#Labor_Day /3

This song James Taylor composed for a musical based on the magnum opus “Working”, by Studs Terkel, which I read 40 years ago - absorbed, cover to cover.

Words matter. When they’re thrown about reflexively, without thought, humankind pays a price. Always.

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#Labor_Day /2
Earn:
to labor for, to deserve, to merit by effort, etc., is it interchangeable with “make a living”?

Who gets to decide if what we do is enough to deserve life?

Words matter.

#Labor_Day /1
I know i can’t be the only goof to ponder about what seems like people’s unquestioning acceptance of the phrase “earn a living.” (earns, earned, earning)

How does your daddy earn his living, Little Mary?” 🤨

To earn’s Old English language roots mean:
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