[r9etb]

So, do you believe you're entitled to a job and that it belongs to you on a permanent basis? Because if that's the face that you're looking for in capitalism then I'm afraid what you really want is something that goes by another name.

No. However, as an employee I -- and you, too, I suspect -- would rather not be treated as a disposable labor unit who can be gotten rid of at will. And I also think that it is in the employer's best interest to avoid that as well.

[LowCountryJoe]

But, as one that has studied economics as a discipline - like I have at the undergraduate level and through separate book reading - that is exactly how I view myself...a labor unit with a price tag that can, and will, change abruptly with the conditions of the market for the knowledge, skills, and abilities that I can bring to the table. I know you don't believe this about me but I am being quite serious and genuine here.