[Joe Wicked]

Everyone one agrees that something/someone has to give, but no one wants to be that person. So the people who could really make a difference and not suffer (maybe give up some perks/extravagances) don't want to, so they fight it. Having more money, they can get their voices heard, and the poor are left with nothing again. What I kind of see happening is more people becoming self reliant as a necessity and forcing the really rich to do the same. When this happens, the factory work and benefits packages will improve again as the owners of the major corporations will be forced to do this just to stay in business. Unfortunately this means it has to get worse still yet for a long while as they do not want to give up their perks.

The company I work for keeps cutting our benefits even though we are bringing in more and more profits. We sponsor a Nascar Sprint Cup race, but can't get tickets, they all go to our customers. Meanwhile last year I read that our President got a $90K semi annual bonus. This is on top of his $300K salary and he also gets a new company car every year(currently a 2008 Lincoln Towncar). Simply by cutting the the new car to every other year (We actually buy the car outright and not lease it) and the bonus to $50K every 6 months, maybe I wouldn't have to pay for 10% of all medical bills now.