For Boomers who still work, a question.

[hamsterjill]

7. This is what I think, too.

I think the baloney out there about the job market and available positions is just that - baloney. Low wages and bad conditions are standard now. You hit the nail on the head by your statement that "boomers who can remember much better wages and working conditions".

All of this is part of the dumbing down of America and the disparity between the wealthy and the rest of us. I think that's part of what really gets my goat. I remember a time when workers were appreciated and had some safeguards in place. As I indicated, I'm in my early sixties so worst case basis, I have only a few more years. But I worry about my children and those that come after them. Slave labor isn't far behind I'm afraid.