Daedalus wrote:3. GO TO SCHOOL! It amazes me how many of the working poor have zero desire for further education. I don't expect these people to get a doctorate in philosophy, but a couple vocational classes are easily affordable and greatly improve their job prospects. And for the people who have their budgets stretched so much that they honestly can not afford a couple classes? Great news - The federal government offers financial assistance.
You really think it is as easy as applying for school and getting your dreamjob ?!?
First, the government will say NO, you've got work, you will be getting work easily. There's is NO need for education.
Now if you've been unemployed for so long then they wont say that.
But you still will not get the education you want.
There will have to be some tests to see if you're not to dumb to count till two and so on.
Then they try to put you in those jobs that are needed the most. These jobs don't have to be what you like but what the government thinks is necessary.
I've tried to get education as such in '98 and I just couldn't get any cause I would get job within 2 weeks they said. There was NO need for education whatsoever they simply said.
Then I got unemployed in the beginning of '06 and this time I completely had it with society and their ugly rules.
If I hadn't said the things I've said to them I would still just have a shitty paid job where I would be easily expansible.
But because I was this mad and ready to do some actions they put a psychologist on me trying to talk me to senses.
Luckily for me it went the other way around. The psychologist talked sense into the people that put the psychologist on me.
Now I'm a licensed .NET programmer and I started my first job as a programmer on August 1 this year.
It took some time to find a job as employers usually only want those that just left school and have 10 years of working experience.
But I got lucky and now have a cool job where I'm also appreciated.
Now I don't have anything against production workers, I've been one myself for 18 years, but it's just damned hard to get a job in that section and be appreciated if you're not already friends with the boss to begin with.
Another thing that should be kept in mind when comparing slavery to the low paid wages we have today is that the slaves where one group. They kept together as a whole. Whereas the common low paid workers of today will not. The common low paid worker will rat on each others asses just to keep the job or become better 'friends' with the boss.
They've got a family to feed, whereas the slaves family was also fed by their owner.
In fact, for the ones with the money, the times we live in now are cheaper then when there was slavery.
When there was slavery new slaves were born on the plant where survival rates are lower then where they are born now. In a hospital that the whole of society pays for.
When there was slavery the 'master' had to feed the children too.
Now the slave has to do that himself. The 'master' just waits until the children are old enough to do work before starting to pay for them.
There are so many pros to working for low wages instead of pure slavery for those with money.
Also today, bosses can sue you for what you've got. Try to do that in the slavery time
EDIT: The only 'positive' thing of all this is that it does not only apply to people with a darker skin.
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