Item: The Labor Department estimates that up to 30 percent of companies misclassify employees as 'independent contractors' in order to avoid paying Social Security, unemployment, health insurance or worker's compensation. Among the most often misclassified workers are truck drivers, construction workers, home health aides and high-tech engineers. Item: The United States has the highest documented incarcaration rate in the world. Over half are imprisoned for non-violent offenses. Item: A homeless man get a 15-year sentence for stealing $100 and returning it, while corporate officers who steal billions from taxpayers, investors and their own employees keep the money and write the laws. Item: The average debt of a medical student who graduated in 2009 is $156,456.
Item: The Catholic Church.
Learn to care for yourself--really. Learn to eat well, exercise well, meditate well. Learn to live on less, even if you still have a job. Revel in joys that are free. Quit looking upward. Quit looking for someone to hire you, fire you, take charge, change the rules, enforce the rules. Quit waiting for the grant, the donor, the collector, the award, the promotion. Stop buying lottery tickets. Consider long and hard before you pay for another degree. Connect laterally. The person you see as your competitor is potentially your ally. That guy who might take your job, could be your business partner. Collaborate, encourage, experiment and assist. Nurture love and meaning wherever you find it.
"I suspect that before much longer, systems and ways of living we took for granted will vanish, or undergo a radical transformation."So true. Thanks for the thought provoking post.
"I suspect that before much longer, systems and ways of living we took for granted will vanish, or undergo a radical transformation."
ReplyDeleteSo true. Thanks for the thought provoking post.