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80 Percent Of U.S. Adults Face Near-Poverty, Unemployment: Survey
Can't say I'm surprised by the numbers. The average American has been relegated to an expendable asset that is of little value. Sucked dry to make way for increased top level profits, they have little to no weapons or means to fight back. More and more the future of the U.S. looks to be one of two highly polarized and distant groups. In the top group you have those with an in demand, specialized skill set (doctors, upper IT specialization, lawyers), they will live something that looks like the American dream, the top 20%. Then you have the "average" American, the bottom 80% more and more will be in a living hell of limited income and options. This includes construction workers, all service jobs, basically everything that doesn't require some kind of college degree or highly specialized training, anything common is just another crap job. I can imagine this will seep into even some traditionally moderately higher paying, skilled jobs that are declining such as machining. Twenty-something bucks an hour for machining will look good for people making 10-15 and those kinds of jobs will likely be highly sought after thus bringing down their wages eventually.
The legendary U.S. middle class American dream has been demoted to the history books, seeya later, you won't be coming back.
Can't say I'm surprised by the numbers. The average American has been relegated to an expendable asset that is of little value. Sucked dry to make way for increased top level profits, they have little to no weapons or means to fight back. More and more the future of the U.S. looks to be one of two highly polarized and distant groups. In the top group you have those with an in demand, specialized skill set (doctors, upper IT specialization, lawyers), they will live something that looks like the American dream, the top 20%. Then you have the "average" American, the bottom 80% more and more will be in a living hell of limited income and options. This includes construction workers, all service jobs, basically everything that doesn't require some kind of college degree or highly specialized training, anything common is just another crap job. I can imagine this will seep into even some traditionally moderately higher paying, skilled jobs that are declining such as machining. Twenty-something bucks an hour for machining will look good for people making 10-15 and those kinds of jobs will likely be highly sought after thus bringing down their wages eventually.
The legendary U.S. middle class American dream has been demoted to the history books, seeya later, you won't be coming back.