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Mopar151

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8. An overhaul of the tax code and accounting standards would help -

Reply to salvorhardin (Original post)

Fri Sep 7, 2012, 10:01 AM

Sep 2012

Right now, deferring maintainence, and getting rid of employees not absolutely essential in the very near term, are big wins on the balance sheet - whatever their effect is past the next quarter.
That's very much an education issue, and it's anything but a simple one..

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Bill Clinton says the unemployed don�t have the right skills. It�s not so. [View all] salvorhardin Sep 2012 OP

yeah - i caught that too. xchrom Sep 2012 #1

It doesn't require skills to flip burgers. formercia Sep 2012 #2

Aye, and many of the jobs that remain will be gone soon too salvorhardin Sep 2012 #3

THis has been a concern of mine for some time now AngryAmish Sep 2012 #4

Seriously, this is a good thing though salvorhardin Sep 2012 #5

Warehouse work filling orders is not really bad at all Viva_La_Revolution Sep 2012 #7

I agree- digonswine Sep 2012 #9

Employers need educating, too. Mopar151 Sep 2012 #6

Amen! There are plenty of people who apparently think being an a-hole is how to be a good boss. nt raccoon Sep 2012 #14

An overhaul of the tax code and accounting standards would help - Mopar151 Sep 2012 #8

That's still 1.5 points 4th law of robotics Sep 2012 #10

The Economy Needs Less Workers. Lower The Reitrement Age to 58. Yavin4 Sep 2012 #11

There are a lot of things we could do salvorhardin Sep 2012 #12

Ask the IT folks about this meme! Off to greatest. nt raccoon Sep 2012 #13