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Edited on Tue Jun-12-07 10:38 AM by SoCalDem
as long as the "masses" can get their 99-cent burgers & rent their $1 videos, and can get a guy from in front of HomeDepot to pour their concrete patio for the house they rarely get to spend any time in, things stay "safe"..
The "bosses" of all these corporations are quietly raiding profits from companies they own, by giving little or no benefits to underpaid and overworked people who are too desperate to change jobs.
Millions of people are living hand-to-mouth. paycheck-to-paycheck and wondering how on earth they can afford gas to get to work, AND pay the other bills.. But wait!!! Visa & MasterCard are there to give them a helping hand :eyes:
Cheap labor masks the true cost of food, because mega-corporate farms have mostly removed "close- in" food sources for most communities.. Farmer's Markets are great, but when you hit the freeway at 4 AM and get home at 7PM, there's not a lot of free time to browse the farmer's markets, so the corporate grocery stores are where most drones have to shop.. Cheap labor holds down prices just enough, so most people can still afford to load up on empty carbs
Of course after a few decades of eating like that, drug costs for the diabetes, high blood pressure, high cholesterol often become an additional burden..
It's all "pay me now..or pay me later"...
In the meantime, it just means that people who cannot afford to retire, and who got downsized/outsourced are now competing for the same subsistence jobs as teens who need gas money/college money, Moms who need a little extra money, and the rest of the people who are looking for that 3rd job so they can pay the rent..
All work and no play..makes you dead tired and not looking forward to living a long life :(
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