Exploitation on the high seas.Your Editor's Letter ["The End of Exploitation," March/April 2005] was the most conscious-raising editorial addressed to travelers that I've ever read. In that vein, how about an expose on the cruise industry? Most--if not all--cruise operators register their ships in foreign ports, and thus dodge paying Uncle Sam Uncle Sam, name used to designate the U.S. government. The term arose in the War of 1812 and seems at first to have been used derisively by those opposed to the war. Possibly it was an expansion of the letters "U.S. their fair share of taxes, and in the bargain they pay their staff far less than minimum wage, skirt skirt abattoir term for diaphragm. OSHA-type safety regulations, and offer little in terms of benefits. WES JACKSON Wes Jackson is the founder and current president of The Land Institute. After earning a BA in biology from Kansas Wesleyan University, an MA in botany from the University of Kansas, and a PhD in genetics from North Carolina State University, Wes Jackson established and , New Orleans New Orleans (ôr`lēənz –lənz, ôrlēnz`), city (2006 pop. 187,525), coextensive with Orleans parish, SE La., between the Mississippi River and Lake Pontchartrain, 107 mi (172 km) by water from the river mouth; founded |
|
||||||||||||||||||
Printer friendly
Cite/link
Email
Feedback
Reader Opinion