[quote=no_such_reality]Just to unhijack the thread I started…
Back to real problem, in four years, we’ve increased the number of people needing assistance for food by roughly 75%. And in a concrete real sense, by 20,000,000 people.
That increase was driven by the decrease in middle income opportunities available which are steadily being replaced by low income opportunities for those without the current skills to create.
Traditional middle class roles that are predominately basic labor are steadily disappearing. Hence, $66K a year meter-readers are the utilities are rapidly becoming extinct. Those jobs will not come back. That same trend is shifting into ‘thinking’ service functions. Grocery checkers, customer service reps, financial analysts, stock brokers, basic info-tech, basic engineering, buh-bye. Medical isn’t safe either.
This is a problem for the haves and the have-nots. The 1% will not care as their money will last for them and theirs. The rest us facing heightened competition.
Most importantly, what people seem to missing, is it doesn’t only matter how good you are. How smart you are. Or how hard you work. It doesn’t matter if you’re the best, when there are 300 people that can do the job lined up for it.
If you can create and solve a unique problem, market it, produce it and sell it. You’re okay. You’re going to need to be able to employ yourself. And you’re going to need the soft-skills to align people to you.
Note: Rich T, can you do us a favor and reduce those graphics?[/quote]
