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1276 Jobs being created -- rank: 1000

Max, Doug, anyone else, Would you say this statement is correct: Most of the jobs being created in the U.S. economy are low-pay service sector jobs. ????????????????? Marta Russell

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Author:	Marta Russell
Date:	Sat Feb 27 11:32:23 PST 1999

1277 William Vickery question -- rank: 1000

Could someone confirm (or dis-confirm) that Prof William Vickery is a nobel laureate in economics? Thanks, Marta

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Author:	Marta Russell
Date:	Sat Feb 27 10:17:31 PST 1999

1278 in the news -- rank: 1000

Doug Henwood wrote: > A couple of items from today's papers suggest that all those folks looking > to a crash to revive the fortunes of the working class may be missing the > charms of a strong economy. First, the SEIU has succeeded in organizing > home health care workers in California, archetypes of the low-wage side of > the "new economy." snip > And with the home health > care workers, there can be little doubt that a low unemployment rate has > partly dispe ...

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Author:	Marta Russell
Date:	Fri Feb 26 17:21:32 PST 1999

1279 Hate crime -- rank: 1000

MScoleman at aol.com wrote: > i have a nephew who is learning disabled (age 7). on one of my many visits he > spent some time explaining to me how his one and only friend protects him from > the bullies at school who don't like him. as it turns out the friend is > african american and my nephew is caucasian. clearly the behavior of adults > is being developed on the playground. maggie coleman mscoleman at aol.com Do the bullies know that he is learning disabled? Is this the r ...

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Author:	Marta Russell
Date:	Wed Feb 24 21:21:53 PST 1999

1280 Age discrimination in employment and earnings -- rank: 1000

Jeffrey, There was an article in the LA Times (7/11/98) "Wilson Vetoes Legislation Drafted to Protect Jobs of Older Workers." Whoever wrote that legislation could probably give you some resources. Quentin Kopp (I-San Francisco) was a major supporter of the bill. Marta Russell Fellows, Jeffrey wrote: > Does anyone know of any recent empirical work on this subject? > > Jeffrey L. Fellows, Ph.D. > Division of Violence Prevention > National Center for Injury Prevention and C ...

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Author:	Marta Russell
Date:	Wed Feb 24 20:27:18 PST 1999

1281 Doe fund source?? -- rank: 1000

In a previous post, there was discussion about an organization in New York city called the Doe Fund which runs a program called "Ready, Willing, & Able." This organization takes homeless ex-drug addicts, "rehabilitates" them, and lends them to the city where they collect trash from street litter baskets and are apparently taking over work that used to be done by unionized sanitation workers. Also supposedly the Ready, Willing, & Able organization is supposed to pay a ...

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Author:	Marta Russell
Date:	Tue Feb 23 17:28:15 PST 1999

1282 Hate crime -- rank: 1000

Charles Brown wrote: > Something like this always makes me think that the perpetrators feel inadequate themselves. How do we change the dog-eat-dog ethic of our society so that eight people care for this man and help him enjoy a party rather than this sad crime ? > > Maybe the perpetrators feel inadequate, but it is equally likely they feel superior. then again maybe feelings of superiority come from inferiority??? It seems to me that the similarity between acts committed by whites ag ...

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Author:	Marta Russell
Date:	Tue Feb 23 15:53:32 PST 1999

1283 Buffy -- rank: 1000

Carrol Cox wrote: > But, it runs afoul of a literary principle I worked out decades ago > while reading the *Lord of the Rings* and Milton's epics.. All conscious > beings are either humans or pure abstractions (the latter represente by > Milton's > God or Tolkien's Balrog), whether they are called elves, goblins, > angels, > devils, etc. > > So in literary terms, the vampires in Buffy are humans, not supernatural > > creatures. > > And since *all* american ...

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Author:	Marta Russell
Date:	Mon Feb 22 09:54:00 PST 1999

1284 Greenspan -- rank: 1000

Brad and Doug and Henry, I am abundant in Greenspan sources now. Let the good times roll. Marta Brad De Long wrote: > >Marta Russell wrote: > >>A while back there was discussion about Greenspan making some noise > >>about the fact that the U.S. could not remain an "oasis" in the > middle > >>of the world economic mess. Does anyone have a source for that > >>statement? I think he said it at a speech he gave in Berkeley last > September ...

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Author:	Marta Russell
Date:	Sat Feb 20 11:20:54 PST 1999

1285 Greenspan -- rank: 1000

Doug, Thanks for the offer but no need to bother yourself. Henry was kind enough to get it to me. Good to know about the Fed site, next time I can go directly there. Meanwhile, happy trails!! Marta Doug Henwood wrote: > Marta Russell wrote: > >A while back there was discussion about Greenspan making some noise > >about the fact that the U.S. could not remain an "oasis" in the middle > >of the world economic mess. Does anyone have a source for that > >stateme ...

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Author:	Marta Russell
Date:	Sat Feb 20 11:05:21 PST 1999

1286 Hate crime -- rank: 1000

Jim Westrich wrote: > James Byrd, the late victim of the Texas attack, was disabled as well > (learning disabled I believe). Thanks for this info, I don't think the the LA Times mentioned that he was disabled. > The mainstream national news reports on the James Byrd case focus more on > the murderers than on James Byrd or even his family as well. While these > reports are tinged with reprobation they also seem to be morbidly > fascinated with the killers. > The LA times cho ...

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Author:	Marta Russell
Date:	Sat Feb 20 10:55:22 PST 1999

1287 Greenspan -- rank: 1000

A while back there was discussion about Greenspan making some noise about the fact that the U.S. could not remain an "oasis" in the middle of the world economic mess. Does anyone have a source for that statement? Thanks in advance. Marta Russell

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Author:	Marta Russell
Date:	Fri Feb 19 09:11:48 PST 1999

1288 Hate crime -- rank: 1000

Did anybody happen to see this article below? It was sandwiched deeply into the Business Section of the NYTimes-NYReport? It's similarities to the gay hate crime case in Wyoming and racial based one in Texas but I guess because these nondisabled kids did not kill this disabled young man that justified the not-so-important location of the news item. Disturbing further is the lack of attention paid in the article to the similarities to the other situations. Marta Russell 8 Charged with Tormentin ...

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Author:	Marta Russell
Date:	Fri Feb 19 08:20:27 PST 1999

1289 Barron's this wkend -- rank: 1000

Greg, Asking for the SS# is a sure sign of moving forward, though I do have a friend who had the LA Times sit on her piece for 4 months. Your is timely so it will go soon. Would you post your op-ed to lbo so no one misses it? Thanks, Marta Russell Greg Nowell wrote: > List members who have appreciated or execrated my > presence may be intrested to know that my op-ed piece > on the politics of impeachment (with special emphasis > on tobacco) should, from what I gather, be published in ...

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Author:	Marta Russell
Date:	Tue Feb 16 16:58:18 PST 1999

1290 Regarding the Budget Surplus -- rank: 1000

Max Sawicky wrote: > > Dear Doug and the LBOers, > > > > I'm curious to know what the LBOers would spend the budget surplus on, > > if they had a chance to direct national economic policy. If you were > > dealing the cards what would you suggest be done with the surplus and > > why? > > > > The first $100 billion: > > add $10 billion for Head Start, to get all three- and > four-year olds not currently enrolled. > > add $20 billion f ...

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Author:	Marta Russell
Date:	Tue Feb 16 09:37:58 PST 1999