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you know,I've always been curious bout this argument that people should work their way up
when I got outta highschool,my first actual pay check job was as a COB role player for the military(civilian on battle field)
I got paid 150 dollars a day to sit round and yell at marines in arabic
before that(I'd been working since I could lift screens in my folks shop)I had done odd jobs for bout 5 dollars an hour under the table...lots of construction and shit like that.had a steady gig working pumping septic tanks for a while through high school...real work...real sweaty dirty hard work...paid less then yelling at marines
ok,so then I get an official paid gig as a construction worker,and I got paid better...not much better,but better
by the age of 21,I already had arthritis in my hands and had blown out my knee,I needed a knew job so I ended up petitioning...got paid per signature,and for the first time I was getting paid a rate directly based on what work I was performing,and boy howdy,I was good at it.first day was pouring rain,and I still managed to make a 100 in one day off a single dollar petition,and all I had to do was hustle.no sweat,no pain,barely even considered work.I rose up in the ranks and thought it'd be a good idea to be a coordinator(a petitioning boss) ,that's when the problems really started,when I could find a good hustler,I had problems getting paid by my clients and very soon I was loosing the money that I was paying out to my crew...luckily when I had been making real money,I had made some investments in industrial land trading,and the company I had started had a made a big deal and the pay out made up for the losses.the large heap of money I had made was from an investment,no work was involved,at least on my end..no sweat,nothing,just lil money out,a whole lot back.I then decided to make another investment,this time into the booming bail bonds racket in navada.it was a good investment,the company did very well for itself intill we started having staff problems. Embezzlement,flaky employs,that sorta thing.long story short,I ended up working in many of the offices,but I wasn't licensed to do so,so I ended up doing time and spending a lot of money getting out of the slammer.after that I've been doing a few gigs here and there again like I did back in high school,but for more money(10 and hour most the time)working under and over the table at a lot of different establishments (bookstores,dive bars,ect).Made good money,but one by one,my employers started to dwindle(no one buys books any more,bar got shut down after someone got their throat slit in the parking lot,a few of my regular employers died,moved,went bankrupt) and I was thrown into the regular nine to five at a shitty fast food place for 8 dollars and hour..taxed.....and had to work my ass off,ran circles round the 18 and 19 year olds that called them selves workers..After working my way up to a full*gasp*nine dollars an hour,I quit,couldn't take it anymore..the shitty franchise owners were pieces of shit who bounced checks and fired and hired based of personal bias more the merrit.and now I've found myself working under the table again,but working half as hard making twice as much(petitioning,bartering goods from stores,ect.)
So I'm curios,where do Americans get the idea that working harder makes you wealthier
it hasn't been the case for me,and I'm sure it hasn't been the case for many people out there
Work does not equal wealth
Getting some one else to work for you certainly does
I know that this isn't always the case,and their are plenty of professional adults who truly earn their pay
but in todays world,the ones who are making the most are certainly not the ones who work the hardest,so why do we treat them that way?
why do we not value a "floor sweeper"
but not blink an eye when paris hilton sweeps a floor for hundreds of dollars and does a half ass job of it for our entertainment
business executives and inspirational speakers often say that something is only as strong as it's weakest link
then why are our weakest links eligible for food stamps?
It's not that the floor sweeper isn't valued. It's that the job doesn't require a whole lot of skill to do. Certainly, a high quality janitorial job does require more skill than a low quality job, but those that can perform at a higher quality of work should be paid more, if quality is the main concern. If the only concern is that a low quality is required and anything above that isn't worth paying more for, then, that guy that can provide a higher quality job in the same amount of time, will likely not be satisfied with the pay and should be able to look for a position that rewards for the quality of the job, too.
"Working hard" doesn't necessarily mean heavy, physical labor. That certainly is hard work, but open heart surgery isn't heavy physical labor, but certainly isn't easy, either.
There are plenty of people who hold the floor sweepers of the world in higher esteem than the Paris Hiltons of the world.
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What I support:
- A Conservative interpretation of the US Constitution
- Personal Responsibility
- Help for the truly needy
- Limited Government
- Consumption Tax (non-profit charities and food exempt)
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