoo.co.uk> wrote in message
>>>>>> news:MPG.1990d854da7a21ea98a5cf@News.CIS.DFN.DE...
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> In article <bfv0la$j85nb$1@ID-105084.news.uni-berlin.de>,
>>>>>>> kgowenNOSPAM@myfastmail.com says...
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> But in the US the greater productivity is going to make the
>>>>>>>>>>> already rich even richer.  Less of that earning actually goes
>>>>>>>>>>> into the pockets of the earners.
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> How so? The already rich are earners.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> They "earn" the wealth generated by others.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Why the scare quotes? It seems to me that they earn wealth by
>>>>>>>> forming corporation and providing jobs. You nice little scare
>>>>>>>> quotes suggest that there is something wrong or illegitimate
>>>>>>>> about this. You can't honestly be objecting to anyone ever
>>>>>>>> having an employee, right?
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> So... if you invest money in one or more companies and sit back
>>>>>>> idly, living on the dividends you receive from your investement
>>>>>>> but do no work... exactly what have *you* earned? And what *work*
>>>>>>> did you do to earn those dividends?
>>>>>>
>>>>>> You took the risk of investing that money.
>>>>>
>>>>> So buying a lottery ticket or having a flutter on the horses is
>>>>> work, is earning?
>>>>
>>>> The lottery is a complete gamble. Investing requires some skill and
>>>> a little education.
>>>>
>>>>> Since when?
>>>>
>>>> You don't win prize money on the stock market.