On Sun, 05 Aug 2012 00:54:50 -0400, waggy wrote:

> Jim Henderson  wrote:
>> On Sat, 04 Aug 2012 18:57:27 -0400, waggy wrote:
>> > Doesn't that depend on how much they're paying and how desperate you
>> > are?
>>
>> Personally, I don't think so.  But I've never been so desperate as to
>> have to compromise my principles for pay.
>>
> I hope you never are.
> 
> Although being just shy of living on the streets did help me figure out
> exactly what my principles are, before selling a few.

I can say that I've come close - I nearly had my house foreclosed on many 
years ago when I was forced to resign from a particularly ugly job.

>> > Consider the financial services industry.  They appear to value,
>> > very,
>> > very highly, those who can think up new and creative ways to defraud
>> > people.
>>
>> I don't think I could work in that industry at all because of that - I
>> wouldn't even consider looking at it as a career option because it's an
>> industry that's all about greed, and I don't see greed as a virtue.
>>
> Stay away from the US health care industry, too.  "Pay us money or you
> and your loved ones will suffer and die needlessly," is pretty much the
> definition of extortion.

Indeed it is.  The job I mention above?  A benefits administration 
company.  Right on the edge of the health care industry.

Fortunately, in the actual care facilities, there are many compassionate 
people who do what they can even for those who cannot pay for it.

Jim

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