[wplug] The evilness of it all (Verizon OT post)

[Zach]

On 8/22/06, Brent M. Rust <rust at lucasware.com> wrote:
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> Maybe they figure that if the oil companies can make record profits then
> they too can reap the benefits of a complacent public and little or no
> competition.

Read in P-G today that UPMC posted a 77% increase in profits for the
past fiscal year ending July! That is insanity. They are now up to
over $ 1/2 billion in PROFITS. Hmm let's see we have most expensive
health care and universities in the world which an increasing number
of people can't access (and no not just the poor or working poor, this
is starting to hit the middle class), and then there is the equally
trend where wages have remained largely stagnant for past 5 years,
utility costs (electricity and natural gas) are soaring like e^x,
gasoline prices are insane, etc. ad infinitum. Seems more and more
people are working longer and harder to achieve a sub-standard quality
of living compared to their parents or grandparents' generation.
Wonder how far away we are from another big social inflection point.
:-) At least Linux is still free!

Zach