signalmankenneth
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If this was World War Two, we would be f*cked!!!
If this was World War Two, we would be f*cked!!!
Only 25 percent of Americans are qualified???
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Billy the Great Khan
Uwaa OmO
We had about 130,000,000 people in WW2. Are you implying we needed 33,000,000 troops? And if that is the case, we have 82,500,000 people who are qualified anyways. So what would we be fucked by ken? Oh that's right, you're retarded and can't even do simple math.http://rt.com/usa/military-service-fit-american-449/
If this was World War Two, we would be f*cked!!!
Billy the Great Khan
Uwaa OmO
We have them today. And a huge deficit in workers skilled enough to be employed in them.
We have some.
I went to the auctions in the '90s when the globalization push ramped up.
I have seem miles and miles of Mill and Factory building destroyed.
Entry level has a meaning too pal.
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Darla
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/11/25/magazine/skills-dont-pay-the-bills.html?hp
The article in a succinct nutshell: "Kudos to Adam Davidson for some much-needed mythbusting about the supposed skills shortage holding the US economy back. Whenever you see some business person quoted complaining about how he or she can’t find workers with the necessary skills, ask what wage they’re offering. Almost always, it turns out that what said business person really wants is highly (and expensively) educated workers at a manual-labor wage. No wonder they come up short.
And this dovetails perfectly with one of the key arguments against the claim that much of our unemployment is “structural”, due to a mismatch between skills and labor demand. If that were true, you should see soaring wages for those workers who do have the right skills; in fact, with rare exceptions you don’t.
So what you really want to ask is why American businesses don’t feel that it’s worth their while to pay enough to attract the workers they say they need."
However it is very worthwhile to read the entire article.
The article in a succinct nutshell: "Kudos to Adam Davidson for some much-needed mythbusting about the supposed skills shortage holding the US economy back. Whenever you see some business person quoted complaining about how he or she can’t find workers with the necessary skills, ask what wage they’re offering. Almost always, it turns out that what said business person really wants is highly (and expensively) educated workers at a manual-labor wage. No wonder they come up short.
And this dovetails perfectly with one of the key arguments against the claim that much of our unemployment is “structural”, due to a mismatch between skills and labor demand. If that were true, you should see soaring wages for those workers who do have the right skills; in fact, with rare exceptions you don’t.
So what you really want to ask is why American businesses don’t feel that it’s worth their while to pay enough to attract the workers they say they need."
However it is very worthwhile to read the entire article.
christiefan915
Catalyst
You're not kidding. Pittsburgh used to be the steel city and we came in third for corporate headquarters located here. Now we don't know what we are. All the good manufacturing jobs got shipped overseas. We got done in during the reagan years, another reason why I couldn't stand that guy.
Environmentalists put more steel workers out of business than foreign workers did.....
Fuck off Bravo you lying shit-stain.
Billy the Great Khan
Uwaa OmO
We have TONS. As in literal weight. Fuck, I could find 100 jobs before dinner time tonight, all manufacturing. And I bet by the end of summer, over 80 of those jobs will still be available.
Billy the Great Khan
Uwaa OmO
Here's a chart:
The blue line is manufacturing production. The red line is manufacturing employment. We're just producing more with fewer employees.
Yeah, automation killed the line workers, not outsourcing.
I'm not saying that's not true for your area, but it's not true nationwide. Look at the chart I posted again but pay attention only to the red line. It's simply implausible that we had enough skilled workers in 2007 but suddenly don't anymore and it just so happens to coincide with the recession.
Also, too, here's the job openings rate for manufacturing since mid-2000:
It's up, but it isn't way high as you would expect if there was a big structural employment problem.
Mott the Hoople
Sweet Jane
Actually we manufacture far more now then we did then. We just need less labor to do it. The impact on US manufacturing by globalization and outsourcing is often exagerated and doesn't even compare to how technology has impacted manufacturing.
Mott the Hoople
Sweet Jane
True as it takes far more skill to do factory work in todays technology driven manufacturing centers. Unskilled labor has essentially been replaced by technolgy.
Mott the Hoople
Sweet Jane
How many of those factory buildings were old and obsolete and could not produce goods cost affectively?
We had thousands of factory buildings in New England. Ever heard of the Blackstone River Valley? The industrial revolution literally started here. The mansions of Newport R.I. were built on the profits.
By saying I have seen miles of factory buildings torn down, I am being dead serious. Entire regions have been decimated by globalization in Mass alone, Fall River, New Bedford, Brockton, Worcester to name just a very few, now depressed regions of hopelessness, despair, drug addiction and crime. What you are seeing in Detroit is the very beginning for your area compared to here.
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Darla
I wonder if it's also a matter of it being very pretty for you highly trained and lucky tech boys to think so. You should read my article. You have to admit your premise is very flattering for the ego no?