Re: Economic musing, or a theory of deservation

On Tue, 18 Mar 2008 06:38:24 -0700 (PDT), "artyw2@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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<artyw2@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
>On Mar 18, 7:59 am, Dover Beach <moon.blanc...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
>> Veronique <veroniqueuni...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote 

>> > I thought this was kind interesting.
>> >http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/g/a/2008/03/17/onthejob.DTL

>> <snip long article about morality and dessert.  No, not the chocolate
>> kind.>
>> Yeah, the subject of moral dessert is very interesting to me.  But the
>> author only briefly mentions the issue that I think is most bothersome,
>> which is the way advertisers use "you deserve $PRODUCT" to sell their
>> stuff. It must be really effective because advertisers use it all the
>> time. They often seem to use it when they're aiming at less-educated,
>> lower-income consumers.  The author's example about "start earning the
>> salary you deserve" fits in with that.  Advertisers selling
>> high-interest debt (on its own or for cars or other things) invoke the
>> "you deserve it" line.  Or Tom Shane will use it to sell low-end
diamond
>> jewelry. "Doesn't your mom deserve the best on Mother's Day?"


>But "you don't get what you deserve, you get what you negotiate"
>Also you are supposed to make (at least) your age X $1000
>(I'm not, but I was closer 8 years ago)


As a salary, making your age x 1000 is an outdated measurement.  It
might have been valid over 35 years ago, but today you would have a
difficult time of it with that amount of money as a yearly salary.

Les