Many people work 2 jobs; few say it's a problem

[mdmc]

http://www.recordonline.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070903/NEWS/709030323
cross post from GD...
please check it out
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[mdmc]

1. Murdock at it again....

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=389&topic_id=1723470&mesg_id=1723470

[whistle]

2. That is the capitalist mind fuck of working people

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Published on Sunday, July 1, 2007 by Agence France Presse
Capitalism is Bad for Men’s Health: Study
by Mira Oberman
Communism may be oppressive, but it seems as though capitalism is bad for men’s health, according to a recent study which found significant increases in mortality rates after the collapse of the Soviet Union.

The life expectancy for men freed from the Iron Curtain dropped by six years between 1991 and 1994 amid social disruption, physical hardships and economic instability.

The degree to which men were affected depended upon how rough the transition to capitalism was and how much income inequality increased, the new study from the University of Michigan found.

And they were significantly more likely to be impacted by the transition than women, the study found.

“The inequalities in status and resources that can come with capitalism does lead males to behave in ways that are detrimental to men’s health,” lead author Daniel Kruger said in a telephone interview.

Increased competition can create an environment that encourages risk-taking behavior that results in fatal accidents, he said.
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http://www.commondreams.org/archive/2007/07/01/2216/

[mdmc]

7. thank you for this link

peace and low stress

[lonestarnot]

3. Too tired to fucking complain.

[OHdem10]

4. This has been going on for such a long time that

people have begun to accept it as survival strategy.
Figure, complaining will not help.

[Greyhound]

5. The only course available is for We the People to refuse to comply.

But, that would mean great sacrifice and that is no longer possible here. We care about our individual comfort far more than we cherish what is left of our liberty.

We constantly look to some future, while refusing to look around at the present, and ignoring the past.

[AZBlue]

6. Not quite "uniquely American" - you need three jobs for that!

"You work three jobs? Uniquely American, isn't it? I mean, that is fantastic that you're doing that." (Bush speaking to a divorced mother of three, Omaha, Nebraska, Feb. 4, 2005)

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