Originally Posted by host

Are you saying that the solution to coping with dramatically rising prices for necessities, fuel and food, is for everyone to seek and presumably obtain, a better paying "non-union" job?

Will you concede that the possibility of doing that can only realistically be open to a small number of the workforce....less than 10 percent in the current economic environment, and, that.....for the rest, the relief is only "in the looking", the feeling that one is attempting to take control of the situation?

If not, where would the 13.5 million "better paying jobs", even for 10 percent of the US work force, to successfully follow your advice....possibly come from? The situation is aggravated more, compared to two years ago, by the illiquid housing situation, making it difficukt to sell and relocate, and the drop in the credit ratings of millions, making it difficult to pass a credit check as a condition of hire.

IMO, you're advice is a possible solution for maybe one out of twenty workers feeling the pinch. The advice to "conserve" would seem as meaningful.