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gulliver

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10. I see a lot of "minimum Monday" only 24x7
Tue Mar 31, 2026, 11:02 AM
17 hrs ago

We should focus on that. With AI and automation in the picture, both the old and young should be able to work less and live more. Somehow, we have let ourselves get into what Elizabeth Warren calls a two-income trap. And, lately, once in the trap, large numbers of people simply check out and do the minimum, or less.

It's a witch's brew of administrative bloat and collaborative, mass freeloader fraud. Leadership needs to be minimally staffed, tough love leadership and competent. Weak, excessive, and unqualified administration leads to something similar to the old joke about the Communists. The administrators pretend to lead and the workers pretend to work (or play sick for a living).

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Dr. Oz is campaigning to be... LakeVermilion 18 hrs ago #1
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Anything to help the Kochs buy another yacht. RandySF 18 hrs ago #3
My tRumster brother would agree after he went on disability while complaining about all the "takers" nt yaesu 18 hrs ago #4
And how many jobs should they hold simultaneously? Raven123 17 hrs ago #5
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I blame Oprah for this clown and "Dr." Phil. Ritabert 17 hrs ago #8
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The problem with a lot of older workers is the bottleneck that creates haele 17 hrs ago #9
I see a lot of "minimum Monday" only 24x7 gulliver 17 hrs ago #10
if seven-year-olds worked dweller 17 hrs ago #11
My husband Rebl2 17 hrs ago #12
My ex was born in 1955, and had to work to 67 and two months House of Roberts 17 hrs ago #16
My husband Rebl2 17 hrs ago #17
Grifting television quack says what? n/t Mister Ed 17 hrs ago #13
We don't live as long as other modern countries citizens. Blue Full Moon 17 hrs ago #14
3.3 percent of American workers Progressive dog 16 hrs ago #19
It is a lot higher than that. Blue Full Moon 15 hrs ago #20
No it is not Progressive dog 5 hrs ago #21
How about we raise the minimum wage by 100%... Wounded Bear 17 hrs ago #15
If you guys would 🛑 stop pissing away money Conjuay 5 hrs ago #22
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