the strip goes on

these stats have all had 
a posting or two here

but lets bang em out again


the job market hell jobs themselves
here in amerika are 
              gettin more nasty............

" Today, one in four workers
30 million Americans
hold jobs that pay below
 $9.00 an hour"

----- okay herb 
           you say
             thats old hat boo hooo
                        but.....----------------


"the trend
is clear:
     high wage  jobs
         are taking on 
     the characteristics 
               of low-wage  jobs
 1 little job security
  2  stagnant wages 
     3   decreasing 
            benefits"




" today
 Fewer than one-fifth 
of large and medium-sized companies 
 pay the full cost of employees’
         health premiums"

 --------------- and this is headed 
                           toward zero for sure ---------

" Nearly half of full-time workers
 were covered by traditional
       defined benefit  pensions
 30 years ago
  Today, that number is  below 20 percent"

----------- and also headed to zero ----------------


" the Bureau of Labor Statistics 
shows that today 
   a middle-aged man 
is likely to be in his job 
for 71/2 years
 down from 11 years 
          just 25 years ago"

           ------------- from an average
                           4-5 jobs 
                            in a job life 
                                to  6-7 ----------------