[Salgak]

Have you seen what these dockworkers make ?? I've see numbers approaching $120K average for an average 40-week workyear.

And the dockworkers were apparentely showing up for work, clocking in. . .and not working...

If their jobs can be automated, so be it. . .

[Billy_bob_bob]

Have you seen what a house costs in the Bay Area? Try about $400k for something that is a "fixer-upper" in a reasonably nice neighborhood where the people actually water their lawns and don't leave junk cars lying around. I do believe the metric is 3x annual income is what you can afford for a house? So 3x $120k is $360k, or just enough to maybe get your foot in the door of something you would actually want to own.

At the same time, I wonder how many $15,000 trash cans are sitting in the corporate offices?

God forbid that the people who ACTUALLY DO THE WORK should be able to afford a place to live! GOD FORBID!