Community | February 10, 2011 | 2 comments

Take the Politics Out of This: This is about People and We Need To Come Up With Solutions

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The title of this story is a direct quote from Rhonda Taylor, shown on Ed's February 9, 2011 broadcast, discussing the plight of uninsured people in the prime of their lives whose jobs have been shipped overseas as well as older people who are undesirable because they "cost too much to employ," according to Ed Schultz, so they are forced to sell family keepsakes for food, among them Gerry DePietro in the Philadelphia area, forced to sell her gold wedding ring, a gift from her late husband married to her for 37 years, for $20. She and others continue to be maligned and degraded by congressional Republicans.

Ed says untold millions of Americans are affected by joblessness, not just the unemployed but members of their families as well. President Obama doesn't get adequate credit for preserving the auto industry, among our nation's largest employers. Ed sees a priceless opportunity to improve infrastructure such as the $53 billion high-speed rail plan VP Joe Biden announced Tuesday, February 8 http://bit.ly/epT3QQ #cnn, which could aid commuters as part of a long-range plan to improve our economy. During his radio broadcast earlier that day, Ed Schultz proposed a 3-Day Workweek to help the 99ers (those who have been unemployed for over 99 weeks).

Schultz suggests that there is more than enough work nationwide for people to do 6 hours a day for a maximum of 18 hours a week, that it would encourage both morale and productivity among the unemployed, and that our economy needs workers on a part time, temporary basis and could afford to pay health benefits.

Please express support for Democrat Barbara Lee of California and Democrat Bobby Scott of Virginia who are working in the House of Representatives to extend benefits for anyone unemployed longer than 6 months. Watch video at http://bit.ly/f6lmfd
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2 comments // Take the Politics Out of This: This is about People and We Need To Come Up With Solutions

  • toyotabedzrock
  • SocialImaging
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    • toyotabedzrock:

      A three-day workweek is actually a good idea. If you think about it, the Industrial Age succeeded in automating many functions that at one time had to be done by hand and took longer. The goal was to increase leisure time so that we could have more fun barbecuing with our families and friends (remember all the 1960's print ads?).

      Instead what happened is 1) we became more materialistic and chose to work longer hours so we could afford a monthly-payment lifestyle of debt and decadence and 2) big business decided to take the profits that we had always assumed would be ours, so while we were working we were defrauded of that extra income by our employers.

      Now, the workers who over the past 3 decades were forced out of work by machines or better educated/younger people who will work for less find that they have ALL the leisure time promised in those 1960's print ads and a cardboard box down by the river to spend it in. But really, that 3-day workweek is ours and always has been since the age of automation, a time to spend in quiet enjoyment with our families and friends having that barbecue (or whatever). Quality time.

    • 1 year ago
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