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The great gutting of the middle class. It started with factories, then it was small business and restaurants. We continue to cut out ways regular people can pro

The great gutting of the middle class. It started with factories, then it was small business and restaurants. We continue to cut out ways regular people can prosper without getting a degree or joining the white collar corporate workforce.

systemvoltage 5y ago
I try to buy made in USA products, but in certain categories, even after going out of your way, it is difficult to find. I am selfish in that the place where I live and call home, I'd rather have the middle class earn a good living here than someone working in Bangladesh. No offense meant to the working class in Bangladesh, but I've become quite anti-globalist in last few years. It's not good for the environment, it's not good for local economy and it is not good for... me, to be blunt. I also try to support small biz over big corps since they're selfish themselves - they have no loyalty to the people they serve, they're all global corporations. I wish Democrats, the party that I vote for, weren't so blood thirsty globalists.
- president 5y ago
  I understand the insatiable thirst for profits but what saddens me is how people are okay with knowingly destroying the fabric of society for personal gain. Even worse, the average worker who unknowingly cheerleads for these policies without truly understanding how it undermines their and their children's futures.
pixl97 5y ago
Eh, this is a pretty weird take on restaurants..... Going out to eat commonly (in the US) is something that is very modern. Anecdotally when I was a kid it was a once or twice a month thing, now you have people that commonly eat out a meal more then 7 times a week. In the 1950s eating out was around 1/4th of food spending where it is over 1/2 of the average households budget now. This has caused an explosion in the number of places to eat. That's a lot of competition, not only for the consumers, but the low wage staff they pay.

systemvoltage 5y ago

I try to buy made in USA products, but in certain categories, even after going out of your way, it is difficult to find. I am selfish in that the place where I live and call home, I'd rather have the middle class earn a good living here than someone working in Bangladesh. No offense meant to the working class in Bangladesh, but I've become quite anti-globalist in last few years. It's not good for the environment, it's not good for local economy and it is not good for... me, to be blunt. I also try to support small biz over big corps since they're selfish themselves - they have no loyalty to the people they serve, they're all global corporations. I wish Democrats, the party that I vote for, weren't so blood thirsty globalists.

president 5y ago
I understand the insatiable thirst for profits but what saddens me is how people are okay with knowingly destroying the fabric of society for personal gain. Even worse, the average worker who unknowingly cheerleads for these policies without truly understanding how it undermines their and their children's futures.

pixl97 5y ago

Eh, this is a pretty weird take on restaurants..... Going out to eat commonly (in the US) is something that is very modern. Anecdotally when I was a kid it was a once or twice a month thing, now you have people that commonly eat out a meal more then 7 times a week. In the 1950s eating out was around 1/4th of food spending where it is over 1/2 of the average households budget now. This has caused an explosion in the number of places to eat. That's a lot of competition, not only for the consumers, but the low wage staff they pay.