[Mr. Jeeves]

We’ve reached a point where the majority of physical labor jobs are among the worst paying — often going to illegal immigrants. And the jobs with extremely narrow skill sets, such as math calculations/models for entire market sectors in the stock market, are extremely well paying.

You're exactly right, there. We're heading toward an economy which will leave us with a lot of unemployable in-betweens.

[durasell]

I distinctly remember guys working on their cars on a Saturday afternoon. Haul out the oil from a case in the garage along with a new filter, put the car up, and slide under. While you’re at it, check the brake fluid and tranny. Guys took pride in all of that. Now you can get it done for less than it costs to take the family out to MickeyD’s. Tough to take pride in something that can be done for so cheaply. And the same is true for alot of those jobs.