Wage Slaves Gain Weight, Continue to Lose Money

As Wall Street sets new records, corporations are finding new ways to pass business costs onto employees. The longest running is the health care scam. Big Health, (read the AMA and other organized medical groups) bolstered by Big Pharma, now are turning everything into a disease. If you're a drunk, then you're really an alcoholic. A disease treatable by the medical community. Get a lawyer to fight for you and and you can receive 'disability' payments from the government. Money you can spend on getting drunk. If you're overweigh, then you're obese. Now classified as a disease by the AMA. Which means that they will develop treatments, backed up by drugs. Notice that there's never a cure? That would destroy the money flow. We are being fed junk news, junk food and given junk healthcare. It's no wonder this country is headed for the junkpile. The sad thing is that we get to pay for it, through taxes or insurance, while receiving little or no benefit from a system that now supports healthcare fraud. With the minimum wage now lower than it was (on an inflation adjusted basis) in the 1960s can the working people of this country allow this to continue? I don't think so. There may be some outcry, but for right now, its' been more of a whimper. Of severe economic pain.

Time to Launch

Been busy the past few months. Work on the farm is never ending and with the weather turning cold earlier than I expected, I've had to postpone a few projects. The blogs have been neglected as a result.

Will post a 'new' video YouTube today. I made it a couple of years ago, but held off on releasing it.

Either way, I hope all the citizens out there who now realize how out of control our social systems have become will use some restraint in their actions to right the situation.

Time to launch my revised edition of "Going Dutch, Trials of a Wage Slave", put the billing for the judgment against my former company on line and release the public service announcement for the benefit of those who are now looking for jobs in this 'jobless recovery'.

Remember, it's your life and all the time you spend at work can never be recovered. Find a career you love or just be a wage slave all your life.

More Wage Slaves, Less Pay

You thought it couldn't get any worse, right? Time to think again.

There are more people unemployed, marginally employed and just play disgusted and not looking for a job than there has ever been before in this country.

I've been working on some projects which I'll be unveiling over the next few months.

This will include videos, essays and information about our current state of affairs related to the so-called "job situation" in the USA and the world.

I'll be commenting on how employers and corporations use the law to enforce their agendas, while denying rights to employees.

Remember work harder, not smarter. The boss is the smart guy in your group.

Anyhow, you need all the overtime you can get, since your money buys less now than it did last month.

The NEW WAGE ORDER

Welcome to the New Wage Order.

You can work yourself to death, just don't die in the lunch room.

Otherwise, don't worry, be happy. You should be glad we let you slave here.

You too, can be hired to work for 10% of your true, employment worth. That's right, get in on the ground floor and stay there, by being a New Contract Worker of America!

Get downsized, right-sized, laid-off or just plain FIRED. Then be rehired for less benefits, less security and more, free STRESS. You're gonna love working with your old co-workers, who might still be on the 'full-time employee' list, but they shouldn't be too smug.

After all, in most states in this great United States of America, you can be fired without cause, or reason. Some call it "Employment at Will", others "Right to Work" there are different, polite sounding phrases which all boil down to this:

You're gonna get canned when the man decides he doesn't need you any longer.

Keep telling yourself that it's not that bad. After all you could be one of those poor drones who works for government.

Where everyone is guaranteed a pension, health care, benefits and some even have shopping privileges!

BE ADVISED: THE ABOVE IS IN NO WAY, SHAPE OR FORM A COMMENT ABOUT OUR MILITARY. YOU SHOULD HAVE HALF THEIR GUTS!

THEY DO THE JOBS THEY DO WITHOUT GETTING THE SUPPORT THEY SHOULD RECEIVE.

So, keep working at being the nice person in the office. They usually fire them last. It doesn't hurt to rat out your co-workers. Never know when kissing up to the boss will come in handy.

Just expect the same to happen to you. What goes around, comes around.

Don't worry, it won't be in your contract.

All the Happy Workers

I'm back, the novel is finished, now to find an agent.

How's the unemployment where you are? Still believing those 'facts and figures' of about 9-10%. Of course, that figure doesn't take into account those people who have been out of work for more than 6 months.


I spoke to a local university department head last fall. At that time, the unemployment rate in Jackson, TN was 18%.

It's worse now, due to the two 'bads', the weather and the economy.

Hang in there, everything's going to get better with the Spring weather. At least you can go back outside and be depressed, instead of watching whatever your favorite video poison might be.

If you haven't figured it out, it's time for you to start your own business. I hear that people with jobs still need banks. There's an idea for you!

Just think how happy you would be, taking and 'guarding' other people's money for them!

Taking the Kids to School

You have to wonder what they teach in school these days.

From reading blogs and checking out the news on the Internet (I don't watch TV, haven't for years), it never ceases to amaze me. Did anyone learn anything or are you all robots?

Here's the short course:

Corporations and the government lie to you.

They do this in their best interest.

They don't care what you do, as long as you continue to believe them.

Please continue to watch TV, do your job (if you're lucky enough to have one) and pay those taxes.

Otherwise, stay stoned, drunk and stupid. We don't need anyone complaining about how things are screwed up.

Those of you who are unemployed, don't worry. You'll be back at work in about a year or so.

Expect lower wages, less benefits and probably less hours.

Shut up and be happy that you have a job.

I'll go into the probabilities of getting rehired later.

It won't be pretty.

As for you 'kids' out there, experiencing your first or second lay-off/termination/whatever term you use for being fired...

You have a lot to learn.

Stick around, school's about to begin.

The Squeaky Wheel

Gets the grease.

Old adage, new times. I've found a blog that's written by some of the newly unemployed. It's hilarious for those of us who have had to deal with unemployment and economic downturns in the past. The angst is underwhelming. Other than that, it's a very good blog.

They do a great job with their blog layout, very professional. All the graphics, videos, links, etc. Their marketing efforts have paid off.

Tania Khadder was on NPR (National Public Radio, for those of you who only listen to whatever it is you listen to) on Monday, 16 March. According to their blog, they have been interviewed by one of the local (San Francisco) TV stations. After doing all of this, Tania got the job she was worrying over in her NPR commentary. After 4, that's right 4 grueling months of being unemployed!

John Henion, well, he's still doing the blog thing.

I made some comments on their blog. Probably sound a bit rude to many of you.

Tough shit.

These are much tougher times than these two can imagine.

You won't have to worry about me changing this blog anytime soon.

I don't have the hours to spare, doing graphics, etc. There are other issues, such as lack of broadband out here in the sticks.

I won't be changing my tone either.

You want politically correct, there are plenty of other blogs that will play nice.

So, enjoy Tania and John's blog:

http://unemploymentality.com/

It always gives me some laughs.