Tapsearch Com EditorWorkers in America not only bitter but feel betrayed
April 23rd 2008 02:04
Bizarre Politics Reports:
Not only are American Workers Bitter but they feel betrayed
Workingman's mood? The word is fear
In the presidential debates of 2008, the issue of workers being bitter in small town American was raised. It is clear, that they are more than just bitter and it is not only in small town American. Hurricane Katrina in New Orleans exposed a vast underclass that was invisible until the storm came. It also demonstrated there is an unreported silent depression residing in the USA with many wearing blinders hiding from the reality. It is apparent our low unemployment rate is not in tune with the streets of USA.
Connie Schultz tells her story in the Cleveland Plain Dealer in April 2008. She is a outspoken liberal and her husband is Senator Sherrod Brown who is for workers rights and beat a conservative who wasn't. Even though I am a conservative Populist, I agree with Connie Schultz about the status of workers dignity in the USA. I worked in several factories while going to college at the same time for the equivalent of about $15 to $20 and hour. If these jobs were available today, thousands would be standing in line to get them and even college graduates who would take these jobs too and not only as a means to an end like I did.
Connie Schultz tells about her family being on food stamps and she did not find out about it until she was 40. Her mother admitted it was something she thought she would never do. Today it is not a big deal when you compare it to so many losing their entire life savings and their homes going bankrupt just because they lost their jobs or businesses due to free trade which trade human beings as the main commodities of our times.
Her mother said " You gotta allow a man his pride, Connie," she said . "Sometimes that's all he's got." Her mothers words came rushing back recently, as she watched the presidential candidates bicker over whether working class people are bitter. She recalled that in her dad's day, it was a thing of pride to work with your hands. Men lived large through their labor, building cars, tanks, planes, and appliances. They made union wages that put food on the table, and fueled the dream of a college education for their children.
Today most of the good factory jobs are gone, and pensions and health care left with them. Their wives have to work now, too, just to pay the bills. For so many families, the constant stress of too little is too great. The call for emergency food has broken records for years. The prison population keeps breaking records too. A pastor in a small town in Ohio says, " I try to get them to stop asking 'why' because that doesn't get you anywhere. I tell them the right question is, "Who can provide the help?" He sighed again. " Is this that a valid answer? No. We don't seem to have a lot of help these days."
Hillary Clinton says workers are resilent and will find ways to make a comeback. However for many time has taken its toll and in a local church the bulletin reads - " Success is reaching Social Security age before having to declare bankruptcy". Workers are not bitter any more. Many are defeated. They have no feelings left and are numb. Besides, their main concern is where their main meal is coming from today. As Lech Walesa says, from the Solidarity movement which help bring down the Soviet Empire, - I am only a consumer. I know very little about economics and business but I do know that when 10 percent of 100 percent of the population owns the control of wealth, something is very wrong. And we all know which group both the Clintons and the Bush family belong.
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( By Ray Tapajna , editor and artist at Tapart News and Art that Talks for summary of articles and sites. His sites and articles are really all about you in the global economic arena and ask who said we had to compete like this in the Free Trade world where the real commodities are workers. You can explore the losts worlds in the Globalist Free Trade Flat World of Thomas Friedman from the New York Times, the Clintons and the Bush families. It is the New World Order or is it the New World Dis-Order. See Exploring the lost worlds in the Globalist Free Trade Flat World of the Thomas Friedman from the New York Times newspaper, the Clintons, the Bush Family and Alan Greenspan
Ray's thought provoking topical editorial art and his sports art can be viewed at Dreamrenew Arkline Art Gallery As a courtesy Tapart News and Arkline Collectible Art invites you to enjoy many totally free web services, products and offers at Tapsearch Com Unlimited Free )
In the presidential debates of 2008, the issue of workers being bitter in small town American was raised. It is clear, that they are more than just bitter and it is not only in small town American. Hurricane Katrina in New Orleans exposed a vast underclass that was invisible until the storm came. It also demonstrated there is an unreported silent depression residing in the USA with many wearing blinders hiding from the reality. It is apparent our low unemployment rate is not in tune with the streets of USA.
Connie Schultz tells her story in the Cleveland Plain Dealer in April 2008. She is a outspoken liberal and her husband is Senator Sherrod Brown who is for workers rights and beat a conservative who wasn't. Even though I am a conservative Populist, I agree with Connie Schultz about the status of workers dignity in the USA. I worked in several factories while going to college at the same time for the equivalent of about $15 to $20 and hour. If these jobs were available today, thousands would be standing in line to get them and even college graduates who would take these jobs too and not only as a means to an end like I did.
Connie Schultz tells about her family being on food stamps and she did not find out about it until she was 40. Her mother admitted it was something she thought she would never do. Today it is not a big deal when you compare it to so many losing their entire life savings and their homes going bankrupt just because they lost their jobs or businesses due to free trade which trade human beings as the main commodities of our times.
Her mother said " You gotta allow a man his pride, Connie," she said . "Sometimes that's all he's got." Her mothers words came rushing back recently, as she watched the presidential candidates bicker over whether working class people are bitter. She recalled that in her dad's day, it was a thing of pride to work with your hands. Men lived large through their labor, building cars, tanks, planes, and appliances. They made union wages that put food on the table, and fueled the dream of a college education for their children.
Today most of the good factory jobs are gone, and pensions and health care left with them. Their wives have to work now, too, just to pay the bills. For so many families, the constant stress of too little is too great. The call for emergency food has broken records for years. The prison population keeps breaking records too. A pastor in a small town in Ohio says, " I try to get them to stop asking 'why' because that doesn't get you anywhere. I tell them the right question is, "Who can provide the help?" He sighed again. " Is this that a valid answer? No. We don't seem to have a lot of help these days."
Hillary Clinton says workers are resilent and will find ways to make a comeback. However for many time has taken its toll and in a local church the bulletin reads - " Success is reaching Social Security age before having to declare bankruptcy". Workers are not bitter any more. Many are defeated. They have no feelings left and are numb. Besides, their main concern is where their main meal is coming from today. As Lech Walesa says, from the Solidarity movement which help bring down the Soviet Empire, - I am only a consumer. I know very little about economics and business but I do know that when 10 percent of 100 percent of the population owns the control of wealth, something is very wrong. And we all know which group both the Clintons and the Bush family belong.
_____________________________ _____________________________
( By Ray Tapajna , editor and artist at Tapart News and Art that Talks for summary of articles and sites. His sites and articles are really all about you in the global economic arena and ask who said we had to compete like this in the Free Trade world where the real commodities are workers. You can explore the losts worlds in the Globalist Free Trade Flat World of Thomas Friedman from the New York Times, the Clintons and the Bush families. It is the New World Order or is it the New World Dis-Order. See Exploring the lost worlds in the Globalist Free Trade Flat World of the Thomas Friedman from the New York Times newspaper, the Clintons, the Bush Family and Alan Greenspan
Ray's thought provoking topical editorial art and his sports art can be viewed at Dreamrenew Arkline Art Gallery As a courtesy Tapart News and Arkline Collectible Art invites you to enjoy many totally free web services, products and offers at Tapsearch Com Unlimited Free )
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