In a message dated 00-05-07 10:00:14 EDT, nessie writes:
<< If this system is so great, how come economic life has been getting
steadily worse since before most people were born? If we are really in an
economic boom (as the media tells us) how come the typical couple works 70
hours a week to make ends meet?
I think these are not boom times, at least not for workers. I think that
the media lies. >>
As the previous post stated taxes are part of the problem, but there is much
more to it. Back in the late sixties I made 90 cents an hour and I lived on
that fairly well. I had only a high school education and worked in a
Jack-In-The-Box flipping burgers. Now, with college, I make about 2 1/2
times minimum wage and have to work 20-30 hours overtime per month and I seem
to be getting deeper in debt even though I live a very frugal lifestyle. I
can't afford a new house (starting at $200,000) or an old one (cheapest about
$125,000). It is just a matter of time before they ship my job to Mexico or
Malaysia (because I make too much money $12.59 per hour) and because I
already have a degree I can't take advantage of the 2 years of free school
that is available to displaced workers. One of the worst things is that the
Feds take 23% of my pay off the top, then I still end up paying over $2,000
more when I do my income taxes and end up spending the rest of the year
trying to pay it off till I have to pay more the next year.
The media does lie. Managers (non-workers) in the company I work for make
$120,000 per year and get bonus cash, stock options etc. for sending jobs to
other countries. This is the third time I've been a displaced worker in 7
years. Computer-electronics is supposed to be a good trade, a highly
marketable skill, but it hasn't done much for me even though the "Engineers"
come to me when they want to know something. College doesn't mean higher
wages either, I work with someone that has a masters degree in psychology,
another that has a masters degree in manufacturing, one that has a four year
degree in marketing, one that has a four year degree in electrical
engineering and they make even less than I do.
The corporate people make the big bucks, not the people who do the work. And
corporations get many tax breaks, why can't working people get a tax break.
I don't like supporting these rich corporate people and the politicians.
Regards,
Bob Stokes
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