The "new normal" world we are now told we live in by the neoliberal free trade zombies

[Urchin]

5. I'd rather

have a reliable job for fair compensation that doesn't work you to death, and feel reasonably secure that I can afford and continue to afford those basic things necessary to keep breathing: like affordable healthy food, an affordable and decent home, affordable quality health care, affordable education, and affordable transportation and energy (our current low energy prices are an anomaly that won't last).

And while I'm at it, why are hardbound books so damn expensive? They don't even have full cloth covers anymore.