Posted by JD Seller on March 09, 2014 at 06:59:04 from (208.126.196.144):
In Reply to: RE:Deleted post posted by oldtanker on March 09, 2014 at 05:02:19:
I can understand both sides of the job situation.
There are companies that have made it their business model to hire all low wage people and ride them hard to make a profit. Many of these type of companies are little better than the plantation owners of the old south. They could care less about the life of their workers. This includes many farm related companies.
Look at how the meat packing industry is all low paying jobs now when they used to be good blue collar jobs. Plus they are hiring a high percentage of illegals too. The profits have not came down or the margin between the farm to the table. LOCK up the board members over the lowly personal guys and that would stop.
I am not for raising the minimum wage but when a entire company is low wage other than the top then there should be something done.
Also there are fewer opportunities on the job market for a good job. Some of this is caused by many companies moving out of the US. It also is because the Sherman anti trust laws have not been enforced in the last 30-40 years. MA bell is the last company that I can remember being broke up.
Walmart is the current one that needs busted up. They control too big of a percentage of the market in many areas. I have heard that they are now selling over 50% of the food in this country. That is not good. I would rather have several smaller companies so there is some competition an then supply and demand works. With super large companies controlling such a large part of a market there is ZERO free market. So supply and demand does not work.
Then on the other side is the fact that when you get away from the rural areas the work ethic is not very good. We have had several generations told they are too good to get their hand dirty. So now we have a whole group of people that think they are God's gift to man kind. When in reality they have few marketable skills or attitudes.
Think of how many where told 20-30 years ago to go into the computer industry. Those degrees are just about worthless now. There are some installers and repair people doing well but most of the computer industry is outside of the US. I personally know people with master degrees in electronics that don't make more than 30-35K each year. Many of them are salaried too. They are making less than $15 an hour for their work.
Class mate of my middle son is expected to work 5 ten hours and half day Saturday. HE makes $32K each year and has 30 employees under him. It is a crap job in the "information/service" world. By the way he has a college degree in computer science and business administration. The fellow he replaced made $100K now he will never break $40K for the same job.
I do not have the answers but I think all the large companies and foreign ownership is the root of much of the poor job market. Then the lack of work ethic is helped by the government hand outs. If you can draw $400 a week for 99 weeks on unemployment why would you work a job that only pays you $300-400??? 40 x 8$ = $360 There are tons of $8-12 jobs around me here and darn few paying much more.
Union is not the answer either. In Dubuque, at JD, the old guys sold out the young guys there about 15 years ago. The old guys make $25-30 per hour with full bennies. The new guys top out at $18 with way fewer bennies. Old guys made too much for what they actually did and the new guys are under paid.
I am just glad I am out of the rat race and should have a fair standard of living until I am gone. My kids and Grand kids are in for a rough ride.
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