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Old Nov 1, 2004, 12:52 am   #2 (permalink) (top)
giuliano
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i disagree. it's a free market - if someone wants to pay a company exec $20 million a year, i can't see the need to stop that. it may be stupid, but it's their own decision.

your figure is still around $5 million or so, which is a lot.

i am an engineer. i studied hard to achieve that degree, and had to forego a lot of income while at university.

it is easy to earn more money by doing a unionised job where lucrative overtime is assured.

everyone knows that tradesmen can earn big $.

if you want to eradicate waste, i would limit the power of unions to secure these unfair conditions. the savings could be used to pay non-unionised workers who don't enjoy the same protection, and who live on a very low wage.

note i am not anti-union. they are vital to act as a safety net for genuinely exploited workers.


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