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6. So much easier to blame the most vulnerable

Reply to Demovictory9 (Original post)

Thu Jul 22, 2021, 04:55 PM

Jul 2021

"Nobody wants to work anymore." You stopped too soon: "Nobody wants to work anymore for heartless, cheap, mean-spirited employers who won't pay them a living wage, offer them a set schedule so they can plan their lives instead of being on call 24-7, and put up with their demeaning abuse."

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'Nobody wants to work anymore': How a simple phrase became the oversimplified scapegoat for every pr [View all] Demovictory9 Jul 2021 OP

"Nobody wants to work *under demeaning conditions* FOR POVERTY WAGES anymore" RockRaven Jul 2021 #1

Most companies are hiring, they just don't pay a living wage Beachnutt Jul 2021 #2

It's a bit like a people's strike. LakeArenal Jul 2021 #3

K & R inanna Jul 2021 #4

It's what the truly hypnotized repug masses repeat. louis-t Jul 2021 #5

So much easier to blame the most vulnerable gratuitous Jul 2021 #6

Just talked to the last friend I had from high school today Bettie Jul 2021 #13

Nobody wants McJobs any more. lpbk2713 Jul 2021 #7

Our local rag ran an LTE from a retired couple mcar Jul 2021 #8

I say, "Share those billions, you greedy bastards." rickyhall Jul 2021 #9

"Wealth is like rainwater, all that's ever been generated is already here... czarjak Jul 2021 #15

When did anyone really want to work to begin with? Ha OhZone Jul 2021 #10

The end result will be increased automation of lower end jobs inwiththenew Jul 2021 #11

Someone bring out the guillotine... Aristus Jul 2021 #12

I hope that todays hiring struggles drive major changes in the workplace jmbar2 Jul 2021 #14

I shot back hard on a dumb ass saying this in a Hotel in Tennessee GulfCoast66 Jul 2021 #16