*OT* >>. If you haven't done time in one of these places I suggest you shut up about it, <<
No I haven't but my grandfather was a doctor with a private practice near the GM plant in St. Louis and I remeber the line of workers at his door wanting sick excuses every Monday because they were hung over but would get full pay if they were sick enough to get a note from the doctor.
No I haven't worked in a plant. I only worked 12-18 hour days, while ducking Scuds for about 12K a year. Of course I have pilots lives at stake and during the cold war, was responsible for making sure the Nukes went where they were supposed to but nothing important like putting lug nuts on a car that my 4 year old could probably do.
45K a year is a lot for a high school drop out no matter what the conditions are like. Join the military and let Clinton send you to the Desert every time he gets caught with his zipper open then when you come back, tell me about hot and long hours.
I'll take 45K any day for union benefits and a job that takes no brains. Why do you think that immigrants are getting the jobs. I giggled my butt off when GM sold that division after the strike and they moved it south of the border. I hope I get to giggle some more soon.
What made this country great was brains and innovation, not brain dead labor. We need to get kids interested in education again, not securing a union job from Uncle Lou on the assembly line or with the pipe fitters. An electrician makes obscene money also for hooking up 3 wires in a house. I rebuild 200 pin connectors that have to be shielded enough to withstand a nuclear blast. Which is harder? When this bubble finally breaks, these criminal wages will disappear and who will be the ones whining because they are out of work and who's fault will it be? Every time there is a debate about logging, the only reason for cutting down the trees is the workers don't know how to do anything else. Oh, Sorry, yeah that is worth destroying our environment over so we can have generation after generation of mouth breathing unskilled labor.
John Gault - Good Points all,
We now return you to your originally scheduled program,
Good Night,
Lee |
