Nearly half of American workers have low-wage jobs

Micawber said:
More money for education at every level, more jobs programs and tech school funding and public funded scholarships at community colleges.
More money for trade schools. More govt backed small business loans in urban centers. Raising taxes on the wealthy and corporations that effectively pay zero tax.
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If we can get rid of the GOP by making them as inconsequential as they should be, this could be achieved. The Green New Deal would create tons of jobs but a corporate Dem will not get these things done either. College used to be free...

What Happened to Tuition-Free College?
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/what-happened-to-tuition_b_10240514
 
Cinnabar said:
So much for the shills and their praise of Trumps great economy.
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The problem isn't that there are not enough good jobs to go around but that too many people don't have the skills for those jobs. Chicago announced 50,000 high paying jobs they could not fill. There is a large shortage of truck drivers that pay up to $80,000 a year.

--Almost 84,000 openings for software developers are on the books.

--there is a gap of approximately 46,000 between web developer job postings and hires.

--Engineering jobs pay well and are pretty secure, and there are roughly 47,000 unfilled positions out there, according to estimates.

--IT and computer administration--51,000

--There are nearly 300,000 unique job postings for nurses going up every month

https://www.cheatsheet.com/money-career/jobs-qualified-employees.html/


Nobody is going to get a good paying job unless they acquire some education, skill, or experience to qualify for them.

According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics the mean hourly wage is $24.98.
 
Flash said:
The problem isn't that there are not enough good jobs to go around but that too many people don't have the skills for those jobs. Chicago announced 50,000 high paying jobs they could not fill. There is a large shortage of truck drivers that pay up to $80,000 a year.

--Almost 84,000 openings for software developers are on the books.

--there is a gap of approximately 46,000 between web developer job postings and hires.

--Engineering jobs pay well and are pretty secure, and there are roughly 47,000 unfilled positions out there, according to estimates.

--IT and computer administration--51,000

--There are nearly 300,000 unique job postings for nurses going up every month

https://www.cheatsheet.com/money-career/jobs-qualified-employees.html/


Nobody is going to get a good paying job unless they acquire some education, skill, or experience to qualify for them.

According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics the mean hourly wage is $24.98.
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But somehow the USA cannot offer the skills training or education? Keep the masses dumbed down by design and grateful for the crumbs that trickle down on them by the corporate puppet masters who cry over paying taxes. Boy oh boy...the USA went so far off the rails that we have billionaires crying over taxes...

 
Micawber said:
More money for education at every level, more jobs programs and tech school funding and public funded scholarships at community colleges.
More money for trade schools. More govt backed small business loans in urban centers. Raising taxes on the wealthy and corporations that effectively pay zero tax.
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So any changes to the current education system or status quo and just more cash?
 
Micawber said:
More money for education at every level, more jobs programs and tech school funding and public funded scholarships at community colleges.
More money for trade schools. More govt backed small business loans in urban centers. Raising taxes on the wealthy and corporations that effectively pay zero tax.
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Like DJT has done ? Trouble is, you have to DO this to receive the benefit.
 
Cinnabar said:
But somehow the USA cannot offer the skills training or education? Keep the masses dumbed down by design and grateful for the crumbs that trickle down on them by the corporate puppet masters who cry over paying taxes. Boy oh boy...the USA went so far off the rails that we have billionaires crying over taxes...
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There are more of those programs than you can count. Many of the classes go unfilled and have to be canceled. Community colleges, technical schools, job training programs by unions, apprenticeship programs, Job Corps (that pays living expenses and hourly wages, and job training), and high school vocational programs are all available.

There is no shortage of job training programs for those interested.
 
Flash said:
There are more of those programs than you can count. Many of the classes go unfilled and have to be canceled. Community colleges, technical schools, job training programs by unions, apprenticeship programs, Job Corps (that pays living expenses and hourly wages, and job training), and high school vocational programs are all available.

There is no shortage of job training programs for those interested.
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Interesting, why do you believe that is? Are people just not taking advantage of the resources available to them? Are they unaware these programs exist?
 
Micawber said:
More money for education at every level, more jobs programs and tech school funding and public funded scholarships at community colleges.
More money for trade schools. More govt backed small business loans in urban centers. Raising taxes on the wealthy and corporations that effectively pay zero tax.
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Bravo!!!!!............realistic solutions instead of attacking.......that's all we can ask for.

