Moreover, what's wrong with a little nostalgia when the recent past offered so much more to the blue collar worker than the present begrudges him or her?

``It caters to the blue collar worker, just like it always has.

Research indicates that in the past most displaced industrial workers experienced substantial earnings decreases in the years following their job losses, with few blue collar workers having the education or professional experience to enter higher paying jobs in the growth sector of the service economy (Hammermesh, 1989; Jacobson, LaLonde, & Sullivan, 1993; Moore, 1996).