Why is finding/having a job such a high priority when it is the worst way to make money in our Free Enterprise System?

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We are taught from birth: get a good education, get a good job and you will be successful. However, even Social Security's stats do not support this line. So, my question is not necessarily begging an answer but rather a discussion around the fallacy we've all bought into...

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Response by Sgt Private RallyPoint Member made Aug 1 at 2016 10:56 PM

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SSgt Private RallyPoint Member Not everyone has the temperament and skills to own their own business, or simply do not want the risk. Obtaining a good education is required if you own your own business, or want to advance working for someone else. There is no fallacy about working hard and getting an education.

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Response by SCPO Private RallyPoint Member made Aug 1 at 2016 11:00 PM

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I don't think it's a fallacy at all. You certainly will not be able to sell that 21st Century socialistic babble to someone from the Greatest Generation, and neither will you be able pitch it to their children or grandchildren. This kind of crap started about two generations ago. "Just slide and the world slides with you." It's just some socio-political hogwash that will probably have a shelf life as long as BETA cassette videos!!!

Response by 1LT Private RallyPoint Member made Aug 2 at 2016 6:26 AM

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SSgt Private RallyPoint Member - I may be getting a little long in the tooth . . . but the world, society, and the nature of work have substantially changed during my life. In the 1950's one really dd not need much of an education to go to work in the mines, on an assembly line, or even in the military - this was a time when housing, food, healthcare, transportation, education, etc were all very cheap - and of generally high quality - and only one of two parents needed to work to costs for the family. In the 1960's and 1970's things changed a lot . . . women demanded to play more of a role in society . . . the cost of everything skyrocketed . . . perhaps because more sophisticated things like cable TV and computers entered our lives . . . but also because the demand created by dual income marriages put a lot more stress on the prospects of singe income couples . . . also the complexities of the workplace changed so higher education became a basic requirement for white collar jobs . . . and it seemed as though fewer and fewer citizens wanted to get their hands dirty in the fields, on construction sites, in the mines, or on the assembly lines . . . so a lot of foreign workers with little education filled up less complex jobs that could not be exported . . . and increasingly efficient global cargo transport made it possible to export many of the manufacturing jobs that could be exported. At first the quality of the foreign products was inferior . . . but over time foreign quality substantially improved . . . and given increase education and technological capability of foreign enterprise . . . even the most complex of jobs ( building and testing cars, televisions, computers, etc ) were deferred to foreign imports . . . and worse yet we became a culture that simply disposed of complex gadgets and replace them with new. Perhaps the efficiencies of living in a simpler time with less technology were lost . . . and conversely the opportunity to hold a job in a shrinking domestic manufacturing economy disappeared . . . so that where the greatest generation etc seemed to do pretty well for themselves . . . times were different. Also we have become an exclusively youth focused culture . . . and at least for women . . . well it still takes a lot to outcompete a man . . . for 70% of salary. What other changes have you noticed . . . that put us in a worse income generation vs cost place? Warmest Regards, Sandy :)