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Politics : GOPwinger Lies/Distortions/Omissions/Perversions of Truth -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Lizzie Tudor who wrote (1299)	2/10/2004 1:25:08 AM
From: PartyTime	Respond to of 173976

My girlfriend has been a career recruiter her whole life, holding prestigious positions with Wall Street financial companies and her last position was with one of the largest international publication companies on earth. A year and a half-long victim from layoffs, she's been having a very difficult time in her effort to find a job comparable to what she's been accustomed. If a top-notch recruiter is having difficulty finding work, this indeed is a sign of the times. And we have so many cats to feed--lol! We used to rescue any animal we could, but now even this is difficult. My feelings are deep and sympathetic for those who are feeding and providing for children. And college tuitions are really skyrocketing out of bounds. And families can't be too happy having to work longer hours, away from their children, on lesser paying jobs just to make ends meet. A clever person might try to adjust and start up a small business--but bankruptcies, more than not, are rampant under GOP administrations. Especially this one! To make matters worse, the price of tickets at once-friendly Fenway are now ridiculously out of reach for many folks! This, too, is a sign of the times!

To: Lizzie Tudor who wrote (1299)	2/10/2004 7:11:43 AM
From: Bill Jackson	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 173976

Lizzie, The Indyan IT sector will be self limiting, only a certain number of IT jobs can be outsourced. In addition, greed among the IT brokers has increased the cost to the point where the US people are competitive againt. It takes a certain size to justify offshore IT. The big threat is offshore insurance and medical administration. That will take another big swipe. They will solve the privacy concerns with coded IDs, so that the offshore people never know the names of patients, doctors or hospitals. All will use code numbers. The $50-100K jobs are pretty safe. It will be the $35-$50,000 jobs that are vulnerable in the back offices of insurance, brokerages, catalog houses, medical administrators etc. Jobs with personal contact are a lot less vulnerable, although remote robotic assist surgery might take a few US doctors jobs away. Well, I do not cry for them, they are fat cats. A few jobs will be lost to airline cockpit automation, and to their back offices as well. airline reservation counters have large back offices that can go to Indya.. So after all this takes place, so what. There will be new jobs for US people, an economy works in mysterious ways. Bill