Typical of this administration, 288k new jobs in June

[joeydb]

Originally Posted by Danzig

funny, but sad, because it's getting to that.

It will happen - and there is a legitimate discussion to be had about technology vs. traditional employment, and that would have happened anyway. But we are losing jobs to other countries without the automation as well, simply where the labor is cheap. A shirt made in Bangladesh isn't being made by robots - it's people sewing them but willing to do so for a lot cheaper than Americans can.

Remember the 1980's when a major news story was the decrease and disappearance of textile jobs in the south? That's a long time ago. There are very few of those jobs left compared to what we had.

[jms62]

Originally Posted by joeydb

It will happen - and there is a legitimate discussion to be had about technology vs. traditional employment, and that would have happened anyway. But we are losing jobs to other countries without the automation as well, simply where the labor is cheap. A shirt made in Bangladesh isn't being made by robots - it's people sewing them but willing to do so for a lot cheaper than Americans can.

Remember the 1980's when a major news story was the decrease and disappearance of textile jobs in the south? That's a long time ago. There are very few of those jobs left compared to what we had.

Used to be a time when you could educate yourself and move to a white collar job. Not anymore. We are headed towards completely outsourced companies

[Danzig]

Originally Posted by jms62

Used to be a time when you could educate yourself and move to a white collar job. Not anymore. We are headed towards completely outsourced companies

nope. more people going to college than ever, and nothing to show for it.

i'd recommend anyone looking for a field to get into medical.

it's a shame tho that corporations are just looking at how to make every last dollar, while ruining the ability of their customers to continue to make purchases.

[joeydb]

Originally Posted by Danzig

nope. more people going to college than ever, and nothing to show for it.

i'd recommend anyone looking for a field to get into medical.

it's a shame tho that corporations are just looking at how to make every last dollar, while ruining the ability of their customers to continue to make purchases.

One would think that both effects you describe are self-correcting market forces. If people are not getting anything to show for college, less of them will go and the price for college will come down. If people can't buy goods, the profits for those companies will decrease, resulting in pressure to lower the price or do something different in their processes of manufacturing...

[Rudeboyelvis]

Originally Posted by joeydb

One would think that both effects you describe are self-correcting market forces. If people are not getting anything to show for college, less of them will go and the price for college will come down. If people can't buy goods, the profits for those companies will decrease, resulting in pressure to lower the price or do something different in their processes of manufacturing...

Or, if the past 6 years are any indication...you know, since this has been going on already.... no crystal ball is required.

They just manufacturer less and cut more jobs. Then hire a whole slew of part time / temp workers to fill in if/when necessary.

So then we can get threads like this one to celebrate how everything is back to normal because "teh jubs r back"

The 1% never gets hurt regardless of how desperate and bleak the economic picture becomes. The quality of life we enjoyed prior to the crash is never coming back - at least not in your or your children's lifetime.

Just simply applaud the amazing job this administration has done "creating" 288K new jobs and smile for 'Merica.

[Danzig]

Originally Posted by Rudeboyelvis

Or, if the past 6 years are any indication...you know, since this has been going on already.... no crystal ball is required.

They just manufacturer less and cut more jobs. Then hire a whole slew of part time / temp workers to fill in if/when necessary.

So then we can get threads like this one to celebrate how everything is back to normal because "teh jubs r back"

The 1% never gets hurt regardless of how desperate and bleak the economic picture becomes. The quality of life we enjoyed prior to the crash is never coming back - at least not in your or your children's lifetime.

Just simply applaud the amazing job this administration has done "creating" 288K new jobs and smile for 'Merica.

[Danzig]

Originally Posted by joeydb

One would think that both effects you describe are self-correcting market forces. If people are not getting anything to show for college, less of them will go and the price for college will come down. If people can't buy goods, the profits for those companies will decrease, resulting in pressure to lower the price or do something different in their processes of manufacturing...

fat lot of good lower tuition would do all those that already went, and have student loans they can't pay.