Bob Stokes wrote:
>
> 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
>
It's quite simple Bob. Management gets to decide what to do with corporate
moneys. They decide everything. They decide what wages should be and what the
benefits should be. They decide what the rules will be. This is power.
Nothing will change for working folks until two things happen. 1) They will
own the company, and 2) They will pick and control the management team.
State owned means of production and distribution did nothing for ordinary
workers. Private ownership of the means of production and distribution is even
worse because they can get rid of jobs and not deal with the human consequences.
The State had to worry about those consequences.
NOW IT'S OUR TURN! Let's just see what happens when workers own the corporations
that they work for and can fire and replace their managers. Do you think the
surrounding community would gain or loose from such an arrangement?
I'm not talking about owning a few stocks in your own company and calling that
worker ownership. I'm talking about all the profits going to you and your fellow
owners, not to some rich bastard with too much money who owns some part of your
business. I'm talking about active participation in how your business is run.
I'm
talking about management doing the actual work too so they know what the hell
is going on, instead of constantly attending meetings and writing off lunches.
It's the REAL LAST FRONTIER. It will certainly happen when capitalism finishes
itself off as it did in the 30's. A world (nuclear) war is not an option as it
was in the 40's. War will not save capitalism again. The cure would be more
devastating than the disease.
Think about it.
Joshua2
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