On Mon, 5 May 2008 23:40:51 +0100, "John" replyingroup@notemail wrote:

Then came a time when the average Joe Bloggs in the street got above his
station, and he found that he could afford a car and a foreign holiday. The
rich people did not like this and so decided to put the average working man
back in his place again, and the rich people will only be happy when we are
shining their shoes and back below stairs where we belong.

Tongue-in-cheek after a few beers but I bet there's a grain of truth in
there somewhere )

John


There's far more than a grain of truth in it.

Only mass production gave power to the workers, who then forced wealth
distribution. Now we rely so heavily on services and much of production is
relocatable, the worker is back in his place. Disposable and cheap.

Andy