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ウォール・マートの従業員募集に集まった人たち
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連日、メディアでは大統領選挙をめぐるニュースがめまぐるしく取り上げられており、まさにエンターテイメントとの様相を見せているが、1月11日付の「Rense」に下記のような記事が掲載されている。
これの要約は下記の通り;
「大統領立候補者達は、莫大な資金を集め、プライベート・ジェット機や豪華なバスに乗って、全米各地を走り回り、誰がどうしたこうしたと井戸端会議のような政策談義を行っているが、この国に広がる貧困層や失業者達への話はどうなっているのだ。完全に無視されていやしないか。
1月11日付けの"ATLANTA JOURNAL CONSTITUTION"によれば、ジョージア州デカルブ郡(Dekalb County)に新規開店したウォール・マートの従業員募集には、定員わずか350名の募集に対して1万人が殺到した。
このレポートによれば、ウォール・マートはフルタイム従業員の平均時給は$10.65。しかしこの会社は、ほとんどの従業員がパートタイマーである。この物価高の状況で、時給$10(約1080円)という金額は、食べるだけで精一杯の金額だ」
また「LA Times」が「グローバル・リサーチ」からの引用(2004年版 全米国勢調査による)として論説しているが、現在、アメリカでは6千万人が1日7ドル以下で生活しているとの事(アメリカの全人口は約3億人)。
これだけ見ても今更ながらだが、アメリカの経済格差がすさまじい広がりを見せていることが分かると思う。
http://www.rense.com/general80/wally.htm
10,000 Apply For A Job
At One New Wal-Mart!
By Judith Moriarty
1-11-8
Candidates having raised tens of millions of dollars and traveling around the country in luxury buses or private jets, arguing over who has the most 'experience' - who is a Mormon (therefore disqualified) - who's not a 'true Republican' (Ron Paul) who's picking on Hillary (Edwards) - who can grab the Evangelical vote - who is totally ignored (Kucinich) - who claims 911 makes him the protector of us all etc, (Rooty)...meanwhile, the real story of what is happening in America - evictions, foreclosures, unemployment - is being totally ignored. This EXPERIENCE from those who've been in Foggy Bottom so long that they're mildewed - has resulted in the rusting and disappearance of the American dream.
ATLANTA JOURNAL CONSTITUTION - Jan 11-08: 10,000 Keep Eyes Open For A Job At Wal-Mart. "For the fourth consecutive day people waited in long lines for a shot at a new Wal-Mart in Dekalb County, pushing the total number of applicants beyond 10,000. Beginning Monday, after no advertising or any signs, the throngs of hopeful applicants continued to pour into a church converted into a job processing center - all vying for only 350 available jobs. The job seeking FRENZY may be a peek into a larger economic picture. Wal-Mart has long declined to reveal starting salaries at the store, but reports that the average hourly wage for full-time associates is $10.65 an hour."
Note - Wal-Mart hires people on at mostly part-time positions. Most alarming is that Wal-Mart is our nation's largest employer . We no longer mfg the quality goods that America was known for. Now Wal-Mart is filled with Chinese goods of inferior quality. Ten dollars an hour is not a livable wage in these economic times of escalating prices. --JM
noahshouse228@aim.com
http://www.latimes.com/news/opinion/editorials/la-ed-domestic26dec26,0,1136262.story?coll=la-news-comment-editorials
AMERICAN VALUES AND THE NEXT PRESIDENT
'Domestic tranquillity'
The sixth in a series of editorials examining American values and the candidates for president.
December 26, 2007
[ 60 million people survive on $7 a day.]
http://www.globalresearch.ca/index.php?context=va&aid=5471
Poverty in America: American Dream Now a Nightmare for Millions
One in Five Lives on Less than $7 per day
by William Shanley
Global Research, April 23, 2007
New Haven, Connecticut (April 16, 2007) From Combined News Services and Evolution Solutions Newsroom -- A 2004 analysis of data by the US Census reports that 60 million Americans now live on less than $7 per day. That's one in five in the U.S. living on less than $2,555 per year. At the same time, the richest 1 per cent now garners about 16 per cent of national income, double what they earned in the 1960s.[1]