lol, sorry about that, OFKU0.
in all reality, we need more people like you that are willing to take action instead of sitting around and getting screwed. for that i truly commend you. you are doing things that not many are willing to do.
my only concern is this: this is a forum for philosophy and philosophic issues. i started this thread to talk about issues like the ones we have been talking about (and btw, i really appreciate everyone's responses to the topic).
you're right; everyone knows inequality exists. everyone knows so well that no one bothers to do anything about it. i commend your activism in protecting your own needs and getting your due without going sue-happy like so many other people have, but we all have our own stories and thoughts on the matter, and this forum is the place for discussing them all. i dont have any grandious thoughts of changing the world through this thread, but it is nice to give people a place to talk about things that are moderately taboo in the world we live in.... at least they are when face to face.
i would also have to agree with you on the not-trusting most any news source (be it TV, print, interest groups, etc.). i know this is not much of a consolation or reassurance, but since the numbers from Time were brought up, i have reinstalled SPSS and run the numbers myself (you can find all the data they used at
www.census.gov). the newsgroup was actually off by about 7 dollars, but nothing statistically significant
in any case, dont worry about pissing up my tree (although that would be rather interesting to see :P). i welcome any response to this thread, including yours.
oh, and btw, for anyone who is interested, check my profile to see why this is all so interesting to me.