: About Me

My passion is ...

Politics, reading, the law

I know too much about ...

auctions of government property

My parents always told me ...

I should become a priest or a lawyer

My childhood ambition ...

I wanted to be a veterinarian, then a diplomat

My favorite memory ...

There are too many from which to choose just one.

Why I write ...

Because I can, and because it saves me from having to speak.

What I am reading/watching/listening to ...

Currently, I am reading Immigration Law, Commercial Law, and various trade journals related to contract management.

My first job ...

stock clerk at a military commissary

My best moment ...

Being a member of an oral presentation team to the U.S. Customs Service, which captured a 10-year, $50 million contract.

My inspiration ...

My wife, Jennie, my parents, and my German Shepherd, Lobo.

Jobs & Careers > Jobs & Careers (Other) Are the majority of people overpaid?

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The question that is really being asked here is how can we establish a value for work. Is a U.S. worker earning $10/hr answering phones at a call center overpaid compared to her Indian counterpart who earns approximately $1.10/hr (see http://www.swivel.com/data_columns/show/7017027)? Using a straight-line comparison of hourly wages, the U.S. worker is paid significantly more. However, a more honest comparison would be to compare the purchasing power and quality of life that the earnings of the respective workers could buy. We don't have to go to India to make that comparison though. If you...

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