John O'l ... I never stated these companies came to N.B. to do a favour ... The provincial government lured these companies to the province to remedy unemployment numbers ... yes, there was a ready supply of cheap labour, and of course these companies are taking advantage, and yes they could pay more ... but, what they do pay and incentives these companies provide is a better standard of living than existing on welfare. Sure, the job is crappy, but looking on the brighter side, it beats sitting around getting a substandard amount of a 'welfare check' and certainly beats working in an arbattoir.

Yes ... we all have to do crappy jobs from time to time to put food on the table and a roof over our heads ... that's basically what I'm saying, these people are just doing a job just like the rest of us. So, don't take it that they are out there just to create havoc in our lives ... getting us to come DOWN off the ladder just to answer a the phone.

If there is any blame to all of this ... it is our materialistic life that we all live and the demands it puts on our society/industry (with excessive greed thrown into the equation)to keep it going ... everything we own, has been somehow 'sold to us via the marketing chain'.

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