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Get back to school... don;t settle for assembling widgets the rest of your life. It's our educational systems and processes that will drive our economy well into the next century. [/B]
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Hmm, what shall I become? Oh, I know, a computer programmer. No, wait, those jobs are going to India. How about an engineer (mechanical or structural). Crap, again, the jobs are going to India. Oh, I know, a call center rep for HP or Dell. Double crap, those jobs are going overseas too. Okay, then, how about a financial forecaster? Oh fudge, those jobs are going to India too. Hmm. What's left? Oh, I know, WalMart, or McDonalds. Yes, service jobs, that's it. Poverty level.
It's not about quality or racism, or education. It's about money. When corporations can pay an individual up to half of what they pay Americans, say bye-bye to the jobs. All sectors are currently suffering. The regular joe worker, whether he's blue collar or white collar is being farmed out. Who's gonna buy all those products when people don't have jobs. It's true unemployment is not rising, but, it's also true that NEW jobs are NOT being created. It still winds up being a net loss. Oh, and BTW, when things are made cheaper, does the price really go down? Hell no, that would cut into profits.