Is employeedom just a glorified welfare system?
Kevin Miller from Free Agent Academy makes a great point with his blog post today. This country needs to seriously rethink how we look at our “careers” and the reasons we continue on the same path.
These are just a handful of headlines that started off the first work week of 2010:
- ‘Dustin’ comic, jobless title character hit close to home
- Jobs may rebound in 2010
- How to get a raise or promotion in 2010
- Americans’ job satisfaction falls to record lowTo folks who are self-employed, these headlines are just as irrelevant to their personal lives as the weather on the other side of the planet. Yet they make the headlines because the topics of ‘j-o-b’ rule our society.
People scoff at the welfare system that creates lifetime dependencies on the government and society and we are pissed that our taxes go to support many capable folks who don’t pony up to work.
Look at those headlines again. How is this any different? [Read More...]
