Escaped Wage Slave

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Monday, July 27, 2009

Smart/Dumb Dilemma

Too Educated To Live:

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/china/5907368/Wave-of-suicide-sweeps-Chinas-graduate-class.html

Millions of students will graduate in China this year, but with up to a third unable to get a job the number of suicides is soaring.

Military Is A Bad "Career" Choice:

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/politics/article6727677.ece

The Ministry of Defence (MoD) will go to the Court of Appeal on Tuesday to try to slash the compensation awarded to two injured soldiers by up to 70%. If the government wins, it will fuel the mounting disquiet over the relatively paltry payments some soldiers are receiving for lifelong injuries.