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Originally Posted by pan6467
All I know and care about is what are the opportunities to be had for those losing jobs or starting out.
What I see are minimum wage or slightly higher jobs replacing decent good paying jobs. The employers know that jobs are now a commodity and are doing whatever they want (forcing people to work ot, not giving benefits, etc. there is no protection for employees anymore),
So the reality is that people who made $15, 20+ an hour are making much, much less. So unless, jobs start paying more (which then causes inflation) this country will continue a downward spiral.
Employers need to be held accountable, government needs to help those losing decent paying jobs to find wages similar.
I grew up believing if a man worked 40 hours and lived within his means, he should be able to save and live a normal standard of living life.... that is not the case in this country any longer. Too much greed from the top and politicians and too few in the middle left to fight.
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True.
It's a race to the bottom.
We have closed all the factories down and moved all those decent paying jobs to China in the name of cheap shit.
My parents bought a Maytag Washing Machine in 1977 for about $5 or 600 bucks. It was made in North America and it lasted 30 years.
I could walk into Home Depot tonight and buy a similar Maytag TONIGHT and it would cost about $600 bucks. It will be made in Indonesia though and it might last 5 years if I am lucky. People would have a fucking heart attack if they had to pay $1,500.00 for a fucking Washing Machine now (cause that would be what $600 from 1977 brought forward would cost).
All those poor bastards working at Maytag in Ohio have been laid off. Gone are the $20.00 an hour jobs. Replaced by minimum wage working at the Walmart.
Nobody wants to pay the freight anymore.