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Politics : Sharks in the Septic Tank
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To: epicure who wrote (3885)1/29/2001 10:56:50 PM
From: Lane3  Read Replies (1) of 82486
 
I am concerned about slave labor in other countries. But I am more concerned about labor continuing to exist here.

I was reacting to the point about stopping slave labor in China. U.S. manufacturing jobs are another matter.

You're right. People who used to make good money from union manufacturing jobs are already SOL. That era is over and lots of people are hurting. I guess we could subsidize them (and/or their factories) for the rest of their lives. And we could cut down all the trees in the country so that everyone who wants to be a logger can have a job. Now, I know you wouldn't want that.

The experts have been saying for a while now that people will need to have multiple careers over a lifetime because the world is changing so quickly. Education will need to be virtually continuous as people retrain for new opportunities. There should be lots of jobs; they'll just move around a lot from one part of the economy to another. People will have to adjust. Maybe manufacturing jobs will return once world economies become more level. Or maybe we'll start having emigration to manufacturing jobs rather than immigration.

If we try to keep buggy-whip factories open we'll just put a big damper on the whole economy. I think, X, that we have to improve education rather than over-managing the economy. That's why education is a high priority to me. And population control. And immigration.

Karen
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