Poverty didn't pay, either; poor people do not make
efficient workmen. War was abolished, Reblong, not for any
humanitarian motives, but because peace brought in fatter profits
and less waste.
"And as for our compulsory education"--he snapped his fingers
contemptuously--"just what does it amount to? Simply this: it didn't
pay the owners to allow illiteracy! An educated workman is a better
dividend-producer than an ignorant one. That's all there is to it,
Reblong! Don't fool yourself into thinking that the commission has
done all this for your benefit! Not much!"
"Maybe you're right," conceded Reblong. "As for myself, I don't care
a rap what the commission's reasons were. I'm satisfied!"
The other man looked disgusted. "Satisfied! Just because you're
guaranteed your dollar an hour, and your pension at sixty!
Satisfied, when half the company's profits go to the owners, not one
of whom ever did a bit of work in his life! A bunch of people who do
nothing but blow in the money we earn, and spend more in a day than
we do in a month!"
"They're welcome," commented Reblong with much indifference.
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