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Re:Tech Jobs Lead to the Middle Class, But Not for the Masses by aj-4 on Sunday May 19, 2019 @11:32PM (#19957339)
who doesn't have food clothing and shelter in the US?
Re:Tech Jobs Lead to the Middle Class, But Not for the Masses by kaaaal on Sunday May 19, 2019 @11:52PM (#19957403)
Not many, but enough to point at and hyperbolically claim that things are not good in the US.
Re:Tech Jobs Lead to the Middle Class, But Not for the Masses by crankylinuxuser on Monday May 20, 2019 @07:23AM (#19959265)
Not at all true. If you're on the coasts or big cities, things are better. When you navigate away from those loci, things get a lot worse, quick.

Homeless in my city has grown by 200% in the last 4 years. We regularly have new homeless show up in Bloomington, IN because we try to care for and support getting out of poverty and homelessness... However this is exacerbated by communities all around shipping us their homeless. Greyhound Therapy is a thing, and it happens more than you think.

The homeless problem is getting worse, by far. Wages have stagnated, rents inexorably go up, and overall cost of living goes up as well. Sure, some company makes more money, but the result too is people move. Sometimes it's to a different apartment, and sometimes it's to Main St. The big problem why "we" don't see it are the city, municipal, and state governments don't want to make a count of it. It's embarrassing - and the thought is 'If we don't count it, they'll go away'.

We in IT have been relatively immune, but I too suspect that will go by the wayside in the coming decades with the factorization and commodification of programming and IT administration.

Re:Tech Jobs Lead to the Middle Class, But Not for the Masses by Hyperborian on Sunday May 19, 2019 @11:57PM (#19957418)
Lots of people, including far too many families with children.