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We were right. We are screwed.
By Dr. Shoeshine | June 24, 2008
From a Twin Cities paper, where certain parents are convinced everything is easy because it doesn’t have the silly cost of living that coastal cities do:
With more and more jobs being outsourced every day, many college grads end up in the service industry just to get by. They claim that it’s temporary, that they’re just (barely) paying the bills until something better comes along. But listen closely to the tinge of fear in their voice when they tell you that—they’re worried that “something better” won’t come by at all.
This article came up in our “American Dream” RSS feed. Leading off with the question, “Has the American Dream flatlined?” it re-casts that same question in terms of whether 20-somethings are greedy - if not in terms of salary, but in satisfaction.
What is this underlying mistrust of those who would dare demand a job they don’t hate? What is the Puritanical insistence on “paying one’s dues” through poor treatment, ever-decreasing stability or basic health benefits, and wages that fall further and further from anything that can be construed as middle-class? It’s one thing to challenge employees until they prove competence. It’s another to harass them to within an inch of their composure, or force them to choose between having health care and furthering their education and training.
In the American “free market” economy, only employers have freedom.
Topics: Americanism, Workers & Class |
June 23rd, 2010 at 7:32 am
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July 24th, 2010 at 12:59 am
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