It certainly is an interesting discussion. I often wonder if we are heading the same way Japan did when they entered their "Great Recession" back in the early '90's and by some accounts are still going through it to this day.
Are delivery "boys" in their 30's and 40's going to be the norm from now on? And what will the youth that follows them do to start earning a wage in their early lives? Our leaders and politicians keep stressing education as the answer but I have my doubts about that to.
Will we leave our youth disenfranchised like Japan did or is our economy strong enough and our leaders wise enough to make the right decisions?
Education is bullshit. I know a ton of college graduates who are underemployed or unemployed. Education is important for doctors, lawyers, engineers and a few other specific fields. And even then, the cost of it is outrageous that it isn't really a viable option for many people.
The problem, in my opinion, is RIDICULOUS profits by the large corporations and way overpaid top executives and CEO's. Spread that pay around the bottom a little bit and you don't have to run skeleton crews to make 10% year over year profits. More jobs for more people. And don't tell me you people haven't noticed this. A LOT of jobs are expecting a lot more out of people than before, while cutting staff. It's most evident in retail environments. But I'm sure its true of many professions. People should be able to make a fair wage working 40 hours a week. Expecting employees (low end managers especially) to work 60+ hours a week while paying them shit compared to what they should be getting paid is a huge problem.
I could go on and on, but until we start putting PEOPLE ahead of CORPORATIONS we will continue to have more and more of a problem. There is a reason why the concentration of wealth in this country has drastically changed in the last 25 years. It's not a good thing either.
I really don't understand why more of us don't have a problem with this.
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