"That's why President Obama scared me during his campaign with his "widening the middle class" bit. In a capitalist system, we are all given equal (well MOSTLY equal) liberties to get the education, or to seek the knowledge, and/or hone the skills necessary to create our own outcomes in life. "
Tiffani - you do understand the president's intent to "widening the middle class" is due to the middle class shrinking into an ever increasing working class (some call lower class), right? If Obama does not succeed in widening this middle-class, which class do you think you would eventually fall into? The one with the Rockefellers? Think again. I'm not telling you not to dream big - but I am saying - STOP DREAMING!!
The bigger the working class, the more people Walmart (and the labor industries) can employ - and that equals larger PROFITS for who? . . . Not us sweetheart.
In other words, his intent is to give more families more financial opportunities that are not available anymore due to a Capitalistic system that eliminates job markets, higher wages for the working boy or gal (that would be you), while it victimizes those who have to succumb to trades or professions that are illegal and possibly seen as unethical by many (that would be you too).
Don't you know that when your president seeks to widen the middle class, it means to create more $70,000 - $150,000 paying jobs for many posting here on this website - maybe even you?
The sad irony is - although there are many women here who love being humped by us big, greasy, hairy, bad-breathed strangers day in and day out - there are also many that are only here as a result of the dregs of Capitalism.
dregs/dregz/Noun - the most worthless part or parts of something.
Originally Posted by Reeltalk
I understand exactly what you mean. I am a supporter of President Obama, and creating more higher paying jobs. I'm just saying when he said it, it sounded kind of Marxist. So the question now lies in how will a person with no education and/OR no marketable skills obtain them? I understand that since the economy went bust there are a lot of degreed people out of work. But that is where skill comes in. It doesn't take an education to make it, but it takes a thirst for knowledge.
My 19-year-old godbaby VOLUNTEERED at a man's body shop in 2008 when he admitted he couldn't pay him just to learn a trade. In turn, he has helped turned the man's business around and is currently a payed employee. My sister doesn't like school and sat on her ass while everyone around her is now graduating from college. Now that she can't get a job to save her life (not even at fast food restaurants. Restaurant jobs have switched from being teenager jobs to being less-educated adult jobs), she has just enrolled in community college. He can't widen the middle class with lazy people. It's when people rely on the capitalism of others that they feel the way you do. (i.e. Detroit and the automotive companies. No disrespect. My dad worked in the same factory for 20 years doing the same thing. Now he looks at me, and in 5 years I've been promoted twice.) People don't understand that the industry jobs and call centers and Walmart are not meant to be careers. Just stepping stones as you continue to grow...
Sad irony is, I'm already in that tax bracket- WITHOUT the hobby. I have a great education (and I know what dregs means), and marketable skills in several areas. In 2008 when my company downsized, I was blessed and cursed to be on the right side of the table. If I lose my job for some odd reason, the one good thing about it is I live in Texas. We STILL have jobs. Yes, darling Lancs4440, welcome to Nirvana. I help people find them all the time. It may not be what I want, but I will have what I need. And it won't be a Walmart CSM position. Meeting you guys, and humping some of the sweet, CONSIDERATE, hard-working, tasty-breathed, hairy (that's not a negative), and affectionate men on MY time (I do too much to do ANYTHING day in and day out) is a bonus for me. I like affecting another's life, teaching and learning, and being prompted to change my thought pattern as well.
I seem to attract intelligent, witty, considerate men (who make sure their breath is fresh) from all backgrounds, some with whom I've disagreed, but appreciated an opinion from a different perspective. I am proof that if you work hard, learn what you can, when you can and from WHO you can, you can change your life and what's expected of it. And that's REELTALK (hehe. I couldn't resist)
All the best to you, darling!
Oh, and Post Script: If you are in the hobby to reciprocate a bad feeling you have for your government, to bring a lady the pain that you feel, to make us feel ugly and used like you feel, I think you're in the wrong hobby.