"I guess the world still needs ditch diggers."

[Swede]

That saying has always bugged me. My mom was a cook for a large school,my dad worked his whole adult life on the railroad. Both belonged to unions. They worked hard,got a decent wage,and got a decent pension. Those days of decent wages were thankfully,thankfully still availible before they retired.

Yes,the world needs ditch diggers. It's probably something one of the 1% thought of,belittling them. But Mr.1% pay them an honest wage for an honest days work. Give them a fair pension after a lifetime of this backbreaking labor. That should not be too much to ask.

[orpupilofnature57]

1. I am a ditch digger and proud as punch to be one .

Mesopotamia to Manhattan , of all the skills that have come and gone ,Labor is the precious projects greatest tool. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vitruvian_Man

[bluestateguy]

2. Reminds me of an episode of the Simpsons

Principal Skinner was punishing Nelson Muntz and his thug friends, Kearney and Jimbo, etc.

Skinner: I'm sentencing you to the most humiliating, the most degrading work known to man: JANITORIAL SERVICE!

Groundskeeper Willie: Oh jeez sir, I'm standing right here.

Skinner: Ah, yes.

[Earth_First]

3. I'm unbelievably uneasy about my future...

I work a $17/hr wage job with ZERO benefits.

I'm 31 now, I work an incredibly physically demanding job; landscape construction.

I'm barely above paycheck to paycheck, I'm definately in no position to afford healthcare or 401(k)/Roth contributions. My only investment is that I 'own' my home...

I'm extremely nervous/anxious about what the future brings for me.

[Warren DeMontague]

4. Wasn't that a line in "Caddyshack"?

[orpupilofnature57]

6. Ted Knight playing Dickick chenney

[HereSince1628]

5. There seems to be a huge difference if you dig a ditch on your land

or on the land of someone else.

Shoveling dirt that you don't own isn't freedom.

[blogslut]

7. How can you miss the point so completely?

The point is that a person should be able to make a living wage and be afforded decent benefits, no matter their skill set.

[HereSince1628]

8. Oh, It was. The ONLY point. What a shame

[Fla_Democrat]

12. Shoveling dirt you own...

doesn't pay very well.





:smoke:

[sendero]

9. There is dignity in..

... any and all honest work.

[etherealtruth]

13. a truth that is lost on too many

[Odin2005]

10. IMO the "New Information Economy" BS has left people of modest intelligence in the lurch.

In the past such people could get a good job at a factory, now such people are stuck at McJobs.

[orpupilofnature57]

11. Also the aspiring ,sycophants that made between 100,000,00 & 200,000,00

Strictly on charm & connections.All those inflationary,non-productive morays and ethos brought us to this ,misery for 99% ,laughter of the 1.