On May 10, 10:09*am, wrote:
On Mon, 10 May 2010 06:07:11 -0400, hk
wrote:





On 5/9/10 11:01 PM, wrote:
On Sun, 09 May 2010 21:03:39 -0400,
wrote:

I have no need to pinch pennies.

Explain that to BP
You must be a right wing, middle class hating, wall street loving
limbaugh listening, tea bagger in disguise * *;-)

BTW Did you get a raise in the last 10 years?

I'm self-employed, so the rules of "raise" don't apply. I know what BP
means, though, and he's correct. Middle class families have fallen
behind generally on increases in income. That's been demonstrated
statistically any number of ways.

I believe the statistics just reflect that the "good" jobs are going
away and people are settling for lesser jobs. Those days of making
$60,000 for a menial manufacturing job are gone. Globalization killed
that. There are still good jobs out there but you need to have more
skill than just putting a bearing in the case and hitting it with a
hammer.

I dunno, Greg, I've done that for thirty years and it's bee pretty
good to me.

My only question for these people is, what is your plan when they lay
you off? Don't count on the government to bail you out. That is only
for billionaire bankers. Regular people are not too big to fail in the
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And that's why I do what I do, because I was tired of being laid off.
There in the mid/late 70's I ahd some good paying blue-collar jobs but
lay-offs were cronic. I had lots of bills to pay via a divorce so I
made my own work. I'm not 'rich' by any means, but I haven't been
laid off since. And the pay ain't too shabby either.