pay me
so i was having a little discussion with the beautiful and talented alisa about why the economy was on fire last year and a dessicated corpse this year. i tend to be kinda single minded and wooden tongued during these types of discussions. but after 17 years even an old dog like me can learn a new trick. anywho, my position was that people would rather not work than work for the offered compensation. i'd buy a dolphin boat. but it's $50k. i'm not willing to trade that much labor for a dolphin boat. i'd rather save the money and retire earlier. ie not work. now if it was only $20k i'd be seriously tempted. anywho. her position was that people don't have the assets to trade. they already traded away this year's labor for stuff they bought last year. ie they're in debt up to their eyeballs. she's right of course. let me modify my position. people would rather not work *more* for the offered compensation.