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In reply to the discussion: Why do we work harder than Germans? [View all]HughBeaumont
(24,461 posts)Our workplace is an earth-toned or prison-grey fabric-covered box.
We spend half to 2/3rds of our day doing something related to work.
Most American families are one major illness or one unforseen accident/quadruple-digit home repair from losing everything they worked so hard for.
Unless youre a doctor or a lawyer or a multi-millionaire, most of us go to work with a 600 pound anvil on our backs that says "You could be NEXT, Peon!"
The American savings rate is now negative thanks to wages not being able to keep up with the rising cost of living.
You're told to perpetually retrain and go to college while people WITH Bachelors degrees and MBAs are getting fired from corporations and small businesses monthly.
You're told to perpetually retrain and go to college when your pocket can't even afford a yoga class.
Sex happens once a week (or once a month . . . . Or once every two months, for some of us) thanks to overwork.
Most of the food we eat is processed.
Most of us are more likely to see a UFO than a comfortable retirement (if any retirement at all).
Anti-depressant use being on the rise . . . Gee THAT one's a puzzler . . .
We're supposed to "compete" instead of "cooperate".
Funny how nobody ever tells the wealthy "You need to know what it's like to FAIL; otherwise, you'll be complacent and never get anywhere in life".
Corporate taxes are low. Taxes on the wealthy are low. Corporations are sitting on tons of cash. Stock markets are doing great for the 1%. Is that whole . . . "trickle down" thing going to happen "any day now" or do I have to wait a leeeetle bit longer?