Get over it, Carr tells jobless lawyers

Sydney Morning Herald ^ | 12/7/2003 | Alex Mitchell

[packrat35]

You too. Got you beat, I got thre seperate checks in 3 envelopes 14 cents, 14 cents, and 4 cents.

What a crock.

[jocon307]

"What the world really needs is more scientists and engineers and physicians and architects and small-business owners. Lawyers are typically smart enough to do any of these jobs."

Well, here is where I disagree. Lawyers are smart enough to be small business owners, but it is a widely acknowledged situation that most folks who enter the field of law are NOT naturally endowed with the abilities required to be scientists, engineers, doctors, or architects. They lack math ability, and for the most part come from the "humanities". Of course, a lot of them think they "know better" about medicine than doctors, etc. but that doesn't change the fact that a good many of them would have pursued such careers, but didn't have the god-given talent to do so.

I say this as a person who is really bad at math, and currently works as a bookkeeper for a law firm. Beleive me, I know technology not only destroys jobs but creates them. Without the man who invented the calculator, I'd never have my job. But my grasp of arithmatic is top-notch and I tell you in all sincerity, out of 12 lawyers at my firm 2 (two) only are numerate at all. And they do all the trusts and estates work. The rest are completely hopeless. And these are men with fine educations, quite smart, wonderful fellows. You wouldn't want them making your change at the supermarket, forget about being engineers. The average low level drug dealer has a better working relationship with numbers than they do.

So all these unemployed Aussie lawyers better start writing the Great Australian Novel, and maybe we'll get lucky on it.

And I am NOT being sarcastic.

[ridesthemiles]

Praise the lord indeed; come on over Mr.Carr we need a new labor secretary.

We surely need him in Calif to help clean up Workmen's comp. They raised rates over 100% in the past 2 years, and they are "giving" us back a 3.6 % reduction. When I do the math, there is still a serious impact to the business owner.
Can we invite this man to speak to the Calif Legislature with MANDATORY attendance by the "elected representatives" ?

[TheMole]

I want them CRUSHED. I want them RUINED. I want them DESTROYED.

That's awfully judgmental, cc. You know it's really unfair how all lawyers get that bad reputation because of the way 99% of them act.

[#3Fan]

What the world really needs is more scientists and engineers and physicians and architects and small-business owners. Lawyers are typically smart enough to do any of these jobs. By choosing to engage in destructive, corrosive legal plundering instead of an honest profession, they are destroying civil society. Let them find honest constructive work, or starve to death for all I care.

I agree.

[Spell Correctly]

Practicing

[Map Kernow]

Practicing

It's this darn new laptop---it's paractically impossible to keep your fingers on the right keys all the time! :)

[Spell Correctly]

I hate laptops.

[Petronski]

I received a check yesterday for .03 from a class action lawsuit from a credit card. Yes, you read right...THREE CENTS. I'd like to know how much the lawyers got from this one.

Hah! I was in that class action too, and I got $0.46, yep forty-six cents.