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macaroniandcheese 
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Message 35 of 98 (209092)
05-17-2005 4:10 PM
Reply to: Message 22 by nator
05-16-2005 11:09 PM


83 billion. jesus fuck. think what that could do for our educations system. christ. the last 87 billion was wasted. i really don't like this administration (etc).

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Message 60 of 98 (210807)
05-24-2005 8:03 AM
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05-19-2005 5:49 PM


Re: The economics of employment...
i think it's about time i made another post listing all the islamic nations...
guh. i really don't want to have to look it all up again. google searches are starting to get difficult and laden with crap.

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Message 61 of 98 (210811)
05-24-2005 8:17 AM
Reply to: Message 59 by contracycle
05-24-2005 7:20 AM


addendum
the problem with outsourcing is not with outsourcing in and of itelf. the companies pay a good wage for the area they go (if you don't think 75 cents in mexico is good money, then you should leave the resort towns). further, having worked a shitty job or two in my life, i am under the opinion that it is better to have a shitty job than no job.
any rate. the problem with outsourcing is that the now jobless americans sit around bitching about losing their jobs instead of getting new training. yes, education is expensive. but why is it ok for me to take out a student loan for tons of money that i'll never be able to pay back but not okay for a blue collar worker to do so?
most outsourced jobs are factory jobs and tech support. factory workers could all go into construction. construction pays AMAZINGLY well and can't be outsourced. you can't build a house in toledo ohio with workers from bengladesh with no shoes. and the better our economy gets, the more construction jobs there will be.
and there are a ton of other infrastructure support jobs people could take. but then there are all kinds of jobs that people think they're too good for and those are all given to immigrants to this country who aren't too spoiled to clean up after others.
yes, i'm optimistic, but i also think i might be right.

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Message 67 of 98 (210860)
05-24-2005 12:51 PM
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05-24-2005 9:07 AM


Re: addendum
oh no not weak old women.
immaterial. there are jobs they can do. no one is hopeless, they just have to put forth a little effort. there is no job security for anyone anymore, why should it be different for them?

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Message 69 of 98 (210975)
05-24-2005 8:19 PM
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05-24-2005 2:49 PM


Re: addendum
nothing like focussing on a stupid example. there's also a lot of 20-50 year old men in factory jobs. those ages already work in construction. you're being argumentative for now reason. the point isn't the construction field, the point is re-education. but then that's even out of favor in prisons...
maybe we should just execute old factory workers since they're too useless to be able to do anything else.

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Message 72 of 98 (211024)
05-25-2005 1:20 AM
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05-24-2005 8:43 PM


Re: addendum
or how about replacing the young secretaries in doctors' and lawyers' offices while said young ladies (and they still are mostly women) go actually become doctors or lawyers?

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Message 73 of 98 (211025)
05-25-2005 1:20 AM
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05-24-2005 9:05 PM


Re: Why not retrain as a Sandman?
or the lottery?

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