"The proportion of contingent workers holding multiple jobs has more than quadrupled over the past 10 years, from 7.3 percent in 2005 to 32 percent in 2015. Nearly one-third of people working with no benefits or job security are holding down an additional part-time or full-time job just to make ends meet." ("The social crisis and the US elections," World Socialist Web Site)
This is what "restructuring the labor force" looks like in real time. It's no accident, in fact, these stealth attacks on labor were first pioneered in Japan where an estimated 40% of the workforce is currently employed in part-time, multiple-job, sweatshop-like drudgery while the Bank of Japan continues to load up on government bonds and other financial assets to boost stock prices for the investor class. Can you see the pattern here? Here's more from an article at investing.com:
"A new study by economists from Harvard and Princeton indicates that 94% of the 10 million new jobs created during the Obama era were temporary positions. The study shows that the jobs were temporary, contract positions, or part-time "gig" jobs in a variety of fields...The disappearance of conventional full-time work, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. work, has hit every demographic. "Workers seeking full-time, steady work have lost," said Krueger." ("Nearly 95% of all new jobs during Obama era were part-time, or contract." investing.com)
Virtually all the jobs created under Obama were shi**y, low-paying, service sector jobs with no health care, no sick leave and no retirement. At the same time, more than 500,000 good paying government jobs were slashed in order to trim budgets and enforce the belt-tightening regime that is crucial part of this upward wealth transfer swindle. Check out this graph from the Streetlight Blog which sums up Obama's dismal record in one chart:
The point is this: The restructuring of the labor market was all by design. The plan was implemented during the recovery phase following the last crisis just as a new version will be implemented following this crisis. It's all part of the elitist gameplan for crushing labor. Meanwhile, corporate profits will continue to soar, stocks will climb even higher, and the wealth gap will widen into a gaping chasm the size of the Grand Canyon.
This is why we need to restart the economy ASAP, because elites are going to use the crisis to push their own screw-the-worker agenda. Beyond that, however, remains the simple fact that the policy does not fit the science. For example, this is from the Miami Herald:
"About 6 percent of Miami-Dade's population about 165,000 residents have antibodies indicating a past infection by the novel coronavirus, dwarfing the state health department's tally of about 10,600 cases, according to preliminary study results announced by University of Miami researchers Friday" ("Miami-Dade has tens of thousands of missed coronavirus infections, UM survey finds." Miami Herald)
So there have been 287 deaths in Miami-Dade county while over 165,000 residents have already had the virus. That's a Fatality Rate of 0.17% which means that roughly 2 in every 1,000 people will die. 2 deaths per thousand does not warrant shutting down the entire economy.
Here's more from the research team at Accelerated Urgent Care in Bakersfield, California.Take a look:
"In Kern County, we've tested, 5,213 people and we have 340 positive COVID cases. Well that's 6.5 percent of the population. Which would indicate a widespread viral infection similar to the flu," Dr. Erickson said. "...that (suggests that) 12 percent of Californian's were positive for COVID.
"Erickson said that the original projections of millions of deaths from COVID were 'woefully inaccurate' and were not materializing. By Ericson's calculations, California -- which has a population of roughly 40 million, probably has 4.7 million positive cases presently. With the current number of deaths currently at 1,227, that puts the Fatality Rate at 0.03.
"'Does that (low death rate) necessitate sheltering in place? Does that necessitate shutting down medical systems? Does that necessitate being out of work?' Erickson asked. Nationwide, about 42,000 people have died of coronavirus as of Wednesday. Between 30,000 and 60,000 die of flu annually, Erickson said, citing CDC data." ("Video: Dr. Erickson COVID-19: Does This Make Sense? Are We Following Science?" Global Research)
In New York, Governor Andrew Cuomo reported similar results from random testing conducted recently in New York state. Here's an excerpt from an article at RT:
"Early antibody testing for the coronavirus in 19 New York counties suggests up to 2.7 million people could have been infected in the state alone, meaning the real death rate may be much lower, Governor Andrew Cuomo has revealed. Results from a random testing sample of 3,000 New Yorkers have revealed that some 13.9 percent of state residents have likely had and recovered from the coronavirus.
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