House of Paine

fishermen or prospectors

 just revisited a vintage late 90's krug hustle

  here it is 

  with a spate of minor  after thoughts ....




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" consider this simple parable : 
there are two societies. 
In one everyone makes a living 
at some occupation-say, fishing-
in which the amount people earn 
over the course of the year 
is fairly closely determined 
by their skill and effort.

 Incomes will not be equal 
in this society-
some people are better
 at fishing than others, 
some people are willing
 to work harder
 than others, 
but the range of incomes
 will not be that wide.
 And there will be a sense 
that those who catch 
a lot of fish 
have earned their success. 

In the other society,
 the main source of income 
is gold prospecting. 

A few find rich mother lodes 
and become wealthy.
 Others find smaller deposits,
 and many find themselves 
working very hard 
for very little reward. 

The result will be 
a very unequal distribution 
of income.

 Some of this will reflect
 effort and skill:
 those who are especially alert 
to signs of gold
 or willing to put in
 longer hours prospecting
 will on average
 do better than those 
who are not 

 But there will be many skilled
 industrious prospectors
 who do not get rich 
and a few who become immensely so  

Surely the great majority 
of Americans 
 no matter how conservative
 instinctively feel 
that a nation that resembles 
the second imaginary society 
is a worse place
 than one that resembles
 the first

 It is also no question 
that our nation today 
is much less like 
the benign society 
of fishermen
-and much more like 
the harsh society 
of prospectors-
than it was a generation ago. 
The evidence is overwhelming"

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   prefered results?

more equal less equal ?

 think about just 
         two words : las vegas --------------------

---------- i wonder if  where he pinched his fish bit
not JC 

    as to the land of prospectors

thoreau did that up perfectly 

bindigo run  ----------------------

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       merit by merit winners 
like st pauli girl here
 never 
  REALLY 
     " get "
   the  Homerish URGE 
   to  Swing for the fences 
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