Posts Made By: Mel Maki

Originally Posted by Rod Kaufman

"$2,245.62 a second: ExxonMobil scores enormous profit on record gas prices"
"ExxonMobil's net income came to $2,245.62 every second of every day of the 92-day long quarter. On that basis, Chevron earned $1,462.11 per second."
"Since it takes about two minutes to pump 20 gallons of gas, that means between them the two oil giants earned more than $400,000 between them in the time it took you to fill your tank."
https://www.cnn.com/2022/07/29/energy/exxonmobil-chevron-earnings/index.html
Just think how much more they could make without the Biden administration standing in their way, huh?....

Originally Posted by James Lacey

I was teasing a bit, to rile Rich up, but strictly speaking, the sun rising in the east is a social construct. Just like we say "down under" for Australia, or presume that pink is for girls and blue is for boys. If you ever get the chance, read some sociology. You will be shocked regarding how much you take for granted as fact is just your cultural bias.

Originally Posted by Greg Shaffer

LOL....so this is a battle of semantics in an attempt to avoid dealing with facts.....got it 

Originally Posted by James Lacey

It would help if you gave it another chance. It's fascinating stuff and will completely change your perspective of the world. Everyone I know who has spent some time reading about sociology has become more tolerant and understanding. I'm not saying that you are not already, but the world could certainly use some more kindness.

Originally Posted by Rod Kaufman

Hmm, the average vacation time-off in the US is 14 days. It's 30 in Europe. 
Looking at the current unemployment rate of major countries:
United States: 3.9%
China: 4.8%
Japan: 2.8%
Germany: 3.5%
United Kingdom: 4.5%
India: 6.0%
France: 8.1%
Italy: 9.8%
Canada: 7.5%
Korea, Republic: 3.5%
https://www.investopedia.com/articles/personal-finance/062315/unemployment-rates-country.asp
So, the facts say different from what Mel thinks...

Originally Posted by Rod Kaufman

Well Mel, what exactly is your idea of the optimum time off for your idea of an adequate "work ethic"?
Oh, and most of the countries on that list have capitalist economies and aren't socialist countries with the exception of China.

Originally Posted by Rod Kaufman

Well, you can nitpick it and define certain aspects of certain countries that may have more socialist programs, and I understand that most cons seem to equate socialism with communism because they don't know the difference or that it's somehow implicitly bad, but again, my question remains: "Well Mel, what exactly is your idea of the optimum time off for your idea of an adequate "work ethic"?"

Originally Posted by James Lacey

No, not really. The need of the older generation to complain about the work ethic of the younger generation seems eternal.