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The wonderful thing about the term "middle class" is that the vast majority of Americans will self-identify as "middle class". Core thinks that someone making 130k a year doesn't qualify as "middle class", but I suspect that if you asked that person, they would say they were middle class.
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JonMyers
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Mercurius wrote >>
DavidF wrote >>
As to our motivation to work, I'd like to see some evidence that Americans are somehow less motivated to work. Last I saw, we worked more hours on average, and our productivity was higher, than just about anyone.Go to any university's library and look at the nationality of the students there and compare that to the respective percentage that nationality makes up of the overall student body? Then go to a frat party and watch some MTV. Go watch some migrant agriculture workers. Watch the documentary 2 Million Minutes. Look what our popular culture encourages and the people around you and tell me you really think we are still the most motivated.
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I remember the documentary SpellBound drove that type of contrast home for me. If I recall correctly at least 6 of the 10 children profiled were first or second generation children of immigrants.It was interesting to see the parenting styles of the immigrants in contrast to many of the present American parenting styles.
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Cookie
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HeySquare wrote >>
The wonderful thing about the term "middle class" is that the vast majority of Americans will self-identify as "middle class". Core thinks that someone making 130k a year doesn't qualify as "middle class", but I suspect that if you asked that person, they would say they were middle class.I can't remember where I heard it, some podcast, but a person referred to a survey of Americans in which 97% of respondents considered themselves some form of middle class (upper, lower, or regular old middle class).
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kcrissinger
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Core_Models wrote >>
This idea that corporations should answer to anyone but their shareholders at the end of the day is the most ridiculous entitlement I've ever seen.
Taking this statement at its basic premise is the most ridiculous statement I've even seen. Let's look back over the past 8'ish years and look at the huge amount of white collar crime that was committed by CEOs of large corporations; i.e. Ken Lay, Joe Nacchio(yes, I worked for Qwest during the ugly years. Many parties were thrown at Qwest when he was sentenced to prison), Bernie Ebbers. All of these men ran huge corporations. They "stole" from shareholder, employees and investors. These "good ole' boys" made off will billions of dollars and caused many people that worked their entire lives to lose much of their pension, 401k, etc. Yes, they eventually did spend some time in jail after much tax-payer money spent. But saying they don't have to answer to anyone is way out of line. It seems that they took these actions under the premise that they were "entitled" to this money because they ran the company. That is much worse than American worker feeling somewhat "entitled" to a decent paying job.
Many people here have defended all corporate actions as "good for the company", when in fact many are not. They're good for a few select folks in the company.
I agree this may not 100% relate to the original post, but I tire of the constant defending of American Corporations as blameless in the state of employment in our country.
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misskitty
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Many people here have defended all corporate actions as "good for the company", when in fact many are not. They're good for a few select folks in the company.
I think some defend the right of out sourcing because it is within the companies legal right.
Embezzlement is not legal and I did not see anyone defend them stealing money.
Out sourcing jobs is kind of like a Symbiotic relationship. The companies want and sometimes need cheaper labor and people in India need jobs and are willing to work as well.Posted 2 years ago #
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