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originally posted by: onequestion
a reply to: AnuTyr
This person is unwilling to look at the facts of the economy as reported by the bureau of labor statistics. They are unwilling to recognize that we have lost our purchasing power as a nation and our currency is dieing because investors are looking for alternatives. They dont want to believe that 69% of our economy is now service sector based, oil companies are now laying off, factories and other companies are still moving offshore, the local governments are not small business friendly, its harder and more expensive then ever to get a small startup off the ground, millennials are not buying houses, the middle class is dead.
No no its all because people are lazy and stupid and i dont feel like taking a more honest look at what people are saying. Id rather just use my own experience as anecdotal evidence that the world is perfect and then i want to call people names.
originally posted by: TycoonBarnaby
originally posted by: Toadmund
originally posted by: Edumakated
originally posted by: onequestion
a reply to: Edumakated
What world are you living in the 1950's or 2015?
Theres no upward mobility anymore give me a break.
There is plenty of upward mobility for those that are willing to work hard. There is no upward mobility for the weak, lazy, and stupid. If you can't run with the big dogs, get off the porch.
Some of us don't live to work, we work to live.
We should be able to live, why must we run with 'those' dogs.
ANY job should be a job that people can live off of, YOU are selling your labour, for your benefit.
Unfortunately it's not usually beneficial for you, but mostly for them.
Parasites of society, the banks, corporations etc. They suck our life blood and they want us to play THEIR game?!
(Insert bad word) THEM!
What do you mean by "live"? What do you require to live? Do you need the internet, a TV, a car, etc?
Poverty level in the US is still so far beyond just living, surely you are actually saying you require more than just living for doing something a machine could do instead of you.
originally posted by: Toadmund
originally posted by: TycoonBarnaby
originally posted by: Toadmund
originally posted by: Edumakated
originally posted by: onequestion
a reply to: Edumakated
What world are you living in the 1950's or 2015?
Theres no upward mobility anymore give me a break.
There is plenty of upward mobility for those that are willing to work hard. There is no upward mobility for the weak, lazy, and stupid. If you can't run with the big dogs, get off the porch.
Some of us don't live to work, we work to live.
We should be able to live, why must we run with 'those' dogs.
ANY job should be a job that people can live off of, YOU are selling your labour, for your benefit.
Unfortunately it's not usually beneficial for you, but mostly for them.
Parasites of society, the banks, corporations etc. They suck our life blood and they want us to play THEIR game?!
(Insert bad word) THEM!
What do you mean by "live"? What do you require to live? Do you need the internet, a TV, a car, etc?
Poverty level in the US is still so far beyond just living, surely you are actually saying you require more than just living for doing something a machine could do instead of you.
Get real man!
Do you deny the fact that those at the top are taking most of the pie and leaving us the crumbs?
Yeah, I know 2/3 rds of the world can barely afford to eat and I live pretty good compared to them.
I just don't want to become them.
That's is where we are heading though.
originally posted by: ketsuko
a reply to: Edumakated
That's true too.
No one who is any good stays at minimum wage for long. You either earn a raise fairly quickly, find another job or start getting promotions.
originally posted by: onequestion
a reply to: Edumakated
What world are you living in the 1950's or 2015?
Theres no upward mobility anymore give me a break.
Why Are Minimum Wage Jobs Advertised As A Career?
originally posted by: AnuTyr
originally posted by: ketsuko
a reply to: AnuTyr
You do realize that McDonald's is and has been losing money and market share for a while now? Right?
There are no record profits there.
Oh Cuz losing the profit margin was 1.50 billion but dropped to 1.01 billion since last year they are definently getting *crippled*
Give me a break.
That's 1000 Million dollars in profits.
originally posted by: TycoonBarnaby
a reply to: stosh64
The reality is most US citizens cannot compete on the global scale. Adapt or face the consequences.
originally posted by: Hoosierdaddy71
Would you prefer them asking you if you want a dead end job with no possible future advancement?
Those jobs are so bad that they need to sell them to people.
originally posted by: onequestion
a reply to: SearchLightsInc
They are worthless scum they should want to work for apple for free and offer their children to steve jobs as a sacrifice for the betterment of apples profit margin.
If they were smart they would manipulate their way up the chain and become the CEO one day.
originally posted by: Edumakated
originally posted by: onequestion
a reply to: AnuTyr
This person is unwilling to look at the facts of the economy as reported by the bureau of labor statistics. They are unwilling to recognize that we have lost our purchasing power as a nation and our currency is dieing because investors are looking for alternatives. They dont want to believe that 69% of our economy is now service sector based, oil companies are now laying off, factories and other companies are still moving offshore, the local governments are not small business friendly, its harder and more expensive then ever to get a small startup off the ground, millennials are not buying houses, the middle class is dead.
No no its all because people are lazy and stupid and i dont feel like taking a more honest look at what people are saying. Id rather just use my own experience as anecdotal evidence that the world is perfect and then i want to call people names.
We've lost purchasing power? Poor people today live better than the middle class 50 years ago. The only reason anyone has lost purchasing power is because they want to live a certain lifestyle. Air conditioning, flat screen TVs, cell phones, multiple pairs of sneakers, Playstations, cars, 3000 square foot houses, etc.
originally posted by: Aazadan
originally posted by: ketsuko
a reply to: Edumakated
That's true too.
No one who is any good stays at minimum wage for long. You either earn a raise fairly quickly, find another job or start getting promotions.
It doesn't matter if people are any good or not. If everyone is skilled, effectively no one is skilled because nothing distinguishes them from the pack. By definition there will always be people with below average skills or below average opportunity, and those people will earn below average wages. Shouldn't those at the bottom, considering that someone will always be at the bottom be able to have a reasonable lifestyle?
originally posted by: ketsuko
a reply to: Nyiah
That's all any of us want, but it gets much harder when you go to college and don't make a good choice of degree. Then you have a degree that no one takes seriously and doesn't open any real doors on top of the debt you likely took on to get it.