Part of the problem is there is no shame in being on the gov't tit. Too many are 2nd 3rd or even 4th generation now and to them it is a way of life. Why work when you don't have to? And why get "old" by the time you are 60 and your body is paying for all those hard working years? The men don't see any reason to kill themselves working, the women seem to not care if the man is a good provider by working a job, and they don't care about "getting ahead" or owning anything. And if they spread their legs and produce another one every year like an old broodmare....well they just get more money so why have a "man" except for the stud service, because it doesn't matter who or what he is.
There is no pride in a great number of these younger people who make up the next generation of what used to be considered our up and coming best. I can remember when I was younger, a girl looked at a guy and wanted to see someone who was enterprising, who wanted to work and get his own car, his own place to live, and who had dreams and goals to have a "better life"....a guy looked at a girl and wanted someone who could be his equal partner, either as a housewife, taking care of the home which is a FULL TIME JOB; or who had brains and capabilities and who could work outside the home and contribute to the security and stability of the family. Today, that "better life" is simply to not have to work too hard or too much.... live in your parents basement, where they pay all the bills, and don't do any more than is absolutely necessary. The only thing most of them worry about is where is the next party, the next beer or next drug coming from, and not how to pay for it because they can always steal something from someone else; or wait til next month's check comes from the gov't.
There is no sense of responsibility, no striving to have something of your own to be proud of. Regardless of whether it is a house on a quarter acre or a 100 acre farm or a 1000 acre ranch. They just don't care to work enough to get it.
Those that do work, they all want to start at the top, get top pay, right out of college, and do all the work they do inside in an air conditioned room on a fancy computer, if they do want to work. Just not tiring, sweaty, physical labor. But make sure those that do work get a gym membership to "keep in shape".
And oh yeah, food all comes from the grocery store and those "big farms out west"......
I agree with the unreliable thing too. How many have said they will be there and just don't show up....I'm too tired, it's too hot, my truck broke down...... oh the excuses. And NO i will not advance you money to fix your truck because you couldn't be bothered to call me. We have gone and picked up guys who needed a ride, to get them to work, and then have them steal from us behind our backs.
It needs to be "workfare" not welfare or whatever politically correct name they call it now. And it should only be allowed to cover the basics, and that if you are unwilling to take a job then you lose the benefits. There are many who cannot work, physically, at some jobs, but there are things that they can do. Quit handing it to those who are capable of doing something. Maybe we ought to stop trying to save all the ones that overdose and all that, like the tide pod thing, weed out some of the useless ones...... and the ones who steal like the cattle thefts, do deserve to be hung. We need to stop making excuses for all these people. I am so tired of the "they had a rough upbringing, they never had much, the father wasn't there, there was too much drugs and alcohol" .....blah blah blah.
Our society is falling apart, and it is being destroyed by the ones who are not making people take responsibility for their actions and are enabling these leeches to continue to drain the lifeblood from those that believe in being MORALLY and fiscally responsible.
Maybe these volcanoes and earthquakes and other disasters are a greater beings' way of trying to thin the populations.... That is sad but scary too. The problem with that, it takes the good as well as the bad.....
Another thing, it is true that farmers can't and don't pay enough. But honestly, you can't afford to pay more than you are able to make. Take the dairy industry....with milk prices what they are, a farmer cannot honestly pay more than $10/hr. The soon to be opened Chic-filet is offering $12/hr starting wage. I have been a milk tester for over 25 years, and my annual average taxable income is less than 23,000. Sure, I get non-taxed mileage, but I put alot of miles on my vehicle a year. I get my insurance, with a $6500 deductible, so practically useless for day to day medical needs. All these other jobs offer medical, sign on bonuses, paid vacation, etc etc. A farmer cannot compete. We need to make food less available or not so cheap so that people realize that they cannot live without it and that the farmer can get a FAIR price for something that is really an essential to life. But there will continue to be All these artificial things that are touted as food and people will pay for when it is cheaper so they have more disposable income for "play things"....
I don't know the answer. I don't know if there is one anymore. Maybe a depression like once was and soup lines???? but we are a global economy now as opposed to what we once were and don't know if that would get us back to a better economic basis....
