What a load of hogwash. Since when has unskilled labor, which is un-educated labor either due to lack of experience or formal education, paid well. Skilled labor and jobs requiring an education have always paid better and always will. For a relatively brief time in our history, about twenty-five years, there was a time when a relatively low skill job in manufacturing paid a rather handsome wage. Some of the guys putting the bolts together made more than the guys who designed where the bolts would go. That is an inquity that cannot last.
eryka wonders where our food is going to come from. I'm not sure what she does when she get's ashore but I might suggest a brief excursion across the midwest. We could lose about a half dozen state's corn production and it wouldn't be more than a blip on the agricutural stat sheet. Feed ourselves? Heck, we feed half the world-it's the only way we can keep farmers in this country working. If we only had to feed ourselves, we could eliminate half the farmers tomorrow morning and never miss their production.
Get an education and you'll always get work. Learn a trade, you'll always have work, although if your trade is eclipsed by technology you may have to learn another. It has always been thus, our memories are only good for about a generation and a half.
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Here are some expenses that was listed for "Kira Kerkorian":
Travel expenses: $144,000
Lawyer Fees:$16,704
Parties and Play dates: $14,083
Charity:$7000
Food (Eaten in home):$4,300
Food (Eaten out of home):$5,900
Private lessons: $3,386
Clothing and shoes:$2,500 Movies, theather, and outings: $2,500
Gifts: $1,416.67
Laundry and cleaning: $1,400
Toys, videos, books:$1,000
Care for pet bunny: $436
Ms. Kerkorian's expenses listed here for "a month" !!! And she was 3(Three) years-old!!!
The total annual expenses would be: $3.88MILLION!!!!!!
You're just a glass half empty thinker...think of how much redistribution of wealth is going on here!
Travel expenses: $144,000
that's a lot of chauffeurs & private pilots making good money.
Lawyer Fees:$16,704
Well, screw them, eh!!! But they are american lawyers
Parties and Play dates: $14,083
The party planner made a good chunk on that one
Charity:$7000
nuff said
Food (Eaten in home):$4,300
grown by mostly US farmers and bought in local stores
Food (Eaten out of home):$5,900
Bet the waitress got a good tip
Private lessons: $3,386
A tutor made all that money
Clothing and shoes:$2,500
probably imported but ya can't win em all, eh? Movies, theather, and outings: $2,500
US produced movies, US actors at the theatre
Gifts: $1,416.67
Who knows, but the stores they were bought in were likely US
Laundry and cleaning: $1,400
Employing plenty of labor
Toys, videos, books:$1,000
Probably lead covered toys, oh well.
Care for pet bunny: $436
Bunny wrangler made out pretty good
How many of you that are complaining about this American jobs problem are sailing a Hunter or Catalina? Driving a Chevy, Pontiac, Cadillac Buick, Corvette, Chrysler, Dodge, Lincoln or Ford?
US manufactured foreign cars count for a half credit. The profits all go back to the home country.
If you are about to complain that the US cars contain a lot of foreign parts then why aren't you driving a Saturn. Check the numbers, they are the highest US content cars in the world. You have no excuse, buy a F-ing Saturn or zip it!!! Thank you (g)
Joe Smith started the day early having set his alarm clock (MADE IN JAPAN) for 6am. While his coffeepot (MADE IN CHINA) was perking, he shaved with his electric razor (MADE IN HONG KONG). He put on a dress shirt (MADE IN SRI LANKA), designer jeans (MADE IN SINGAPORE) and tennis shoes (MADE IN KOREA). After cooking his breakfast in his new electric skillet (MADE IN INDIA) he sat down with his calculator (MADE IN MEXICO) to see how much he could spend today. After setting his watch (MADE IN TAIWAN) to the radio (MADE IN INDIA) he got in his car (MADE IN GERMANY) filled it with GAS from (Saudi Arabia) and continued his search for a good paying AMERICAN JOB. At the end of yet another discouraging and fruitless day checking his Computer (Made In Malaysia)(with tech support in INDIA ), Joe decided to relax for a while. He put on his sandals (MADE IN BRAZIL) poured himself a glass of wine (MADE IN FRANCE!) and turned on his TV (MADE IN INDONESIA ), and then wondered why he can't find a good paying job in.. AMERICA .....
Jerry
Didn't want to dedicate a new thread so I'm piggybacking on this old thread.
First: to finish the last sentence . . . AMERICA .....made by Illeagal Immigrants.
My boat was made in Annapolis, by an American-owned company... well, technically, the owner is an Englishman, who's been living her for 30 years...but his son, daughter, son-in-law and most of his employees are Americans.
As for cars, had a Saturn, but gave it to a friend who needed it more, and still own a Ford.
There are a few other boats made, besides Hunter and Catalina, that are American built. Valiant, Pacific Seacraft, J/Boats, etc. are all American built boats. Corsair was, but I believe they've off-shored their manufacturing to Vietnam now.
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Originally Posted by xort
How many of you that are complaining about this American jobs problem are sailing a Hunter or Catalina? Driving a Chevy, Pontiac, Cadillac Buick, Corvette, Chrysler, Dodge, Lincoln or Ford?
US manufactured foreign cars count for a half credit. The profits all go back to the home country.
If you are about to complain that the US cars contain a lot of foreign parts then why aren't you driving a Saturn. Check the numbers, they are the highest US content cars in the world. You have no excuse, buy a F-ing Saturn or zip it!!! Thank you (g)
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The Dallas Morning News makes the assumption that growth in the American economy wouldn't have happened without the illegal immigrant. One aspect really is much simpler than they'd like to admit. If there were not the availability of half-price labor to employers, without penalty, there would be no illegal immigration problem to deal with. One cannot make the a priori statement that we wouldn't be in economic situation we are without illegal immigration without examining in depth where we might have been had the law been enforced. The Dallas Morning News is trying valiently to have it's cake and eat it too. I'll be eagerly awaiting their treatise on "Jobs American's won't do" running concomittantly with one on the "living wage". I don't have the projected life-span to wait for their review of a basic economics textbook.
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long ago in this thread I saw this:
"Silicon valley & Redmond Washington are importing jobs left & right because they can't find enough QUALIFIED workers."
If by qualified, you mean low-cost offshore workers sure, I can see that.
I was asked this question by a hiring manager at De**.
"Why should I hire you when I can get three people in india at a lower price?
How about communication skills, experience....
"Oh, I can get three, and we'll live with the QC problems."
You know, I'm not sure this is the right place for me.
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Didn't dell have to pull back on their customer service in India because it was causing too many problems? I know their stock price dropped pretty good because of poor support. I stopped buying their product.
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