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**layedgebiamma** · 01-15-2010, 12:31 PM

Because when you get a job... in a lot of cases you're going to have to submit to a background check, credit check, etc...

then the company wants you to pee in a cup.

That's a wonderful way to start a long-term relationship with someone.

I was debating which forum to put this into and decided to put it here. The reason is that, in a different thread, part of a discussion involved our societal "DNA" or "soul" in America.

Even though WASP can be used as a derogatory term, Protestantism, particularly Puritan, is part of American DNA as well. Not necessarily for the gospel part, but what it imparted on early American society.

So, with that in mind, I figured this would be a good article for this forum.

Long read, but very well written and thought provoking.

Whatever Happened to the Work Ethic? by Steven Malanga, City Journal Summer 2009

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layedgebiamma Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 454 Senior Member	Because when you get a job... in a lot of cases you're going to have to submit to a background check, credit check, etc... then the company wants you to pee in a cup. That's a wonderful way to start a long-term relationship with someone. I was debating which forum to put this into and decided to put it here. The reason is that, in a different thread, part of a discussion involved our societal "DNA" or "soul" in America. Even though WASP can be used as a derogatory term, Protestantism, particularly Puritan, is part of American DNA as well. Not necessarily for the gospel part, but what it imparted on early American society. So, with that in mind, I figured this would be a good article for this forum. Long read, but very well written and thought provoking. Whatever Happened to the Work Ethic? by Steven Malanga, City Journal Summer 2009
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