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originally posted by: Aazadan
a reply to: Xenogears
And Star Wars is rapidly losing value as an IP because the wrong person was given creative control. Companies that stick around for several years after changing ownership are the ones being run by capable individuals.
I didn't say that the skills to maintain a company are ultra rare, most marketable skills aren't. But, claiming that just because someone had an easier time getting the job somehow means that person isn't capable isn't true either.
originally posted by: Creep Thumper
I think you like to belittle people who can't afford a higher education.
You don't need a PhD to be on the floor producing steel or doing Tool and Die, running a lathe etc. or for making industrial tanks, etc.
I disagree strongly with that statement. Do you have any children?
with every generation now past that morality has declined, now everyone is a narcissist who thinks they are better than everyone around them
originally posted by: neutronflux
a reply to: Aazadan
Still need someone to fix automation, still need the wood indusrty, construction industry, someone to fix plumbing, someone to fix AC units, fix cars, maintain a power grid, generator power, produce ships........
Just have to be willing to move where the jobs are? Wonder how much misery divorce causes by “locking” people in areas that want or required to be close to their kids?
originally posted by: CB328
You really don't need any more proof of the failing of capitalism than this. At a time when corporations and CEO's are raking in gigantic profits, the people actually doing the hardest and worst jobs can't even afford an apartment. We hear a lot of proganda on here about how capitalism provides for people so well and creates so much prosperity. The truth is it creates prosperity for those at the top by destroying and enslaving those at the bottom. How is this any different than communism? It's just slavery with lipstick.
A minimum-wage worker needs 2.5 full-time jobs to afford a one-bedroom apartment in most of the US
www.yahoo.com...
originally posted by: Aegeus
a reply to: CB328
And this is why you stay in school. You don't have to have a college degree to land a relatively decent job. This isn't Trumps fault, it isn't Obama's fault. It isn't my fault, your fault, or mega corporations fault. It's the fault of the people who chose to do nothing more with their lives. When you make poor decisions in life, you can't expect much in return.
Median household income, a good gauge of middle-class pay, peaked in 1999 under President Bill Clinton, according to census data. In the nearly two decades since then, households have seen their modest gains eaten away by inflation.
“Having a job is not enough to get ahead,” says Kasey Wiedrich, director of applied research at Prosperity Now, a nonprofit that advocates for low-income families. Prosperity Now recently released its annual scorecard, which found that “the data point to a widespread financial fragility in our nation.”
Half the jobs in America pay less than $18 an hour
originally posted by: toysforadults
a reply to: Assassin82
www.washingtonpost.com...
Median household income, a good gauge of middle-class pay, peaked in 1999 under President Bill Clinton, according to census data. In the nearly two decades since then, households have seen their modest gains eaten away by inflation.
peaked in 99, things have gotten more expensive since then, only a little bit though
“Having a job is not enough to get ahead,” says Kasey Wiedrich, director of applied research at Prosperity Now, a nonprofit that advocates for low-income families. Prosperity Now recently released its annual scorecard, which found that “the data point to a widespread financial fragility in our nation.”
Half the jobs in America pay less than $18 an hour
I'm not sure if you pay for your own healthcare and rent and insurance and all that but $18 an hour won't get ya far, hell owning your own work vehicle for construction workers cost a damn pretty penny luckily a lot of them are union making closer to 20 an hour or 28 an hour (after enough time in)
most people aren't driving brand new cars unless your in texas or california the rest of america looks a lot different
originally posted by: neutronflux
Well, try to get a promotion so you are not the 2 million earning federal minimum wage out of the 300 million inhabitants living in the USA? Capitalism is failing because a small percentage of the population is paid what should be an entry level wage that is reimbursed every tax season?