grass@uiucdcsb.Uiuc.ARPA (07/14/85)
<> > >That's right! By golly, I have my heart set on making harnesses, and even >though those danged automobiles seem to be taking over, I ought to get what >*I* think is a decent wage for makin' em! :-) > > James Jones If you ** really ** would like to make harnesses, I can get you the address of several American harness manufacturers. (It seems driving horses and harness racing is on an upswing now). Considering what they cost, you might even be able to make a decent wage. :-) - Judy Grass, University of Illinois - Urbana {ihnp4,pur-ee,convex}!uiucdcs!grass grass%uiuc.arpa
dahlback@uiucdcs.Uiuc.ARPA (07/20/85)
The idea that "pure market forces" will raise wages in conditions of high demand sometimes seems thin. Secretaries aren't very well paid, yet the newspapers are full of want ads for secretaries, and there are even articles about how many secretarial jobs go untaken. What happened to pure market forces? Sometimes I think that what happened to it is the concept of "women's work".