the dark
by rantywoman
And this is largely why I stay in the public sector, and why I feel lucky that some random things fell into place to grant me my current job:
Amid these shifting economic tides and morphing definitions, many have lost their way. While old beliefs such as that hard work will lead to security and prosperity have fallen by the wayside, it’s unclear to many Americans what new truths lay in their stead. As President Obama’s pollster Joel Benenson discovered, this lack of direction causes a great deal of unease. “One of the big sources of concern for the people we talked with,” Benenson said, “was that they didn’t recognize any new rules in this environment. All of the rules they had learned about how you succeed, how you get ahead—those rules no longer apply, and they didn’t feel there was a set of new rules.” These kinds of examinations suggest that in the age of insecurity, Americans are not just trying to weather an economic storm, but they are also feeling their way through the dark.
thebitterbabe 
I do think there is a new set of rules. Unfortunately those seem to result in the wealthy getting wealthier and others less so. IMO it’s not that there aren’t new rules, just that they aren’t very promising ones.
The private sector seems to be spinning out of control. Things seem to have gotten substantially worse since the 07-08 crash.