The concept of 'hard work'....

[Aviation Pro]

...forgive me for indulging in one of my pet peeves for a moment. I work at a mid-sized, multi-national corporation. I balance four very visible projects that require a great deal of precision and often take me away from my family for weeks on end. The work is very cerebral and is difficult from the perspective of juggling both technology and regulatory requirements across a number of national authorities.

Did I mention that I can be fired at any moment, for any reason?

So excuse me, Senator Clinton, but I have no idea what you're talking about when you pander to "hard working Americans" and then list a bunch of physical labor jobs as the only examples of "hard work." When I was younger, I used to do those jobs, but because I valued improving myself and elevating my family's standard of living I pursued courses of action that led me to my current position. Yes, I get paid fairly well, but I also put in close to 65 hours a week at my domicile and more when I'm on the road.

In my estimation, the American work ethic is one of our strongest attributes, but, Senator Clinton, please don't try to elevate the long-distance trucker over the bench chemist. Your alchemy is wrong and is the last gasp of a now futile campaign.

[Aviation Pro]

1. Kick....

...cause it was really early in the morning when I posted this.

[hfojvt]

2. one of my pet peeves is the phrase "improving myself"

when all that seems to mean is "getting a better paying job". Hence the common notion that people who have good paying jobs are "better than" people who have low paying jobs. One way to balance this often unspoken attitude is to praise those in low paying, low status jobs for their hard work. Hard work that is necessary and is often unappreciated by management.

No matter how many hours you work, or how hard or stressful it is, I am guessing you do not wake up in the morning and say "ohhhh, my back hurts" and get out of bed and notice at your first step "my feet hurt", "my knee hurts" (even after surgery, thank you very much).

I am also guessing that if I had your pay for the last six years instead of the part-time janitorial pay I have been stuck with that I would have saved enough money, if not to retire, at least to not worry too much if I got fired.

[Aviation Pro]

4. I had those back breaking jobs for the better part of twenty years....

...so I can empathize. What you should be pissed off at is the lack of information on how to move from one of those back breaking jobs into one that would allow you to save enough money for retirement. I chose my path not entirely for money, but for a better life for my family and I resent the fact that Senator Clinton patronizes blue collar workers with her supposed empathy toward them and "hard work."

[SparkyMac]

3. You lost me when your started working in you "domicile".

I'm just kidding. But I am getting to wonder how you and Obama hope to win the working man's vote unless you know who he is.

[Deja Q]

5. Never mind the concerns about offshoring