Working harder? Making Less?
Unlike Wall Street where a company like Merril Lynch can lose $27bln in a quarter and pay out $37.5 Bln in bonuses back in the real world the American worker is more productive and making less.
Hizzah! Trickle down economics! What’s that you say? The American dream! I know, I know I hear all you folks saying that hard work will make you rich. And look, here is your proof. Thank God we aren’t giving this hard working productive Americans their rewards.
The Labor Department
said Tuesday that the American work force produced, at an annual rate, 6.4 percent more of the goods they made and services they provided in the second quarter of this year compared to a year ago. At the same time, “unit labor costs” — the amount employers paid for all that extra work — fell by 5.8 percent. The jump in productivity was higher than expected; the cut in labor costs more than double expectations.
Hey, don’t worry, they are still paying out bonuses at the top. Your hard work isn’t going unnoticed. Better profits, lower margins. You really can do the job of 2 people. Awesome! You know what that means? You were a lazy piece of shit before we fired your cube mate. Now, since you have stepped it up, you get your job as a reward. We knew you could do it!
The higher worker output and lower labor costs have been good news for companies struggling through the worst recession since World War II. So far, some 70 percent of companies in the S&P 500 have turned in better-than-expected profits for the latest quarter.
But don’t worry, there are people out there fighting to make sure you don’t get healh care, that want your social security to be put in 401k’s and telling you that your health care will get rationed (pssst, it already is)
Team America, FUCK YEAH!!!
I’m sure glad Paulson was able to save Merrill Lynch. I’m not sure what we’d do without that fine institution.
I believe Obama supported the TARP plan? Why didn’t he tell the banks to take a hike? I will wait for your answer. Where is his financial reforms?
The bonuses have been paid on Obama’s watch, what has he done about them? Let me help you out, nothing.
The same old tired of people wanting to stop you getting health care. Why is Obama opposed to single payer? Being opposed to a bad plan (ask the Mayo Clinic or CBO) is not a bad thing.
No one has proposed making you put your Social Security in a 401K. No one.
The bonuses paid have no relationship to the working conditions or terms of employment of any other worker.
You need some accurate material, aimless rhetoric doesn’t hold up.
Mike Protack
No one has proposed making you put your Social Security in a 401K. No one.
The GOP introduced this in Congress. It was also in John McCain’s platform.
OK, done feeding trolls for now.
You need some accurate material, aimless rhetoric doesn’t hold up.
lmao. Roger, roger. What’s your Vector, Victor?
Your honor, I defer to anon’s reply if you need further proof Her Protack is a nutjob with a pilot’s license.
Technology makes productivity more efficient and lowers cost. You basically cut out people’s internet time while at work for fear of being fired. Bad economies tend to make people more efficient.
I know one manager at the chain I work for who posted the unemployment percentage on the notice board as a grim reminder to stay in line and quitcherbitchin. Not surprisingly his service times improved within a week.
The bonuses have been paid on Obama’s watch, what has he done about them? Let me help you out, nothing.
Are you advocating that the President interfere with the right of a business to pay its employees whatever they choose?
Don’t lose sight of your principles just to take a stab at a political foe, Mike.
Don’t lose sight of your principles
Haha! Brian made a funny.
Protack… Principles… Priceless.
The GOP introduced this in Congress. It was also in John McCain’s platform.
I believe they introduced the option to do so. Force was not used in the proposals.
“The American dream! I know, I know I hear all you folks saying that hard work will make you rich.”
Anyone has the potential to work hard. It’s those who work hard and smart, who are more likely to succeed. Note that I didn’t say “get rich”. For me, success isn’t about getting rich.
Because smart doesn’t appear to be an option for you, get out there, and work hard DV. I wish you success.
You could always supplement your income:
http://sweetness-light.com/archive/astroturf-for-healthcare-earn-10-15hr
Printing excess money decreases it’s value. Duh.
I guess the Ivy-educated ‘economic experts,’ bankers and ‘money managers’ of both parties were so smart that they skipped Economics 101; the American people get to live with the consequences.