Sunday, July 19, 2009

Joe Bageant explains the underclass

"Armchair sociologist that I am, I have a theory about this: Millions of American women are in poverty because they are paid poverty wages. I could be wrong, I often am, but there seems to be a connection between poverty and money. "

That's a snippet of wisdom from Joe Bageant at full throttle in this column from Counterpunch. I encourage you to click over and read the whole thing. Warning: JB is a radical, not a liberal. If you adore Obama, Bageant will annoy you. That's the point.
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6 comments:

  1. Julie H. RoseJuly 19, 2009 at 5:51 PM

    Thanks for the link. As I just came home from a job that pays well for retail, am dead tired, and am contemplating how exhausted I'll be when if I start working full-time at a job that I had to go to school for that pays the same amount. . .um. Tiredness has rendered me kinda dumb, too.

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  2. BitterGraceJuly 19, 2009 at 6:26 PM

    Nobody could accuse Bageant of cheering up his readers--funny though he is. I am still dumbstruck by the $19/hr housekeeping job in Australia. Maybe we should emigrate...

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  3. David MaddoxJuly 19, 2009 at 9:49 PM

    Seems like it goes along with the book Methland that just came out and has been all over NPR.

    http://www.amazon.com/Methland-Death-Life-American-Small/dp/1596916508/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1248058012&sr=8-1

    http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=106388550

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  4. BitterGraceJuly 20, 2009 at 6:09 AM

    I'm curious about that book. It gets very mixed reader reviews at Amazon.

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  5. dissedJuly 20, 2009 at 4:00 PM

    This is my fourth attempt to comment. I type, I delete. There are no words. Thank you.

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  6. BitterGraceJuly 20, 2009 at 4:12 PM

    You're welcome. Bgeant s a controversial fellow, but I like him.

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