JayB Posted March 27, 2013 Share Posted March 27, 2013 Starring our very own Aberdeen: http://apps.npr.org/unfit-for-work/ "There used to be a lot of jobs that you could do with just a high school degree, and that paid enough to be considered middle class. I knew, of course, that those have been disappearing for decades. What surprised me was what has been happening to many of the people who lost those jobs: They've been going on disability." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ivan Posted March 27, 2013 Share Posted March 27, 2013 gotta love the invisible hand, no? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JayB Posted March 27, 2013 Author Share Posted March 27, 2013 Well - depending on your perspective I suppose you could see the current state of affairs as an indictment of the market, or the government/policy - or both. I don't have the time to debate the matter either way, but I think people who take either position will find plenty to chew on in the article. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ivan Posted March 27, 2013 Share Posted March 27, 2013 what does it matter where the blame falls? the world changes and shit gets fucked up in ever newer ways - how does the life of the obese alabama retard w/ no conceivable prospect for a job stack up against the same damn retard 100 years ago? i'm assuming this is the same article i heard on npr this weekend - chick seemed to not quite know what to think either. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JayB Posted March 27, 2013 Author Share Posted March 27, 2013 The story and your comments do remind me of a good chuckle I had way back when when I heard someone on the radio pitching "customer service call centers" as one possible employment possibility for the out of work loggers in rural WA who weren't able to get jobs as prison guards. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ivan Posted March 27, 2013 Share Posted March 27, 2013 they might do better manning suicide hotlines - would have some awful practical tips for sure Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Off_White Posted March 27, 2013 Share Posted March 27, 2013 Perhaps better still is the use of prison inmates as call center workers, just skip right over the prison guard job. Is incarceration the new dole? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ivan Posted March 27, 2013 Share Posted March 27, 2013 charles dickens wouldn't know what to write about these days Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crux Posted March 27, 2013 Share Posted March 27, 2013 Thank you for calling AT&T. All our lines are busy right now, but please stay on the line, as your call is important to us and a call center worker technical representative will be with you shortly. (Please, sir, I want some more...) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
matt_warfield Posted March 27, 2013 Share Posted March 27, 2013 (edited) gotta love the invisible hand, no? You forgot to include the part where we hunch down like the first image now in front of a computer. Edited March 27, 2013 by matt_warfield Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G-spotter Posted March 28, 2013 Share Posted March 28, 2013 SSDI is shooting down nukes with lasers isn't it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crux Posted March 29, 2013 Share Posted March 29, 2013 Yes, the strategic spray defense initiative is about shooting down pretty much anything. But mostly Republitards and other ballistic projectiles of comparatively limited range. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rob Posted March 29, 2013 Share Posted March 29, 2013 Let's declare war on poor people, that way we can lower taxes for the rich who, after all, have been really suffering these last few decades Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tvashtarkatena Posted March 29, 2013 Share Posted March 29, 2013 "All Obama appointees must pass a battery of tests we wouldn't have a prayer of even cheating on because our intellectual and emotional intelligence was completely calcified by the 3rd grade." - House Republicans Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ivan Posted March 29, 2013 Share Posted March 29, 2013 the prison-industrial complex is also doubling quite nicely as a welfare system Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rob Posted March 29, 2013 Share Posted March 29, 2013 I know a conservative who thinks we should make homelessness illegal, "like Switzerland did." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tvashtarkatena Posted March 29, 2013 Share Posted March 29, 2013 Public policy made EZ. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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