[Jewelry making - Article 00465] - Re: [Orchid] Certified Bench Jeweler

[Noel Yovovich]

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    Hi, Don,            

    I'm sorry, but I feel you are way oversimplifying the issue of wage
    differences. The menial jobs you mention are well-paid largely
    because otherwise no one would do them, especially trash collection.
    It is totally without respect or prestige, smelly, filthy, strenuous,
    and even dangerous (many garbage men are killed each year falling off
    of moving trucks). Moreover, plumbing and garbage collection are far
    more indispensible than what we do. If we all walked off the job
    tomorrow, many of us would starve before anyone noticed. If you had a
    broken wedding ring and a broken sewer, which would you fix first? If
    you want garbage man's wages, I'm betting there are always
    openings... My husband and I (both self-employed, always) always joke
    that if we were in it for the money, we'd be plumbers. 

--Noël


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