Take a shower and get a job... how exactly?

So a lot of conservative pundits are saying that those Occupy Wall Street kids need to go home, take a shower and get a job. It sure sounds easy when you put it like that. But, just for the heck of it, let's nitpick those instructions.

First, "go home." Most of the Occupy Wall Street protesters are young adults. If they have a place of their own, it's most likely a rented apartment. But, for reasons we'll get into later, some of those young adults have had to move back in with their parents. For the most part, though, they have somewhere they can call home and go to it.

Second, "take a shower." This is perhaps the easiest one. If you have somewhere to go home to, it's almost a given that you can take a shower.

Lastly, "get a job." I feel like I'm repeating myself here: the conservatives love to bitch and whine about how high taxes are, and they say that without tax breaks, the private sector can't create jobs. Well, the rich are now taxed at very low rates compared to just a few decades ago, so where are the jobs? With all that dough rolling in, what is the excuse for not creating jobs?

The bottom line is that getting a job these days is not easy at all. And if you manage to beat the odds, you find yourself overworked and underpaid. Rich people feel that just for doling out a few pennies, the working poor should be bending over backwards with gratitude, ready to do absolutely anything that is asked of them.

Next time some conservative jackass tells the Occupy Wall Street protesters to take a shower and get a job, they ought to tell him to create some jobs first.