If you look at a graph of US productivity growth and US income growth,
you'll see the two are intertwined like strands of DNA until about 1973,
when public policy changes started allowing US corporations to do some
not-so-nice-things. Since 1973, income growth has remained the "bunny
slope" at the ski resort, while productivity is so steep you couldn't ski
down that slope, you'd just roll. We are working much, much harder for
much, much less money, while the overwhelming bulk of the money goes to the
top 5 percent of people, who are not trickling it down to the rest of us
like Uncle Ronnie claimed they would, unless you count pissing on our legs
as tricking down.
Cautionary note: I am not an economist. And I've never pretended to be.
Well, not that I can remember. <g>
--Bob Whitmire
Certified Neanderthal
On Sat, Oct 17, 2015 at 2:40 PM, Bill Pearce <billcpearce@xxxxxxx> wrote:
> Time and time again we read stories of how productivity in the US is
> increasing. Examine the small print, though, and you see that the increases
> are obtained without any increase in employment. So, companies are
> demanding more work out of the same employees. Hourly? good for the younger
> of you. Salaried? Tough luck. Welcome to the USA, where many Europeans move
> to make more money.
>
> -----Original Message----- From: ChrisB
> Sent: Saturday, October 17, 2015 12:42 AM
> To: Olympus Camera Discussion
> Subject: Re: [OM] another side of B&H
>
> They’re slave drivers, Ken!
>
> Chris
>
> On 16 Oct 15, at 16:04, Ken Norton <ken@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>
>> Why doesn't is sound like such a good deal? 17 holidays + 15 vacation
>>> days
>>> = 32 days off. You said you get 30. Where's the discrepancy?
>>>
>>
>>
>> I work for a big honkin telephone company. It took me 15 years to get
>> that much time off.
>>
>
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