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**Asianunta** · 09-15-2011, 09:45 PM

The flip side is, how many unproductive can the productive support? And does the safety net breed nonproductivity?

I have a big problem equating poverty stricken with unproductive. Frankly, it is offensive.

Many of the poverty stricken are working poor and NOT unproductive. But they are underpaid.

Moreover, many of our underemployed citizens are so because of macroeconomic conditions. They may be underemployed, but they are not necessarily unproductive.

You seem to have a penchant for gauging one's productivity on the basis of one's income. Do you really think that the Average CEO is 400 times more productive than the average corporate employee??

09-15-2011, 09:45 PM	#33
Asianunta Join Date Nov 2005 Posts 412 Senior Member	The flip side is, how many unproductive can the productive support? And does the safety net breed nonproductivity? I have a big problem equating poverty stricken with unproductive. Frankly, it is offensive. Many of the poverty stricken are working poor and NOT unproductive. But they are underpaid. Moreover, many of our underemployed citizens are so because of macroeconomic conditions. They may be underemployed, but they are not necessarily unproductive. You seem to have a penchant for gauging one's productivity on the basis of one's income. Do you really think that the Average CEO is 400 times more productive than the average corporate employee??
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