tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7942685.post3773113382536922587..comments2023-08-12T00:52:26.634-07:00Comments on Utopia: Happy to have a jobThomas Morehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07625090084425511827noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7942685.post-90814687109954342922012-06-25T16:47:52.043-07:002012-06-25T16:47:52.043-07:00Dead on.
What frustrates me so much is that this...Dead on. <br /><br />What frustrates me so much is that this attitude really HAS worked it's way in to the middle-class mindset.<br /><br />I was speaking to a collegue of mine recently (we're both degreed engineer with MBA's) and he's lamenting that a UAW worker with a HS diploma can, with overtime, make the same amount of money as we do.<br /><br />His implied solution to this "problem" was to PAY THEM LESS.<br /><br />My solution? PAY US MORE!<br />(And take the difference out of EXECUTIVE PAY for cripes sake!)<br /><br />Same with health care. I hear people complaining about the "lavish" HC plans that the folks in Unions get, and the attitude seems to be, "Their health care should be as Sh--ty as mine is!" As opposed to DEMANDING that OURS be as GOOD as THIERS!<br /><br />The middle class in this country have been cowed, tamed and domesticated. It's sickening how little ambition we seem to have even as we work our @$$es off and are told to "be grateful to still be employed!"<br /><br />It's really sick.Niceguy Eddiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03896896323840121445noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7942685.post-81166904352625263312011-03-30T14:28:35.797-07:002011-03-30T14:28:35.797-07:00Spot on, Adam... your mother would be proud!!Spot on, Adam... your mother would be proud!!babettehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13171849122600558854noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7942685.post-71810765157458921172011-03-30T14:27:00.684-07:002011-03-30T14:27:00.684-07:00Spot on, Adam, your mother would be proud of you!Spot on, Adam, your mother would be proud of you!babettehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13171849122600558854noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7942685.post-47399020634132929762011-03-20T17:28:11.164-07:002011-03-20T17:28:11.164-07:00Thanks, Bill. The subject really inspired me.Thanks, Bill. The subject really inspired me.Thomas Morehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07625090084425511827noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7942685.post-58878014392063949692011-03-20T08:54:39.608-07:002011-03-20T08:54:39.608-07:00Well stated, Adam. A great build-up to the Eleanor...Well stated, Adam. A great build-up to the Eleanor Roosevelt quote!Bill Hurleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07669872956638119829noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7942685.post-80287703146587142602011-03-19T19:29:41.457-07:002011-03-19T19:29:41.457-07:00Thanks, Lisa.
See, that writer had no ability to ...Thanks, Lisa.<br /><br />See, that writer had no ability to understand that the protesters were protesting on behalf of the writer's situation. It's a sort of psychosis almost, and I don't know how to counteract it.Thomas Morehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07625090084425511827noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7942685.post-78005416524812396592011-03-19T16:47:18.819-07:002011-03-19T16:47:18.819-07:00So glad to see you back, my friend. And look - I ...So glad to see you back, my friend. And look - I have the very first comment!<br /><br />This reminds me of a letter I read today in the paper, from someone lamenting their lot in the underclass. They went on at length, decribing the difficulties in obtaining a job, the problems with Badger Care, and the like. "Yes, yes," I nodded sagely to myself. Then came the the last section, where the writer started to bitch about the people protesting at the capitol. "I think it is time for the protestors to take a step back and be thankful for what they have," she sniffed.<br /><br />That cracking sound you may have heard this afternoon was my neck, as my head whipsawed around.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10605373783167118513noreply@blogger.com