The last line of this article is the problem: "That's why America's middle class is mad as heck, and they're just going to keep right on taking it." Why do you think we'll keep on taking it? Maybe everyone who is angry with CONgress should re-register to vote as in "Independent" - make them work to get our vote....more

2 dollars and a dream

THERE ARE TOO MANY RESPONSIBLE, INTELLIGENT, AMBITIOUS PEOPLE LOOKING FOR JOBS! This bullcrap propaganda stereotyping of unemployed people as "lazy" has to STOP!!! Are there lazy people out there? Of course there are! - there always were some lazy people since human existence, but there are FAR MORE PEOPLE WHO WANT ...more

Speak for yourself. I know WAY TOO MANY RESPONSIBLE, INTELLIGENT, AMBITIOUS, UNEMPLOYED PEOPLE LOOKING FOR JOBS!

We'll recover when we have more real job opportunities that pay living wages,

Continued high unemployment in many places all over the world is the reason things are stagnant.

I wonder if the folks over at Forbes realize how many people are out here still looking for jobs? Unemployed people who have submitted their resume to hundreds upon hundreds of job postings, and rarely get an interview or response.

Wow, "exterminator" didn't make the list?

I make an average salary for where I live, the commute is almost an hour (sometimes more) one way, work between 60 and 70 hours a week, work on weekends and sometimes on my vacation, and I don't get overtime pay - but I love it and know I'm lucky to have a decent job.