On 10 Mar 2008 01:09:19 GMT, Jim Yanik <jyanik@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
>>> It seems like
>>>anything that you want someone to do for you, for some outrageous cost
>>>($100/hr for a mechanic or a plumber?),
>>
>> No $hit. When did plumbing and electrical work become equivalent in
>> value to a doctor who maintains people *lives*, not a freaking toilet?
>
>because they often are dirty,difficult physical labor jobs? (that require
a
>considerable knowledge base)
>If they were easy,anyone could do them.
Neither plumbing nor electrical work is significantly skilled. It's
methodical, precise, requires knowledge the subject and of codes, and
requires someone with mechanical ability. But it's not difficult work
and does not require significant training.
If people should be rewarded based on "dirty and difficult" then we
should pay ditch diggers who use shovels the most: It's dirty, and
digging all day with a shovel is very difficult work.
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