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Is the United States anti-labor?

Eternity · 22-25, M
It's not that it's just the people who labor do such a good job that the people who dont get to enjoy such good infrastructure that they start to take the laborers for granted and then bitch about how "overpaid" they are.

I say hand those spoiled fuckers a shovel and tell them to dig their own roads. Hand them some side cutters and tell them to wire their own house.

They would quickly reconsider. Big mouths, soft hands.
Platoscave · F
@Eternity you are irresponsible dude and you are gone as far as I'm concerned
indyjoe · 56-60, M
It would seem that way wouldn't it...Those of us who work hard, do our best, and take pride in the job we do regardless of how menial are getting more and more scarce. Hard work and doing a good job is getting less and less appreciated let alone rewarded, and the more money and benefits one gets the less work they are usually required to do for it.
4meAndyou · F
No. Like every issue on the table today, the United States is divided on how to deal with providing jobs for everyone, including jobs associated with manual labor.

Some want to drive the businesses that provide the jobs out of the country by sucking them dry with taxes, and put those workers on the public dole, while others want to create a healthy environment for businesses to grow.

Some wish to continue in providing state and government contracts to union (or labor) workers, knowing they will milk the job and stretch it out as long as possible, in some cases bankrupting the funds available, (as in the California railway). Others wish to create a realistic budget for government projects and stick to it.
Platoscave · F
@4meAndyou ok

but you talk like you are personally uncommitted either way.

and most of us are bloody hopeless MORONS when it comes to realizing our

democratic rights such as they still are. Our rights in the workplace INCLUDED.

We can call and write and meet and organize.

we don't have to wail and gnash our teeth...

but stick around here long enough

and you get the feeling that none of this matters, as long as we can entertain ourselves while Rome burns

more of everything else

down

some more.
4meAndyou · F
@Platoscave I have a great deal of commitment and some very strong opinions, but I have found through sad experience that I can not hear what others wish to say if I alienate them by airing said opinion. I value learning, above all else, and I value my explorations of all of our issues as a country.

Rome will burn if mad men are allowed to rule.
Platoscave · F
@4meAndyou I never voted to allow it.

Looks like somebody decided that stuff without consulting me.
TidyTimecheck · 46-50, M
All I can tell you is legal protections for workers are lagging behind much of Europe.
@TidyTimecheck That's the reason Europe chokes on our economic dust.
Platoscave · F
I had a great job once, flexibility, no pressure...and I was homeless the whole time. But the job ended due to the stresses of trying to live.

That's our great American life these days.

Probably one job out of three is like that...or worse.
midnightsun · 26-30, M
It's more about overpaid labor.

You can hire 5 men in China for 1 man in United States.
@midnightsun Not for long xD
@midnightsun Of course [b]that[/b] begs the question of what the cost of living is in China ? The cost of housing, etc. Is homelessness a problem like it is here ?
Even the UN acknowledged that the United States is the hardest working country in the world. Perhaps western Europe has a specific political connotation to the word "labor", but the US actually over-does it in the 'work' department.
eMortal · M
In a sense yes. We're too good to be working in farms and factories.
eMortal · M
@Platoscave you wouldn't be able to enjoy the cheap prices in grocery stores.
Platoscave · F
@eMortal that's for the politicians to slug out.

think

think

think
Platoscave · F
@eMortal besides they are

not

so

cheap.

what country are YOU in?
No, the ones in charge don’t want to acknowledge that most people work in order to live. A homeless [b]working[/b] population is [b]beyond[/b] ridiculous. But in many places here, it’s [b]fact[/b].
eMortal · M
@bijouxbroussard We need to address the affordable housing crisis in most states.

 
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