2006-7 U.S. Household Income

[opebo]

So, you see a statistic that there are people trying to live on a mere $20,000 per year, and your first thought is, 'wow, they must be lazy'.

You realize your bigotry and resentment isn't really the same thing as economic theory, jmfcst.

[opebo]

MK's right - employment is really no different than it ever was: most of it being work requiring only simple training.  It has just been moved to where the workers are better controlled by their owners.

Also, jmfcst, why aren't you concerned about the rich who aren't working?  There is a whole class of people who thrive in plenty, collect the produce of others, and don't turn a hair or lift a finger, and yet your resentment falls upon those living in abject misery (as if anyone would choose such an existence!).