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Originally Posted by Minte
What has to happen is that at some point the consumer has to realize that they need to shop somewhere besides Walmart.
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What has to happen is people need to come to terms with the fact that our society does not need everyone in it to work. We are able to produce more than we consume with much less than full employment. Take a look at a book titled The End of Work. It's written by a reputable economist who makes the point that we ought to be moving toward a four day work week. It's counter to the strict capitalist notions that engendered the last century... But the fact is that our ability to produce far exceeds our demand and is not affected nearly as much by an increase or decrease in the size of our labor force as it used to be. We are going to have a glut of unemployed people whether everyone wants to work or not and we have no plan to deal with that paradigm.
Being a hard working, educated and conscientious person will not result in a job for many Americans. That trend will rise. We have no plan of what to do with them all...but calling them all lazy and disparaging them isnt going to solve the problem. Ryan and Romney sweeping them under the rug won't be good for the country either.