Also not all the low paying jobs are tech driven.
 
Flash said:
There are more of those programs than you can count. Many of the classes go unfilled and have to be canceled. Community colleges, technical schools, job training programs by unions, apprenticeship programs, Job Corps (that pays living expenses and hourly wages, and job training), and high school vocational programs are all available.

There is no shortage of job training programs for those interested.
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Where exactly are these free programs?

Be specific.
 
TTQ64 said:
Where exactly are these free programs?

Be specific.
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Probably some byzantine disjointed well hidden morass designed by Republicans to deter utilization!

We need a one stop education Leviathan for everything top to bottom loaded to the gills with tax cash!
 
cawacko said:
Interesting, why do you believe that is? Are people just not taking advantage of the resources available to them? Are they unaware these programs exist?
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I'm sure being unaware is part of it. Also, the target is low income individuals who have personal problems keeping them from being able to show up regularly or persevere. My two step-daughters got a grant and went to cosmetology school run by a local beauty shop. They both dropped out because some people are just not very good at finishing anything (Beauty School Dropout). They go from job to job and never make much money.

In my area there are are a lot of high-paying plant jobs and one of the biggest problems in hiring enough people to fill those jobs is being able to pass the drug test.

The shortage of truck drivers has drawn a number of Sikhs who are now taking those jobs.

Some of the training programs are short-term pork barrel projects designed to allow members of Congress to target money to their districts. They may not be a real need or interest for training, for example, welders in a particular area and the project might not get enough students to run the program (which leads to some real abuses).
 
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TTQ64 said:
Where exactly are these free programs?

Be specific.
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In almost every city in America. Look at the left-hand column of this Department of Labor website. It includes adult training programs, American Job Centers, Apprenticeships, dislocated workers, Indians and Native American programs, Job Corps, migrant and seasonal farm workers, people with disabilities, safety and health, seniors, trade act programs, veterans, and youth programs.

https://www.dol.gov/general/topic/training

And these are just the Department of Labor programs and does not include all the state and local programs or the 1,100 community colleges (many with multiple campuses).
 
Hello cawacko,

cawacko said:
What do you believe the answer is to have less lower paying jobs in our tech driven globalized economy today?
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A good question.

We know exactly what capitalism is going to do. It's going to eliminate those jobs. And by automating many tasks there will be less need for workers. There will not be enough well-paying jobs for everyone. Heck. There aren't enough right now. But that is only going to become more extreme.

What is the plan that conservatives have to promote the general welfare in such a condition? Easy. Blame the poor! Tell them they made bad choices in life. Offer them a 'non-job,' working 14 hours a week (on call, the rest, for no pay) so you can claim they don't qualify for unemployment, and they don't count in the unemployment rate. Then take away any government assistance they may have been receiving even though it is nowhere near enough to balance the budget after your GIANT tax cut for the rich.

What is the progressive plan to promote the general welfare? Simple Tax the super-rich so much that the government not only pays for itself, it can pay a Universal Basic Income to every person. Make it enough so that they can live comfortably, but certainly not well off. Higher Wealth is so great in the USA the richest can afford that easily and still be richer than everybody else. And plus, as labor is eliminated by Artificial Intelligence, AI, the machines which will replace labor will be so initially expensive only the richest and largest corporations will be able to afford them. But those machines will quickly pay for themselves and make the richest even richer. Those are the riches that will pay the UBI. And still have plenty left over for the titans of capitalism, who will still be richer than everybody else.

In the future, if people want to work and earn additional wealth, they will be free to. But they won't have to. And THAT will be a far greater America than what we have today, or what Trump fans think makes the country great. It will be awesome. To have the gift of life with total freedom and not be forced to give the better part of your life just to pay for existence. Imagine how advanced humans will become freed from the burden of working! The arts will explode. And I have a feeling a lot of other areas will advance greatly. People who like to make their houses and properties look nice will have all the time in the world to do so. Cars will be cleaner. Streets cleaner and nicer. Our cities will LOOK better. Only possible with socialism. Capitalism is taking us the other way.

We have *so* got to get the balance between the two correct.
 
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