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To: elmatador who wrote (49917)	5/12/2004 11:34:21 PM
From: AC Flyer	Respond to of 74559

>>Perhaps the kid would do better coming to Malaysia or Thailand, spend $20K and half year to become a beautician. Then go back and open a massage parlor in the US<< elmat, future opportunities in services are far, far broader than you might imagine. We are not just talking about burger joints and massage parlors. I do not claim to be able to tell you what all these future service jobs will be, but then again, I don't have to, because if we just leave it alone, the invisible hand of capitalism will do this job for us. Nevertheless, I'll offer a couple of observations, just for the hell of it. It's not easy to find a good farrier - shoeing horses can be hard physical work but it's possible to make well over $100,000 per year doing this. Incidentally, there are 7 million horses in the USA and 1.4 million people make their living working full-time with horses. Secondly - arborists - if you need tree work done where I live, a four man crew with equipment - crane, etc. - costs a minimum of $2,000 per day. I couldn't find any stats, but I'm sure there are more arborists than farriers in the USA. Now, I'm not suggesting that we will all make our future livings shoeing horses and cutting down trees - but I am saying that the service sector encompasses far more than $10.00/hour jobs at McDonalds.