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>On Feb 1, 9:51 am, Brett Paul Dunbar <br...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
>> In message
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>> il...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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>> >On Jan 27, 1:08 pm, Brett Paul Dunbar <br...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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>> >wrote:
>> >> In message <MPG.21cbdbbc6e427c8c9896d8@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>, bernardZ
>> >> <Berna...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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>> >> >Actually for the rich it is a step backwards. I would rather a
servant
>> >> >to clean my house and make my dinner rather then a vacuum cleaner
and a
>> >> >microwave.
>>
>> >> No you don't, or at least you don't enough to actually pay enough
for
>> >> even part time servants. If you really value it you can hire a
cleaner
>> >> to come round and clean your house on a regular basis, there are
>> >> cleaning firms that will do this. And you can either eat out or
order
>> >> meal deliveries from any number of local restaurants if you really
don't
>> >> want to cook.
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>> >What makes you think you know better than BernardZ what *he* wold
>> >rather have or not have? Perhaps what he really values is ordering
>> >people around. It's not at all uncommon.
>>
>> There is a basic principal of economics called revealed preference,
what
>> people actually value is demonstrated more by what they do rather than
>> what they say. If he really wanted somebody to cook and clean for him
he
>> could pay for it, he obviously does not consider the value worth the
>> cost. The saying "put your money where your mouth is" epitomises the
>> same concept.
>I read BernardZ's Dec 13 post as "wishful thinking", as opposed to
>description of what he actually does or can afford to do.
That was my point, he doesn't really want to have servants, or at least
not as much as he wants other things he can do with his money.
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