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Structural changes make the situation worse.\u00a0 Reich points out, \u201cMillions of private-sector workers have been fired and then re-hired as contract workers to do almost exactly what they were doing before, but without any benefits or job security.\u201d\u00a0 When combined with the outsourcing that has taken place since 1973, it\u2019s no small wonder that the American worker\u2019s worries do not end with whether or not they are employed, but at what wage.<\/p>\n
Current American capitalism means that we have high unemployment with low wages which forces more and more consumers to shop at the likes of the Dollar Store.\u00a0 If we had lower unemployment with high wages, consumers could more readily afford Target, Macy\u2019s, or even more expensive stores such as Needless Mark-up (or something like that).<\/p>\n
In his blog, Reich repeatedly points out that the most secure jobs are those in the public sector.\u00a0 They cannot be outsourced and wages at least keep up with inflation.\u00a0 At least that\u2019s the way it was before Scott Walker\u2019s Wisconsin and the vision that he any most Republicans have of the American economy.<\/p>\n
As we give kudos to the Obama administration for beginning to reverse declining employment trends, we need to keep the pressure on to ensure that the jobs that are created are ones that pay decent wages.\u00a0 As is so often the case, when this administration gets to an intersection, it tends to look right before crossing.\u00a0 We need to do more to ensure that it looks both ways.<\/p>\n
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Robert Reich has been a contrarian about most of the Obama economic policies, but that does not necessarily make him a negative person.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":7775,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[93,45,908],"tags":[926,488,272,1332,1268],"yoast_head":"\n
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