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"The salaries of CEOs have jumped, as pay for workers has remained relatively static, or has even declined ….since 1990 the overall CEO-worker pay gap has worsened considerably. The salary of minimum-wage workers has declined after adjustment for inflation by 9 per cent in the last 15 years.” * Epicureans, using that uncommon thing common …
I was talking to a London cab driver. A friend of his and his wife (no children) abandoned London for Andalusia in Southern Spain. Here they could buy a house at a fraction of the cost of one in South East England, with a swimming pool and a great climate and no mortgage at all. …
Three British children have been removed from their parents and have been taken into care because they are too fat and are threatened with obesity that causes heart disease, liver conditions, diabetes and respiratory problems. The British Medical Association considers allowing kids under 12 to get like this to be child abuse. There are one …
“This president is giving me millions of dollars. Do you think I need that?” – Matt Damon, ABC Primetime Live. “It seems to me that instead of cutting taxes, we ought to be increasing taxes to pay off the deficit….” – Walter Cronkite, CNN NewsNight. The quotes are from 2004 and 2003 respectively, but are …
I find it morally repugnant to bring into this world children who are unwanted and unloved. If the principal objectives of Epicureanism are happiness and contentment, then it follows that children should be conceived, born and reared in warmth, love and friendship. Force majeure employed by religious groups claiming to know the mind of God …
