USA Today Offers 6 Challenges For The American Worker

03 Sep, 2012 by William Teach

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In a hit and miss article, USA Today takes a look at just what challenges are facing the American worker

Labor Day means more than a chance to relax and eat hot dogs. It’s also a time to reflect on the challenges facing the American worker.

Those challenges range from the profound to the prosaic: stubbornly high unemployment, bad bosses, lousy summer jobs for youths.

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The Detroit Free Press looks at some of those challenges.

And they are

• Not enough jobs
• Long-term unemployment
• Retirement anxiety
• Crummy jobs
• Bad bosses
• Decline of unions

You’re welcome to read their rationale for those, but, what’s missing? How about

• Government interference
• Government regulations
• Massive government debt/deficits
• Politicians who are hostile to the private sector
• Politicians who’ve never worked in the private sector

Government can either help or hurt. It tends to hurt.