Insightful commentary

Came across really amusing and interesting articles on a fruitful monday spent surfing the net.



I must say whoever came up with this idea of a photo has a very good photographic sense. For the ignorant, this photo was used as a supplement to the article on whether people from neighbourhood schools should date people from the top schools. And yeah, the article is damm anti-raffles. Oh well...

2nd, this article about a radical plan to get teenagers to boost our flagging birth rate. It made me laugh, but after I thought it thru, it is scarily practical. Like mogilan said, logically sound, but violates every moral fibre of our society. But hey, the fact that mindsets can change is a very important point, therefore who knows? It could be coming to a future very near to us.

3rd, a set of 2 articles which mr sowden sent to the econs s yahoogroups. Here's an excerpt of the article.

The other day the Sun bestowed the title of "Britain's Laziest Woman" on Susan Moore of Burythorpe, North Yorkshire. Miss Moore had come to the paper's attention courtesy of its Shop-A-Sponger Hotline: as Alastair Taylor explained: "Super-sponger Susan, 34, has not done a day's work since dropping out of college in 1988." Despite receiving "Jobseeker's Allowance" for 16 years, she does not seek jobs, and never has. She was offered one by a supermarket, but it was five miles away so she wasn't interested. Ryedale Jobcentre put her on a "New Deal" course and, to make sure she attended, sent a taxi for her every morning. But one day the cab didn't show up, so Susan gave up
the course. She lives with her divorced mum, who's also on "Jobseeker's Allowance", though she hasn't sought a job since giving birth to Susan in 1969. Sportingly, the Sun offered Susan the chance to make a few quid manning the Shop-A-Sponger Hotline over the weekend, but she didn't fancy the disruption. "I shop on a Saturday," she said, "and on Sunday I sit at home and relax a bit."

Well, with people like her they give slackers like me a good name. Anyways, there is a counter argument as to why society needs slackers like her, which is allow another person have a job. I think that is great piece of bullshit, anyone who understands theory of income determination knows that a person working will have a trickle effect as she is contributing to the circular flow of income. However, maybe that is compensated in the G of AD, but i personally think there is some implicit multiplier somewhere.

The last one is the Malaysian wayang kulit, oops I mean elections. Hey, I thought the media circus of whether bush served in vietnam or not as a a response to kerry supporters challenge that the current president shriked war duty was bad, but this tops it. Only in Malaysia do you get opposition telling you that if you don't vote for them you'll go to hell. Oh well, like mum said, it is entertainment. Not far from the truth.

Damm....spent too much time reading useless articles when I should have been studying...