08-02-2018, 10:43 AM
(08-02-2018, 10:31 AM)Nately120 Wrote: Not to mention that the argument isn't that there aren't jobs out there, but that our system doesn't reward hard work like it used to. Work harder and receive less for it. Life isn't fair, is it? People seem to flip flop on that notion .
You mean the argument is being misrepresented? Can't be! In all seriousness, you are dead on. We know that productivity has been increasing yet wages have not kept up with inflation, lots of costs have increased beyond inflation, and the income gap has been widening. If production has been increasing then it would make sense that wages should at least be matching inflation, but the stripping of regulation and the move of corporations to be more concerned about shareholders than stakeholders has caused severe damage to the labor force in our country.
But nah, people are just being lazy.
"A great democracy has got to be progressive, or it will soon cease to be either great or a democracy..." - TR
"The test of our progress is not whether we add more to the abundance of those who have much; it is whether we provide enough for those who have too little." - FDR
"The test of our progress is not whether we add more to the abundance of those who have much; it is whether we provide enough for those who have too little." - FDR
