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Indenturedebtor (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-10-08 05:34 PM Original message |
EPA knocks $900,000 off value of a life |
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PSPS (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-10-08 05:46 PM Response to Original message |
1. Translation: You can live so long as we can make more money than if you die. |
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Indenturedebtor (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-10-08 06:20 PM Response to Reply #1 |
3. Yes but they LOWERED the amount that each person is worth |
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MannyGoldstein (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-10-08 05:55 PM Response to Original message |
2. In Medicine, A Life Is Worth $50,000 Per Year |
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Indenturedebtor (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-10-08 06:23 PM Response to Reply #2 |
4. Please read the article. This is a different form of "accounting" |
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Uncle Joe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-10-08 06:23 PM Response to Original message |
5. Does anyone else see the contradiction in these two paragraphs |
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Indenturedebtor (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-10-08 06:24 PM Response to Reply #5 |
6. HAH not to mention CEO salaries etc. n/t |
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Uncle Joe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-10-08 06:28 PM Response to Reply #6 |
7. I believe the current ratio on that is approximately 300 times that of their average employee |
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Indenturedebtor (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-10-08 06:31 PM Response to Reply #7 |
8. Well they just demonstrated yet again that they're ready and willing to INCREASE |
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Uncle Joe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-10-08 06:40 PM Response to Reply #8 |
9. Well that would be a good tradeoff, cutting outrageous CEO pay |
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followthemoney (745 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-10-08 10:20 PM Response to Original message |
10. Lee Iococa infamously kept the price of the Ford Pinto... |
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gratuitous (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-10-08 10:29 PM Response to Original message |
11. Life is indeed cheaper under Republicans |
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underpants (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-11-08 10:39 AM Response to Original message |
12. A life is worth less now, EPA says (Bush's EPA denies cooking books) |
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Festivito (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-11-08 10:39 AM Response to Reply #12 |
13. THOSE DOLLARS are worth less than HALF of what they were. |
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undeterred (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-11-08 10:39 AM Response to Reply #12 |
14. Unless its an Iraqi child's life. |
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slackmaster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-11-08 10:42 AM Response to Original message |
15. It took me a while to get my head around the concept of putting a dollar value on life |
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The2ndWheel (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-11-08 10:56 AM Response to Original message |
16. When a form of organization, be it a corporation, or a government, becomes so big |
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