Happy Labor Day: S&R salutes the American worker with selections from Whitman, Springsteen and Mellencamp
source: http://www.scholarsandrogues.com/2011/09/05/happy-labor-day-sr-salutes-the-american-worker-w...
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While our country has in recent times engaged in a relentless policy war against the working class I grew up in, there was a time when honest labor was a thing to be celebrated. America became the greatest nation on the planet for a period of time thanks to its workers, not its CEOs or its bankers. Our character is defined by our Main Streets, not Wall St. And you never heard of a Protestant management ethic, did you?
