7 Reasons You Don't Have a Pension

According to both the political and state labors unions....I feel that the intentions and evaluations that masses have placed for not only gradualism but also communism that dispenses credits and opportunity for families commited towards doing so.

Rewriting the afterthoughts of implemented studies, such as the Glenn Beck dossier, and Joel Stein articles recently published within TIME magazine, I have to continue onto my pursuit of happiness.

I have 150.00 dollars weekly to budget, and to consider an allowance. Now, even though it sometimes feels like its rewarding to opt to send out thank you letters and personalized gifts....there is the state of giving in which it becomes non-reciprocated. awful enough as it is configuring laundry and other essential purchases, mainly an appetizing meal within a restaraunts walls or even out on a patio deck, I haven't minimalized the sadness that exists, or even co-exists when doing these things.

Plenty of individuals have, and as Valentines Day approaches, and poems I have gathered concerning Freudian Frat boy behaviours while behaving solemnly and sporadically with anger; I have come to understand MEL GIBSONS plight.

Bachelorhood and a little-known progressive study that has lasted for four years has brought me and my mentality to discerning experimentally.....the lettuce that becomes saurkraut or even Kim-Chee, if you will within my stomach.

The combatative personalities breaching lines of communication and assigned as strict and motherly towards idiot orphans such as myself, just seemingly volunteering and willing to be this dirty Bohemian dude anywhere in the U.S.A.

Improper and innappropriate fascination as to similarities concerning romance, weight, age and avenues of improvement all the while doing jumping jacks and swimming laps while improvising on which movie to see, what perfume to get....like, I like BLEU.

But also, there are the nuclear issues...jokes, shrimps, clits..commies, and out dated good times.

I have to realize that the people I interact with, the ones that say they have gotten small inheritances, compared to having nothing after a long time, and the age in which they received it, around 50 to 55....experiences and longing, fellowship and concerns...these are the choices I face now with a little salary, and when making 9.00 dollars an hour and 20,000.00 a year....while noticing that I needed to make 26,000.00 a year to be a part of a gym, and to put 100.00 dollars away each pay period, while paying rent and car insurance....tattoos and strip clubs not being the best option, though lonely as a man, the macaroni and oreo cookie diet isn't the best one, so onto the kiefer and celery....as well as classes designed for my newer philosophy of not being so uninhibited.

Danton of OR 3:00PM February 09, 2011

That's the title of a book by Jacob Hacker--The Great Risk Shift--wherein he offers full coverage of the "You're on your own" attitude that underpins individual responsibility, one of the principles of Conservatism. The Right long has done much to weaken the voice of labor by undermining unionism's quest for better wages, conditions, and benefits; standing in the way of health care reform; and encouraging 401Ks as the replacement for employer and government-supplied pensions. The "shift" gained momentum in the 1990's and hasn't come close to ending.

What must be remembered is that were hard work rewarded well regardless of job, unions would be unnecessary and job related benefits would be a thing of the past. Wages would be adequate for living expenses, for covering all insurance costs and for regular deposits in retirement accounts. Social Security, Medicare, and most of Medicaid would be a thing of the past.

As we all know, whatever talk there has been about rising tides lifting all boats and benefits derived from trickle-down economics, wages since 1980 have not changed appreciably (8% or so when adjusted for inflation) and remain inadequate for the elimination of job-related benefits. Shifting risk to average wage earners has been a lot more successful than increasing wages appreciably.

Individual responsibility is nice on paper, but it seldom can be relied upon as one-size-fits-all. There are too many variables that are related to employment and how available opportunity and higher wages are or not. A social safety net still is very necessary, and anyone who tells you otherwise probably has more nostalgia for slavery than facts at his/her disposal. As long as cheap labor remains essential to our economy, those facts won't change.

Ron W. Smith of UT 11:57AM February 08, 2011

This is it.. the most worthless article.

Baruch Obamawitz of IL 2:10PM February 07, 2011