Waaaaait a minute, waitaminute, waitaminute.

This is something I just realized: since when are direct competitors cooperating when it comes to how much they pay their employees? Holy frakkin crap, that just sounds inherently evil.

Imagine Ford, GM, Chrysler, etc, teaming up to decide how much they want to pay their employees! Or Kroger, Walmart, and Meijer having meetings to discuss how much they’re going to pay their grocery baggers! What if the University of Michigan, Michigan State, Washtenaw Community College, and every school in the state met to decide on a fixed wage for their media support staff (that’s me)?

Isn’t that illegal?

It sure sounds illegal.

If NBC wants to pay their writers 100% more than what they’re getting now, can’t they do that? From the sounds of things, the answer is no, because all the other studio heads would have to agree. That makes no sense. If NBC wanted to dominate in ratings for the next 10 years, all they’d have to do is make a deal with the striking writers. Talent would flock to them. Ratings would soar, they’d get tons of ad revenue, and everyone would get rich.

Why aren’t they??

Am I missing something?

I can’t figure this one out. No comic today because I’m lost in my thoughts–what are yours?

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Off-topic: Lost, Season 3 DVDs are out today. My mom hinted she got them for me for Christmas, so if that’s the case, my 2 week vacation coming up will be filled with sugar plums, dancing fairies, and tons of Lost.