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Politics : Formerly About Advanced Micro Devices
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To: tejek who wrote (785865)5/22/2014 12:43:17 AM
From: i-node  Read Replies (1) of 1577435
 
>> WTF are we to do?

It is a far more difficult problem than I think you comprehend. There is little we CAN do, besides create an environment that encourages hiring to allow transition time for the work force. The only thing you can do is to make it attractive for employers to hire workers; instead, we're making it less attractive by adding on massive new requirements with Obamacare.

One positive thing is that there is at least some talk of killing the employer mandate coming from Democrats. I think even THEY understand how damaging it is. Obama wants to just put it off until the election is over; but there is starting to be serious interest in doing away with it. That would be about the best thing anyone could do. It is clear the minimum wage increase is over for the rest of Obama's term, other than what some localities may do.

Technology is going to replace a lot of workers over the coming years. Just fast food workers alone could amount to 3-3.5 million. People in minimum wage jobs are already the most at risk, and increasing the minimum wage guarantees larger job losses. At the same time, government tinkering with university education has created a situation where few ordinary families can afford to send their kids to school. And now, the talk is whether education is "worth" the student loans they're taking out. It is literally a "dumbing down" as a result of government, as usual, trying to "help".

A really tragic direction for the country.
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