Billiejeens says educated blue collar workers need to go to school. This is the republicans I’m talking about. Ultimately, they don’t want to pay uneducated blue collar workers more they want to pay them less.
I'm aware of the mindset. It is old school Free Trade Ideology.
That was what was supposed to happen. New high tech jobs were supposed to replace the old factory jobs.
People DID get training. I have a co-worker with... 16? certifications, who has applied for literally HUNDREDS of skilled jobs, with like 3 interviews and no jobs.
That is good advice to a PERSON, for them to get a bigger slice of the pie. IT IS NOT A POLICY for a socio-economic demographic.
Their solution is get smarter, or lucky starting your own business,
They aren’t interested in paying them more. They fight them organizing. They don’t pay more even though they need help. And if wages go up it causes inflation so they raise interest rates on purpose to slow growth.
It’s all manufactured. And our current system is out of wack.
Did you see how much this generation is set to inherit? Trillions of dollars. But the super rich skew that number. They’re getting most of us.
I have a friend. Her father in law had one of those old school factory jobs, built a big house, saved and had a nice pension. Got his son in the same factory.
She married the son. The factory closed. The son, was not a ball of fire. He worked, but he never really recovered.
They have inherited the big house and some of the savings. THey are ok. They are actually in line to maybe inherit significantly from the other side too.
No kids. Never had the money.
So, yes, teh super rich skew the number, but a lot of people are set up to inherit a fair amount.
Our founders warned us about the small few getting so rich they can take over the whole thing. It’s happening.
I actually think the bigger concern is the formation of a two tier caste system where the dividing line is the 4 year college degree.
I see middle class people, just dismissing working class people, as their words and ideas, or concerns have no meaning at all. If not with outright hostility that such people dare speak out of turn.