On Fri, Jul 19, 2002 at 09:46:25PM -0400, Michael Pollak wrote:
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> On Fri, 19 Jul 2002, Michael Perelman wrote:
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> > If we paid farm workers as well as those who labor on Wall Street
> > and accorded farm workers the sort of dignity that college professors
> > enjoy, parents might still try to steer their children away from farm
> > work because of the frequent exposure to potentially lethal toxins.
> > But then, if society esteemed farm workers, farmer owners would not and
> > could not spray them with impunity.
>
> Well, organic farming would take care of the toxins. But if we paid them
> as well as Wall Streeters, could we afford the produce? Or even if we paid
> them as much as say, automobile assembly line workers?
>
> Michael
>
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