The author and now you seem to believe that laborers and renter are coerced. That landlords and business owners exploit the people with whom they contract. The case can be made that that is sometimes true. Slaves, sharecroppers, miners before Unions. Today I don't see that as being the case as much anymore. That is not to say that there are not a lot of people who feel trapped with only poor choices of domicile and job. Yes, some employers and landlords take advantage of that situation but they can only do that today with willing victims. When faced with poor choices, don't choose to be a victim choose to reject exploitation, break free. Run away.

Very often it is a choice of location that fosters exploitation. I have seen it often, the decision to not move, to not seek a better life someplace else that is at the root of exploitation. There are places where wages and rents are in balance. Places where jobs are plentiful and so are places to live.

You need to put yourself in a better position on the supply and demand curve. While it is possible that society does owe you something. That you deserve a good place to live, good healthcare and a financially and emotionally rewarding job. Guess what, society is not that advanced, especially in the U.S. That kind of society is limited to a very few advanced societies in the world. If you want a good place to live, good healthcare and a financially and emotionally rewarding job you need to realize it is not going to fall into your lap. If you weren't born in the right area code you are going to have to do some hard things to achieve those good things.

Yeah, sure, we all should have it as good as if we were born in Japan or Sweden and even there it is not all milk and honey. This is America, it is dog eats dog here and will still be that way when your grandchildren have children. We can work to make it better but progress is slow.

TEK