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George
 
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Default I guess I'm part of the problem


"Bill Bright" wrote in message
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"George" wrote in message
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Thanks. I am college educated and unemployed for two years. Take a

bow.

"Tom Gardner" wrote in message
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After following some of the links showing job loss and productivity

gains,
it's quite depressing, I've come to the conclusion that one of my main

goals
has been to eliminate employees' jobs. In the past year I have

eliminated
3
people and outsourced semi-finished goods from other American

companies
at
least. But guess what? Boxes of parts don't have mood swings, PMS,
holidays, don't have to be heated or cooled, and NO SCRAP! They come

in
at
a set cost with out the variables. Kind of sad that I can no longer

devote
the HR to barely breaking even ...on good days. But, specialized

suppliers
can do so much better due to their economy of scale than I can.

My newest built machine will eliminate 2 more jobs and a hefty bonus
structure. I just came to realize that the next 3 projects will be

such
a
boost in productivity that 4 or 5 more jobs are in jeopardy. So does

this
make me a bad guy? I don't really think so, but multiply this around

the
country and that's a LOT of jobs lost with a net gain in products

produced.
So, who's going to have money to BUY products in the future?




But you still have internet?


Again about the high tech background...if I had a metalworking background,
I'd probably be employed by now around here.