Re: American's time shortage

"Jack Steffen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message news:<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>...
> "RH" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > The following was copied from:
> >
> > http://www.simpleliving.net/timeday/
> >
> > American's are putting  in longer hours on the job now than we did in
> > the 1950s...
> >
> > In fact, we're working more than medieval peasants did, and more than
> > the citizens of any other industrial country.
> >
> > Mandatory overtime is at near record levels, in spite of a recession.
> 
> In spite of???  Anyone who has spent any amount of time really working for
> a living, being paid hourly, knows that when the economy gets worse, the
> overtime employers require *increases*. Why? When companies
> lay people off , downsize, and institute hiring freezes, the work still has to be
> done, and usually there are fewer people left to do it. Been there, done that.
> You end up doing the work of several people, and are not paid any more for it.
> The extra money is nice, but the tradeoff is that yes, you do have less time on
> your hands.
> 
> Jack


Ah Jack!  There *ARE* advantages to being a slave.  First, you are
more valued than the ordinary wage laborer.  Someone has to *PAY* for
you upfront.  Like livestock.  You become a true "human resource" that
can be sold, so you want to maintain the value of that asset.  Second,
you do not have to work that hard since everyone KNOWS slaves are
"lazy".  But a wage earner?  Lay 'em off at the drop of a hat.  A
"dime a dozen".  Throwaway people.  Monkeys for monkey work.  We get
what we *PERMIT*, and what we deserve.  It is obvious the American
people don't deserve much, is it not?  Sheep, Jack, livestock.  Baaah!