George, no matter what, you won't do the part "A" into part "B" job for min+
wages will you? One of the big problems some people (politicians and
political people) have is that they don't realize that there is a NEED for
these jobs to provide income and satisfaction to a whole class of people
that really, really can't DO anything else. I have people that can't count,
read a tape measure, have never had a checking or savings account... they
live paycheck to paycheck but help support a family and community. I see
the only other alternative to these lower end jobs is to suck the public
teat. No satisfaction in that for people at all.

"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?