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October 25, 2003

Ted Rall - Confirming the Obvious

Michele wants people to bitch slap Ted Rall, preferably by mucking up his smug photo, but I'll take on his text instead:

"I mean, I'm an absolute Marxist when it comes to economics," he says from New York.

Yes, history has shown that Marxism is quite possibly the most beneficial form of economics around; why, everyone lives in splendor and wealth and happiness and joy - oh wait, they're all equally miserable. Same difference.

"I don't believe a CEO does any more work than a janitor. All labor is worth the same."

You, sir, are truly an idiot and really should learn some market economics. The janitorial skillset isn't exactly rare, and thus the market value is lower - the CEO skillset is much rarer, and thus the pay is considerably higher. Granted, not all CEOs do incredible jobs, but neither do all janitors - but even if you say they aren't very smart, I see no one begging for Ted Rall to be a CEO. So they must be at least a bit more savvy, if nothing else, than you, idiot.