Americas current Career and Employment situation

[NYLefty]

Long standing Republican policies and assaults on the middle class have left us as follows.

To make it today there's very few avenues for success left here for our younger generation.

Yes one way is get a really good education, (and I'm not talking just a BS anymore) but a Master's or Doctorates in special study in medicine, law, economics. But unfortunately that's costly and impossible for many.

The next is Civil Service. Become a cop, fireman, work for the county or even your state DOT, public service. Fantastic benefits. Great healthcare and retirement benefits, at least in Blue Democratically run states.

The next most difficult and final is venture is to set off into your own business. Downsides are lack of any social safety nets. Poor retirement income because the majority of small business owners show low income for tax purposes and put little into Social Security. And a government that seems to do anything and everything to stymie entrepreneurship despite claims to being the small business party.

There's still union jobs as plumbers, iron workers, construction but due to the Republican assault on unions that's largely faded in all but a few Democratically run states.

Last but not least is inherent money.

 

[Michael Hardner]

7 hours ago, NYLefty said:

1. Long standing Republican policies and assaults on the middle class have left us as follows.

2. To make it today there's very few avenues for success left here for our younger generation.

3. Yes one way is get a really good education, (and I'm not talking just a BS anymore) but a Master's or Doctorates in special study in medicine, law, economics. But unfortunately that's costly and impossible for many.

4. The next is Civil Service. Become a cop, fireman, work for the county or even your state DOT, public service. Fantastic benefits. Great healthcare and retirement benefits, at least in Blue Democratically run states.

5. The next most difficult and final is venture is to set off into your own business. Downsides are lack of any social safety nets. Poor retirement income because the majority of small business owners show low income for tax purposes and put little into Social Security. And a government that seems to do anything and everything to stymie entrepreneurship despite claims to being the small business party.

6. There's still union jobs as plumbers, iron workers, construction but due to the Republican assault on unions that's largely faded in all but a few Democratically run states.

7. Last but not least is inherent money.

 

1. The Democrats haven't exactly been slouches.  Hillary Clinton was on the board of Wal-Mart and the cost-cutting corporate profit juggernaut did fine under Clinton and Obama...

2. 5. 7. If you have a lot of money then you can do well as an entrepreneur.  Given the Mike Pillows of the world, I am wondering if it's TOO easy to maintain wealth these days.  Entrepreneurs can generally do better than employees to my experience.

3. Not economics, but IT or business maybe.

4. Not a teacher though.

6. Not that many...

The middle class "job" has had a target on its back for 40+ years and it always will.  Companies don't want to pay a living wage, period.

Governments are blamed for the loss in n wealth of working people but also aren't supposed to do socialism because then everyone pays.

Seems like such an easy problem to people who are so politically partisan that they only eat Wheaties with Bernie Sanders on the box, or use Trump brand lubricants.

 

Edited August 31, 2023 by Michael Hardner

[Deluge]

1 hour ago, NYLefty said:

Long standing Republican policies and assaults on the middle class

Point out the assaults. Show how Donald Trump did more damage to the middle class than the hair sniffer has been doing. 

And just the facts, please. Your bullshit opinions won't be needed.

Edited August 31, 2023 by Deluge

[reason10]

1 hour ago, NYLefty said:

Long standing Republican policies and assaults on the middle class have left us as follows.

To make it today there's very few avenues for success left here for our younger generation.

Yes one way is get a really good education, (and I'm not talking just a BS anymore) but a Master's or Doctorates in special study in medicine, law, economics. But unfortunately that's costly and impossible for many.

The next is Civil Service. Become a cop, fireman, work for the county or even your state DOT, public service. Fantastic benefits. Great healthcare and retirement benefits, at least in Blue Democratically run states.

The next most difficult and final is venture is to set off into your own business. Downsides are lack of any social safety nets. Poor retirement income because the majority of small business owners show low income for tax purposes and put little into Social Security. And a government that seems to do anything and everything to stymie entrepreneurship despite claims to being the small business party.

There's still union jobs as plumbers, iron workers, construction but due to the Republican assault on unions that's largely faded in all but a few Democratically run states.

Last but not least is inherent money.

 

All of that is a lie.

[I am Groot]

6 hours ago, NYLefty said:

Long standing Republican policies and assaults on the middle class have left us as follows.

To make it today there's very few avenues for success left here for our younger generation.

Yes one way is get a really good education, (and I'm not talking just a BS anymore) but a Master's or Doctorates in special study in medicine, law, economics. But unfortunately that's costly and impossible for many.

The next is Civil Service. Become a cop, fireman, work for the county or even your state DOT, public service. Fantastic benefits. Great healthcare and retirement benefits, at least in Blue Democratically run states.

The next most difficult and final is venture is to set off into your own business. Downsides are lack of any social safety nets. Poor retirement income because the majority of small business owners show low income for tax purposes and put little into Social Security. And a government that seems to do anything and everything to stymie entrepreneurship despite claims to being the small business party.

There's still union jobs as plumbers, iron workers, construction but due to the Republican assault on unions that's largely faded in all but a few Democratically run states.

Last but not least is inherent money.

 

Funny thing is you could probably say all that about Canada, too, thanks to Justin Trudeau.