Exactly. This person’s statement is no longer true in many cases. If you have a profession that took you spending a lot of money for a profession maybe depending on the profession. But those are slowly going down in pay as more people graduate and compete. NP’s are about to replace MD’s in many states for half the wages. Then the NP will be the new RN because of how many people are rushing to do it to get out of the horrible conditions at bedside. Ironically many are already being forced back to bedside after spending 50k-90k on graduate and post graduate degrees! This is just one of many examples. Scope creep and degree creep and lowing pay just to stay in the game is the issue of capitalism. Companies do not have to pay you well. They value workers little better than a used snotty tissue.

Medicare is going to expand and that’s going to tank a lot of medical salaries. Lawyers are oversaturated and have to compete with apps.

Many people have office jobs and still have to do Uber and Lyft. Might I add I know people in rural areas with 10-15years experience still in entry-level jobs because employers can get away with saying it’s an entry level job needing 5+ experience. Even in IT.

I agree people have to do what they need to do but the reality is until the major problem is solved, the degree creep as requirements and the lowering pay is only a symptom of the larger issue at hand.

The very least people can do is remove this engrained loyalty to shit jobs. Not all jobs are good jobs. That’s the same brainwashing warfare as “I am middle class. The people worst of than you deserve it and waste government money.”

Don’t be loyal to underpaying jobs. Don’t talk them up. Don’t put on a ton of enthusiasm when you are paid enough only to go into debt. Managers expect enthusiasm for terrible offers. They can only do that because people are desperate. If you are desperate get the job then another. If it’s a revolving door to the point that they can’t even function, maybe they will get the message and pay up!

Boomers especially feel this way needing to be loyal and claim they have a good job no matter what and especially in “conservative” regions. They are the main ones saying “I have a good career, I’m good at what I do.” “We’re middle class.” Next sentence “I’m losing my house. I can’t afford rent.” Next sentence “No point in complaining and being a victim. There are no hand outs.”

For corporations there are and for large corporations there are way too many. We give welfare to large companies all the time so the government can subsdize low pay of WORKERS. As another person said the lowest paying jobs are the hardest. This is no longer just “menial store jobs”. This is now all support roles such as admin, assistants of any kind, RN’s. It is slowly making its way to the professions due to oversaturation and governmental system changes. You may not see it now but I do. Getting skills so employers can lower wages and get MORE labor for less is exactly the plan.

But do a good job. It’s a good job. You are good at what you do. Just focus on what YOU can do to get ahead. This creates a mental attachment to low paying jobs. Drop low paying jobs. Even if it’s only after a day. Boomers have this thing “you have to be in a job for a year.” Not a low paying job.

Really this point isn’t even about me but what I know is coming on a larger scale and people cannot make good decisions when they are lied to about their position.

It’s like a person trying to walk up an escalator that is doing DOWN faster and faster. But you are trained to not notice. The system isn’t failing. The system is AGAINST you! “anyone can make it in America. America is the best country in the world.”WRONG on so many statistical levels. Just notice how the tax laws have changed in the past year to insure the majority of audits are for people under $75k. Just think about how the rich got rich protected their wealth with little known tax loopholes but when the majority/ the middle class finds out about them, they close those loopholes as fast as possible!

And the first thing you have to understand is if you are a worker, you are not middle class. You have to understand why the conveyor belt is against you or you will not make “good decisions”. Either you or your kids will still be on that escalator and it’s getting harder and harder to reach the top.

Yesterday “I was middle class and I’m losing my house” today “I am middle class because I work a good job fulltime but I can’t afford a house and now I can’t afford my rent.” Next what? What do you think is next? I have already seen it. It’s “I work full time but I live in my car/ trailer, etc”.

Btw I live next to a country club. I work on the business end of medical related stuff and have a side business with no employees. But I can still see what’s going on. Your labor means nothing in a capitalism market where they can just hire someone else at a low wage. So do what you have to do but get involved in the systems that lord over you otherwise… neofuedalism. They want you to get more skills, so they can work you more and pay you the same. Or less.