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Speck Tater Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Apr-20-08 12:57 PM
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Do your part to make this a fair and just world.
Edited on Sun Apr-20-08 01:02 PM by fiziwig
Americans amount to 5% of the world's population, but consume 25% of the world's resources. No matter how you spin it that means we Americans use five times more than our share of the resources. Since resource use is directly proportional to purchasing power, that implies we Americans have five times more than our fair share of purchasing power.

If we are ever going to see a fair and just world, a world without starvation and endless war, we all need to learn to be satisfied with our fair share, and nothing more. Do your part. Go to your employer tomorrow and demand an 80% salary cut. Anything less is admitting that you don't really care about fairness or justice. Anything less is telling the world that you don't have any moral qualms about exploiting the other 95% of the world for your personal benefit.

Show the world that you really DO care. Prove that you're not just an empty wind bag when it comes to equality and fairness. Demand that 80% salary cut now!

NOTE: (An acceptable alternative is to keep your salary, but give 80% of your income to a registered international charity organization.)

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