Our Produce-or-Die Culture Is Killing Us -- And We're Idiotically Grinning and Bearing It


	Our Produce-or-Die Culture Is Killing Us -- And We're Idiotically Grinning and Bearing It

JICWyllie

11-3-2009 5:13 AM

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1-employment, 1-policy, 1-productivity, 2-consequences, 2-increase, 3-argued, 4-us

JICWyllie says:

You cannot be free if your life depends on salary (or a government handout).

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