Posted on 05/04/2020 5:59:06 AM PDT by Kaslin
How many high school seniors and college students will course correct to a more secure job future? Too many college majors that cost a fortune with no prospect of comparable income....
There are tons of jobs around here delivering stuff, stocking stuff etc. going unfilled.
The majority of corporate white collar workers are able to work at home.
The impact of this thing is actually rather complicated.
I have not seen an article that gets into the weeds on who is working and who is not—and I suspect it varies wildly by industry.
In addition, many industries are open in some “locked-down” states but not others.
The headlines make great talking points, but reality often does not match them.
My definition of an essential worker: anyone paying income and/or property taxes.
I meant it was the combination of rich and stay-at-home that kicked it into overdrive.
I thought I was a professional all these years but no, I’m just plain old working class....but at least I know I’m essential and not just a paper pusher....
I’ve been telling people to get out of Red England for YEARS...
oh my oil well inherited sil just loves the lockdown....but then again she doesn’t really do anything ever....
That $600 government check weekly looks awfully attractive compared to delivering stuff, stocking stuff etc.
he also believes he’s in the “decision making class”....BS...people like him couldn’t find their way out of a paper bag....
When you have a job of actual work like building things it’s kind of hard to do it from home.
Maybe some rich feel that way, but I’d say it’s more a political divide.
I’m thinking it’s the Plantation owners vs. their slaves...
The most heated arguments that I have gotten in with the more liberal, Trump-hating members of my family are over this issue. It absolutely amazes me that they don’t understand that some people have to work to live - physically go to a location (not work remotely) and do work. And the risk of getting COVID-19, as bad as it may be, is much, much less than the risk of becoming homeless and starving to death. That is a really risk that Liberals don’t want to acknowledge. Or if they do, they simply say that government should hand out checks (what a pathetic statement that is - do they really think the government can support half the country for months?). Or they scream about how its all Trump’s fault. This issue, more than any in this pandemic, really gets my blood boiling.
Good article. I recently wrote to a city official urging that the public schools be reopened....not because I have a high opinion of them educationally, in fact quite the reverse...but they are essential as “daycare” to the part of the population that couldn’t work from home or stay home and supervise their kids’ on-line lessons every day.
There are many people, usually in low-wage jobs, who had to go to work everyday and simply didn’t have any alternative to just letting the kids roam the streets and get into trouble. It certainly wasn’t good for the kids and was a real hardship for the parents, many of whom try to do the best they can with their kids but probably, even if they could have stayed home, wouldn’t have been up to assisting with the lessons anyway.
I suggested a special summer session to start immediately that would help these kids to catch up on what they missed in an abbreviated class schedule and might even be heavily recreation-based so that much of the day would be sports, etc. - just something so that their parents could go to their “essential” low-age jobs without so much to worry about.
I was told by someone that the teacher’s union might object, which tells you all you need to know about the true priorities in all this.
Yes, that is a great essay which I have used many times. I met Leonard Read a couple of times.
Having been semi-retired from / by the tech industry at age 58, I took up being a teacher’s aide in public pre-school. I’ve been laid off.
However, the pay while laid off is HIGHER than my paycheck while I was working, because of the extra $600 per week passed by Congress.
I hear the same thing about bartenders, etc. Their Republican bar owner is going out of business, but they are making more staying home smoking pot (an essential business).
Having been semi-retired from / by the tech industry at age 58, I took up being a teacher’s aide in public pre-school. I’ve been laid off.
However, the pay while laid off is HIGHER than my paycheck while I was working, because of the extra $600 per week passed by Congress.
I hear the same thing about bartenders, etc. Their Republican bar owner is going out of business, but they are making more staying home smoking pot (an essential business).
They just think it's unfair that anyone should have to.
It's an impossible mindset to debate with.
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