I am not usually one to dis America by misspelling her name. But it did occur to me, pretty much as I was writing it, that substituting a “k” for the “c” would lend itself to a more eastern European feel. And not the romantic, picturesque cities of eastern Europe. I’m talking pulling vegetables and fruit on a cart about ready to disintegrate down a dirt road . That’s the kind of life I see for Amerika in the future.
Extreme view? Oh yes. Will it happen? On the whole, absolutely not.
That doesn’t mean that there won’t be people on par with that picture, however. You see, Korporate Amerika has done a great disservice to the American Dream which is work hard, do right by your family, friends and neighbors and you can live a long and prosperous life in America. It’s absolute bullshit brought to you by Korporate boardrooms of Amerika. They have sucked dry the middle class of any means by which to prosper by keeping wages down (read flat) for a couple of decades. Korporate Amerika has flown your dreams overseas.
Ok friends, lets bust out the calculators:
If you were making $25 per hour on 1989 and you factor in 2.5% inflation every year, what’s the adjusted per hour amount you are getting in 2011? Just go and do it, I’ll wait.
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Yeah, right now waiting is not my strong suit. The adjusted dollar amount of your per hour earnings is $14.16. So you’ve lost about 43% buying / savings power. Fat keep getting fatter? Pockets a little lighter? Can you say generic brands? Yep, yep and fucking yep.
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All that said, the American worker needs to shoulder part of the burden of their economic demise.
- By not getting involved when government tells Korporate you can get it done cheaper overseas and cutting deals with third world countries. Red flag.
- When unions are busted so are the American workers. Red flag
- The American worker got so comfortable they forgot how and why the fight was fought to begin with. Red flag.
Check this out. I’ll be here waiting.
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This is so true. If we let it happen by not getting involved and voting for what will keep us at a sustainable level economically, then we deserve what we get.
Korporate Amerika gets involved. You should, too.