The American working man slowly fades away

MSNBC ^ | Mike Dorning

[ffusco]

The boomers have destroyed (in my lifetime) the family, marriage, sex, objectivity, morality, piety, a sense of shame, privacy, community, personal responsibility and the economy. Is there anything left the eternal adolescents wont destroy?

[cynwoody]

We need a new name for the first Monday in September ....

[Post Toasties]

Well, we’re certainly trying hard enough to export our good jobs with one of the highest corporate tax rates in the world and a serious disregard among many for a good education.

[Texan]

This is a one depressing article.

[ffusco]

As a former Texan, I agree.

[tsowellfan]

We need a new name for the first Monday in September ....

Well, they were going to call it Jerry Lewis Day but even Jerry Lewis got laid off from doing the telethon after doing it for decades.

Obama really IS making history.

[Conservative Vet]

That’s why our next president needs to focus on growth with “black jobs”. We need to dismantle the EPA and start exploiting our natural resources: oil, natural gas, coal, gold, rare earth metals etc. Those are the real high paying jobs—not 11.00 an hour putting windmills together in the middle oF nowhere.

[BobP]

 Uncle Barry

[thecodont]

Is this one of the reasons modern men are reluctant to get married?

[srajan]

Where is the Congressional Working Man's caucus - wait, no all we have is the Congressional Black Caucus - the one which sells out American blacks by promoting antiquated policies which might have had their place a few decades ago, but are a cancer on modern black society. And the Congressional Hispanic Caucus - which sells out US workers of all sorts by insisting on rights for illegal aliens. Hold the presses; call Congress back in. Given the bleak prospects for American men, the moment cries out for comprehensive immigration reform - i.e. amnesty for the world's unskilled laborers to come to America and demand legalization. We already have administrative amnesty through Obama's focus on NOT deporting people whose only violation is to overstay their visas. Why not formalize it by granting legal status, in-state tuition and well, why stop there, the right to vote in federal elections for illegal aliens. .

[DRey]

MSNBC is just reflecting the depression in the north...UNION men are going the way of the Dodo...and they’re trying to act like it’s a national phenom. It’s really not. At the same time the unions are dying and the liberals are so depressed, people are flocking to the most conservative states in the union, and finding work — AZ, NV, TX, FL... The working man still works and has a decent wage.

[Belasarius]

You forgot the dollar. That’s kind of a biggy.

[AZLiberty]

The boomers have destroyed (in my lifetime) the family, marriage, sex, objectivity, morality, piety, a sense of shame, privacy, community, personal responsibility and the economy. Is there anything left the eternal adolescents wont destroy?

The United States as an independent country.

[dsc]

Read the other day that the situation in Texas is pretty bad now.

[DRey]

Where’d ya read that? I’m in Texas? Things are great!

[WestwardHo]

The boomers have destroyed:

Turn off the TV. Rarely, rarely take in a movie. Borrow books from Boomers who have wonderful libraries that don’t follow the current culture.
You don’t have to be an over-the-hill hippy type to live simply, mostly stay out of debt (low mortgage), enjoy your family, find your fun by working hard...
I’m 63, and strongly influenced by my parents and the way they lived after going through the Great Depression.
My husband and I think very carefully about accumulating things we need, and not accumulating a lot of stuff for the heck of it.
If you want to have a happy life believe God is who He says He is, fight for your family, resist the culture, love what is good, be good to your neighbor, love your country. Remember, life is short, pack it full of good deeds, hard work and happy memories.
There are a lot of us Boomers that live just like my family does. We’re just not making a lot of noise.
It’s not a matter of taking us back to the wonderful,mystical ‘50’s. It’s being your best, and doing what is right in the midst of current events, and the times you’ve been given.

[WestwardHo]

The boomers have destroyed:

Turn off the TV. Rarely, rarely take in a movie. Borrow books from Boomers who have wonderful libraries that don’t follow the current culture.
You don’t have to be an over-the-hill hippy type to live simply, mostly stay out of debt (low mortgage), enjoy your family, find your fun by working hard...
I’m 63, and strongly influenced by my parents and the way they lived after going through the Great Depression.
My husband and I think very carefully about accumulating things we need, and not accumulating a lot of stuff for the heck of it.
If you want to have a happy life believe God is who He says He is, fight for your family, resist the culture, love what is good, be good to your neighbor, love your country. Remember, life is short, pack it full of good deeds, hard work and happy memories.
There are a lot of us Boomers that live just like my family does. We’re just not making a lot of noise.
It’s not a matter of taking us back to the wonderful,mystical ‘50’s. It’s being your best, and doing what is right in the midst of current events, and the times you’ve been given.

[count-your-change]

We have a dysfunctional financial system and those who are forced to operate within a dysfunctional system appear to those watching to be everything from mildly irrational to utterly mad whereas those attempting to function within that system see themselves as simply doing what is necessary.

[ffusco]

I was referring to the boomers that thought Woodstock was the pivotal moment in their lives and not the Moon Landing, both events occurred in 1969. Every generation prior to mine could look forward to a higher standard of living, rising property values and a social security check.