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AngryOldDem

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21. I just got a nasty piece of news this afternoon.

Fri Jul 26, 2013, 05:10 PM

Jul 2013

I freelance for a publishing company and I got an e-mail saying that it is outsourcing its composition services to a consulting group, with "future business changes" coming. (Words that do NOT warm the cockles of my heart.) The work had pretty much dried up and I've gotten virtual radio silence from my contact person there. Now I know why. But the ironic thing is, just yesterday someone not with the company told me that they had let most of their editors go.

I count on the freelance gig to tide me over for when I'm on hiatus from my temporary full-time job, that just ended yesterday. I won't go back to that until October.

I honestly don't know what the fuck it is going to take for people to wake up and see what's happening. Anywhere else, and people would be taking to the streets to protest this continual rape of the middle and lower classes.

Meanwhile, I'm .

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The Downward Trend for America's Working Class continues, unchecked. [View all] bvar22 Jul 2013 OP

America's race to the bottom ohheckyeah Jul 2013 #1

They're starving us out Hydra Jul 2013 #2

stay alive, be ready for the revolution PowerToThePeople Jul 2013 #3

If things don't change, you will be proven right. nt bluestate10 Jul 2013 #6

I feel this coming Saviolo Jul 2013 #55

It IS heart-breaking. One more statistic, one in six US children go to bed hungry every sabrina 1 Jul 2013 #4

Sabrina, one big problem is that poor people don't vote regularly. Real change won't bluestate10 Jul 2013 #8

Why should they? leftstreet Jul 2013 #15

Politicians only represent the wealthy. nt awoke_in_2003 Jul 2013 #23

Then protest vote. Write someone in... anything. n/t cprise Jul 2013 #53

I not only voted for Obama, I worked to get him elected and things are still getting rhett o rick Jul 2013 #65

You seriously think "voting" will solve anything? 99Forever Jul 2013 #31

You can write-in anyone you want cprise Jul 2013 #54

You misinterpreted what I was saying. 99Forever Jul 2013 #56

I see what you're saying cprise Jul 2013 #60

write in votes are not permitted Coyote_Bandit Jul 2013 #58

You'd have to find some other mark to protest, then. cprise Jul 2013 #61

unless there is a hand recount Coyote_Bandit Jul 2013 #68

They will see a descrepency between turnout/number of ballots cprise Jul 2013 #81

The problem is much bigger than that. The media is propagandizing us, many that want to vote are rhett o rick Jul 2013 #64

The poor face many obstacles to voting YoungDemCA Jul 2013 #73

Sabrina, not meaning to dismiss the severity of food insecurity (hunger) in the HardTimes99 Jul 2013 #71

The minimum wage has to be increased to a level that single people and families can bluestate10 Jul 2013 #5

"These things ^ do NOT happen by accident." woo me with science Jul 2013 #7

This is the "new era" Obama wants. forestpath Jul 2013 #9

No one that has the power to do anything about it genuinely cares to make it better. HughBeaumont Jul 2013 #10

They're also making it impossible to work multiple jobs Patiod Jul 2013 #11

It's the stockholders more than the CEOs jmowreader Jul 2013 #19

This is so fucking heartless it makes me seethe. CrispyQ Jul 2013 #44

Things are so bad, that Obama is making "Working Class" themed speeches... Junkdrawer Jul 2013 #12

"This trend is also unsustainable." Be optimistic. Sure it is. n/t jtuck004 Jul 2013 #13

But life is grand if you're at the top and sticking it to everyone else Catherina Jul 2013 #14

DURec leftstreet Jul 2013 #16

Daily CEO Pay Now Exceeds the Average Worker's Annual Salary – Roy Rolling Jul 2013 #17

cannibals is a good word for what they are. liberal_at_heart Jul 2013 #40

"Half of America is in poverty, and its creeping toward 75%" ProSense Jul 2013 #18

Thanks for posting this. n/t zeos3 Jul 2013 #26

The "poverty line" as currently determined is out of date and woefully underestimates poverty. snot Jul 2013 #46

Your first ProSense Jul 2013 #52

The president will help us with the TPP! Enthusiast Jul 2013 #57

It depends on how you define poverty. blackspade Jul 2013 #69

Some people insist that America's Poor, the Working Poor, and the Soon to be Poor bvar22 Jul 2013 #75

Roger that! blackspade Jul 2013 #79

The only way to fight back is with a Union. The politicians and their owners do not care about you. Skeeter Barnes Jul 2013 #20

Which is EXACTLY why unions are under attack! n/t AngryOldDem Jul 2013 #22

exactly. We need another labor movement. liberal_at_heart Jul 2013 #39

I just got a nasty piece of news this afternoon. AngryOldDem Jul 2013 #21

I am so sorry to hear that. Democrats cannot ignore the wage problem anymore. There are just too liberal_at_heart Jul 2013 #38

My contact person has been with the company for 20+ years. AngryOldDem Jul 2013 #72

Yep... FloriTexan Jul 2013 #24

Thanks for the info. zeos3 Jul 2013 #25

Here's a further irony: chervilant Jul 2013 #48

Bang. Spot on. MannyGoldstein Jul 2013 #27

Bare in mind 9.5 making 500K will soon be worth twice that and twice again soon after SleeplessinSoCal Jul 2013 #28

Thanlk You, Thank You, Thank You Phlem Jul 2013 #29

Post removed Post removed Jul 2013 #30

Are YOU going to Take ON the US Government with a pistol? bvar22 Jul 2013 #35

Thank you for saying that DonCoquixote Jul 2013 #51

kr HiPointDem Jul 2013 #32

k&r Starry Messenger Jul 2013 #33

Excellent post. K&R nt TBF Jul 2013 #34

Congress needs to raise the minimum wage to about 11 bucks an hour arely staircase Jul 2013 #36

I'm tired of Congress' action on minimum wage. Raising minimum wage just isn't enough anymore. liberal_at_heart Jul 2013 #37

agreed that 11 bucks isn't enough to live off arely staircase Jul 2013 #41

Corporations are desperately trying to make the minimum wage the standard wage PowerToThePeople Jul 2013 #42

Nixon proposed a guaranteed annual income. CrispyQ Jul 2013 #43

An array of price-control regulations are also needed. reformist2 Jul 2013 #45

The thing is they raise the minimum wage, companies will merely hire part-time duffyduff Jul 2013 #83

By design, my friend, by design. Fantastic Anarchist Jul 2013 #47

Very very very SAD .... MindMover Jul 2013 #49

Thank you chervilant Jul 2013 #50

Perhaps Elysium really is our future. Can I be Matt Damon? Kennah Jul 2013 #59

Every time there's a crash, the same few grab more. DirkGently Jul 2013 #62

Because free trader wall street thieves are heroes in America? workinclasszero Jul 2013 #63

30 plus years of trickle down and I haven't seen a drop of it. progressoid Jul 2013 #66

what I want to know is if we now know it doesn't work why can't we change it? liberal_at_heart Jul 2013 #67

Because the elites who believe in it and profited from it control both political parties. n/t duffyduff Jul 2013 #84

Awesome post. blackspade Jul 2013 #70

Kicked and recommended. YoungDemCA Jul 2013 #74

And Obama has been fiddling for 5-1/2 years, while the U.S. burns. One of his solutions is to screw MotherPetrie Jul 2013 #76

Glug Glug DJ13 Jul 2013 #77

You should re-post this as its own thread. Egalitarian Thug Jul 2013 #78

Thread winner.... blackspade Jul 2013 #80

K&R! We need big changes. nt limpyhobbler Jul 2013 #82