Three Polls Find Workers Sensing Deep Pessimism

[ShockediSay]

http://www.nytimes.com/2006/08/31/us/31labor.html

Three new opinion polls released yesterday found deep pessimism among American workers, with mostsaying that wages were not keeping pace with inflation and that workers were worse off in many ways than ageneration ago.

The Pew Research Center found in a survey of 2,003 adults completed last month that an overwhelming majority said workers had less job security and faced more on-the-job stress than 20 or 30 years ago.

The nonpartisan Pew center, said, “The public thinks that workers were better off a generation ago than they are now on every key dimension of worker life — be it wages, benefits, retirement plans, on-the-job stress, the loyalty they are shown by employers or the need to regularly upgrade work skills.”

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Meanwhile, life's great for those at the top of our economy pyramid

[stepnw1f]

1. Time to Rattle or Even Destroy "Their" Pyramid

fuck them

[ERF]

2. They should be pessimistic. The housing market is tanking

and the party is over. I predict Unemployment will rise to over 6% by end of 2007 (even based on the current skewed statistics) and with inflation heating up, the Fed won't be able to cut interest rates to save a tanking economy pulled down by the inability of people to borrow on their ever less-valuable McMansions.

On the bright side, the Dems might take all of congress and the white house under that scenario.

Plus you will likely be able to get some good deals on stress property, when Joe Sixpack realizes he can't afford the $200k, interest only mortgage without the overtime.

[brentspeak]

3. That's ok. Help's on the way. Once the estate tax is repealed

They'll be a new Golden Age of employment. Everybody in America will be inundated with great job offers, that provide excellent benefits!
:sarcasm:

My name is Elmer J. Fudd. I own a mansion and a yacht.

[demo dutch]

4. Jeez..No Way!! I thought GW* said we're doing so great! Now how could that

be?