To honor all of those who work hard every day, and for those who did so for many years and are honorably retired!
There are many great songs celebrating workers – the good bits and the bad bits. What’s your favorite?
Did you know:
1926: Henry Ford introduced 40-hour work weeks with five working days with no cut in wages after discovering that 48-hour work weeks yielded only a small increase in productivity that lasted a short period. This discovery inspired other manufacturing companies to adopt the 40-hour work week.
Longer quote:
[Labor Day is] a peculiarly American holiday. It is a most characteristic representation of our ideals. . . .
To my mind America has but one main problem, the character of the men and women it shall produce. It is not fundamentally a Government problem, although the Government can be of a great influence in its solution. It is the real problem of the people themselves. They control its property, they have determined its government, they manage its business. In all things, they are the masters of their own destiny. . . .
The door of opportunity swings wide open in our country. Through it, in constant flow, go those who toil. America recognizes no aristocracy save those who work. The badge of service is the sole requirement for admission to the ranks of our nobility.
Day FIVE HUNDRED NINETY-SIX of Presidential recovery.
NEVER FORGET!
Would socialism improve the lives of most people living in the United States under a capitalistic system? This author says “No”, and I agree. Equality of outcomes ARE surprisingly similar.
Comment that I found below this post:
Excellent analysis. Unfortunately, I was born in a country proclaimed socialist and I can tell you from firsthand knowledge that, now that I live in capitalism, a poor person in the United States is 10 times richer than a Cuban who has money in Cuba. The fact of having water, electricity, internet, and a full fridge already makes you rich. And that’s something we all who have lived in a socialist country value greatly. The worst flaw of capitalism is 10 thousand times better than socialism.
On radically different incomes life in America can be surprisingly similar.
Imagine three single mothers, each raising a ten-year-old boy. One is a public-school teacher in Tampa earning $50,000 a year. Another is a lawyer in Atlanta earning $200,000. The third is a venture-capital partner in Chicago earning $1 million.
On paper, they inhabit three different Americas. One earns twenty times more than another. One is 25th percentile im wealth the other 84th the last one top 1%. They describe inequality in the USA.
Now look at their sons.
Day FIVE HUNDRED NINETY-FIVE of Presidential recovery.
This year is the 25th anniversary of that terrible day. Starting next Tuesday, every day I will post a video of the event, so that we will all be reminded of what happened, so that purposeful lies about it can’t gain a foothold.
In the meantime, here is an article by DrJohn at Flopping Aces covering the fallout (literally) of the events.
The real 9-11 death toll continues to mount
The 25th anniversary of 9-11 nears. It is burned into my mind. I literally shook as I watched the second Tower fall on TV. Despite the bright sunshine, the entire day was dark. I lost acquaintances that day and some of my friends and colleagues lost a lot more. Two weeks later I would visit the Pile. The air was still heavy with an acrid smell. A haze hovered over lower Manhattan. Traffic was snarled.
Like so many Americans, I was furious. I still am furious.
My fury was stoked further by seeing the celebrations in the Middle East.
Nothing would ever be the same.
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