[lbo-talk] U.S. working class: buncha morons

[Carl Remick]

>From: Doug Henwood <dhenwood at panix.com>
>
>[this is the conclusion to a press release from the headhunting firm 
>Challenger Gray & Christmas, reporting on their monthly tally of layoff 
>announcements, which was way up in Feb.]
>
>The other factor that may be starting to contribute to more job cuts, 
>according to Challenger, is the widening gap between the skills workers 
>have and the skills needed by today's employers....
>
>This scenario could begin playing out again and again for companies across 
>the country, particularly when one considers the following statistics from 
>the Department of Education's Adult Literacy Survey:
>
>·        52% of high school graduates lack the basic skills required to do 
>their jobs adequately.
>·        50% of the U.S. population aged 16-65 is functionally illiterate.
>·        Only 25% of high school graduates are considered to have excellent 
>basic skills.

It's a good thing so many of these folks have Jesus pulling for them, or 
they'd really be screwed.  The larger point, of course, is that the ruling 
class has exactly the nation of dolts that it wants to have -- gullible, 
tractable know-nothings who are easy to sell to and easy to send to war.

Carl