In the future, when everything has been covered in asphalt and concrete, we will paint flowers on the sidewalks and buildings, and our children will never know the difference.

"Let's layoff the executives and keep the employees"

Transferred this here from a status post & comment I made on Facebook. Figured I'd give it a little more permanence. Also, three words were added for the purpose of flow.

Why is that in a struggling economy all I seem to hear about is corporations cutting more and more jobs?

Out of curiosity, how many of those positions could be saved if you skipped your executives bonuses for the year? Or heaven forbid some folks at the top take a slight pay cut. 

I understand that in times of hardship sacrifices must be made. But why does it seem like its always those of us at the bottom taking the brunt of them?

Furthermore, if government officials really wanted to help the economy they would put effort towards the reduction of crude oil prices. As near as I can tell, the cost of oil (specifically diesel) is one of the largest contributing factors to inflation.

The price of diesel goes up, the cost of shipping goes up. The cost of shipping goes up, the cost of goods goes up. Also, warehouse positions and wages are cut.

Prices go up, sales go down. People have to limit their spending to essentials (and gasoline). The service industry (both retail and food) takes a hit. Stores and restaurants close. More and more people are unemployed, further straining government programs and also diminishing the amount of money that can be spent on goods and services, causing even more cuts and closures.

Meanwhile oil companies continue to make record profits.

And that's just one (albeit large) contributing factor to the downturn of economy. That's not including banking, loan, and credit practices. That's not including tax cuts for the rich. That's not including the price of insurance and healthcare. That's not including expensive quagmires of wars we should never have started.

That's not including individuals and families who hoard money, requiring the continual generation of new funds, which contributes to the devaluation of currency and rise of inflation.

And that's also not including politicians who need to get their fucking act together, stop taking bribes and special interest kickbacks, AND DO THEIR GODDAMN FUCKING JOBS AND LOOK AFTER THE GODDAMN CONSTITUENTS WHO ELECTED THEM INTO THEIR CUSHY FUCKING POSITIONS IN THE FIRST PLACE.

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