...without a "job creator."

You know, the "rugged individualist risk taker" who is the fountain of all employment...

is that "work" and "jobs" is not the same thing.

"Job creation" by definition is about creating wealth - whatever that takes - and workers will always be considered nothing more than debits on the balance sheet.

While a good bit of our population is JOBLESS, there is still plenty of work to be done. But for whatever reason we've decided not to reward people for getting the work done. Just for going to a JOB.

It's not sustainable long term because eventually the work will have to be done. We can't ignore the maintenance of our infrastructure nor the underpinnings of our modern society for much longer.

And yes I know I'm preaching to the choir..... just needed to get it out of me onto the DU.

Thanks

worker ownership distills the "greed factor" out of capitalism, while also anchoring jobs & profits pretty much permanently in their host communities. i.e. workers do not vote to ship their jobs overseas. Worker ownership amounts to democratizing our economy, transforming it into something much more harmonious with the democratic values that we espouse in the political realm.

http://billmoyers.com/segment/richard-wolff-on-capitalisms-destructive-power/

I wish I knew better how to get involved in it.

there can be no substantial political democracy, as we are learning more clearly each election cycle.

Dr. Wolff has been saying this for MANY years.
I used to work in a co-op, and it was one of the best work experiences i have ever had.
Everyone was equal, it was a small place, so everyone did each others' jobs, and got paid the same!
It didn't matter if you were a truck driver, warehouse worker, purchaser, order taker, manager, clerical staff, or computer worker, you learned the other jobs, and got paid the same as everyone else!

I keep asking people, why, in the "greatest" democracy in the world, the de facto model of business is more like a dictatorship, than like a democracy. Nobody can give me a good answer.

I wonder how one starts a co-op. It seems like the natural response to combat insane CEO pay.

Perhaps they can be of some assistance:
http://www.shareable.net/blog/how-to-start-a-worker-co-op

http://cccd.coop/info/starting_operating_a_coop

http://www.sba.gov/content/cooperative

http://www.usworker.coop/about/what-is-a-worker-coop

I hope that these can help.