The Search for an Affordable Job

Do We need more cheap cars? I personally, as a Poor Man, could employ a cheap car with good Gas mileage; but I would not want to get rid of my Pick-Up. This could be the Problem in the first place, with about 450 cars per 1000 people in America. We luckily cannot drive two vehicles at once. The Reader should understand that Americans suffer from a Vehicle crisis, requiring Miles of Farmland simply to park Vehicles, let alone supplying Road surface for these Vehicles to run across; oh, I forgot, and putting fuel inside of them. I have never found a bright young Economist who estimated the fuel storage capacity of the Vehicles themselves, though We could travel a substantial distance just running the tanks dry. It may be the great Conceit of Americans to believe Everyone should have a Car to drive.

Inflation is finally beginning to impact the People who actually work for a Living. They are trying to economize wherever they can. I personally know some surprised kids, whose mother has stopped the use of Paper plates, and has drug real Plates from the Cupboard; estimating she could save about $8/Week. She does feel bothered by the loss of leisure time, and the kids should worry about her bringing back another tradition–kids doing the Dishes! I am still buying Coca-Cola in the usual size, but am highly irritated by the expenditure of numerous $5 bills. Such Stories express the malaise of Our economy, where tasks are imported back into the Household, instead of exported to Contractors. The diminishment of low-Wage Jobs always presage declining numbers in Supervisory personnel.

Here is a Piece from Felix Salmon about an Individual who chose a House because of its vicinity to an Amtrak station, for a cheaper ride to his Workplace. I would suggest that a 85-mile Commute is too great a distance even by Amtrak, and could only be sustainable if actual appearance at the Office could be limited to twice Weekly. I have a brother-in-law who will not show up at the Office anymore, because of a 65-mile Commute. He simply asks them politely to deposit his Wages in his Checking Account; God, where do these guys find understanding Bosses? lgl