http://www.memphisflyer.com/memphis/letter-from-the-editor/Content?oid=2618011 Comments On: Letter From the Editor by Bruce VanWyngarden en-us Copyright 2013 Memphis Flyer. All rights reserved. This RSS file is offered to individuals, Memphis Flyer readers, and non-commercial organizations only. Any commercial websites wishing to use this RSS file, please contact Memphis Flyer. wil@desert.net (Memphis Flyer Webmaster) Sun, 19 May 2013 00:00:01 -0500 Sun, 19 May 2013 22:15:00 -0500 Foundation http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Posted by mad_merc]]> Tue, 22 Feb 2011 02:19:19 -0600 Memphis Flyer Posted by BruceVanWyngarden]]> Sat, 19 Feb 2011 08:40:53 -0600 Memphis Flyer Posted by mad_merc]]> Sat, 19 Feb 2011 03:35:44 -0600 Memphis Flyer Posted by Packrat]]> Fri, 18 Feb 2011 16:15:42 -0600 Memphis Flyer Posted by M_Awesomeberg]]> Fri, 18 Feb 2011 15:48:05 -0600 Memphis Flyer
Public service jobs have traditionally not been very well paid on the front end, but rewarded the with a good pension much earlier than could be obtained in the private sector, along with (in general) better benefits (sick time, holiday pay, health insurance) and job security. During the boom years of the 90's, this was forgotten and pay raise after pay raise was given for a good number of public employees.
Posted by mad_merc]]> Fri, 18 Feb 2011 13:34:29 -0600 Memphis Flyer Posted by Packrat]]> Fri, 18 Feb 2011 13:03:31 -0600 Memphis Flyer Posted by M_Awesomeberg]]> Fri, 18 Feb 2011 12:41:03 -0600 Memphis Flyer
Exactly. The agribiz is feudal in its structure.
Posted by UppityCholo]]> Fri, 18 Feb 2011 11:05:24 -0600 Memphis Flyer Posted by Jeff]]> Fri, 18 Feb 2011 10:52:22 -0600 Memphis Flyer Posted by B]]> Fri, 18 Feb 2011 10:30:37 -0600 Memphis Flyer Posted by BruceVanWyngarden]]> Fri, 18 Feb 2011 10:03:42 -0600 Memphis Flyer Posted by mad_merc]]> Fri, 18 Feb 2011 09:37:49 -0600 Memphis Flyer I can say that I never assumed I was getting a tip.
Posted by Anonymous123]]> Fri, 18 Feb 2011 09:29:08 -0600 Memphis Flyer Posted by BruceVanWyngarden]]> Fri, 18 Feb 2011 09:23:05 -0600 Memphis Flyer Posted by Jeff]]> Fri, 18 Feb 2011 07:50:46 -0600 Memphis Flyer Posted by Christopher12]]> Thu, 17 Feb 2011 21:26:17 -0600 Memphis Flyer Posted by M_Awesomeberg]]> Thu, 17 Feb 2011 15:48:03 -0600 Memphis Flyer Posted by Packrat]]> Thu, 17 Feb 2011 15:39:02 -0600 Memphis Flyer That explains a lot. Everyone here is always surprised when I tip a $1 per drink at the bar.
Posted by barf]]> Thu, 17 Feb 2011 14:57:22 -0600 Memphis Flyer Posted by LostYankee]]> Thu, 17 Feb 2011 14:34:13 -0600 Memphis Flyer Posted by Jeff]]> Thu, 17 Feb 2011 10:38:57 -0600 Memphis Flyer Posted by mad_merc]]> Thu, 17 Feb 2011 10:30:29 -0600 Memphis Flyer Posted by B]]> Thu, 17 Feb 2011 09:52:27 -0600 Memphis Flyer