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In reply to the discussion: Krugman: When a business owner complains about being unable to find workers, ask how much he pays. [View all]bluescribbler
(2,114 posts)92. exactly
I am a machinist. I've been working at this trade for 35 years. I can set up and run manual and CNC machines. I can make a quality functioning part from a CAD file, mechanical drawing, pencil sketch on a napkin, or a verbal description of its intended function. In 2008 I was laid off from a job I'd held for 13 years. It took a while, but last year I landed a job with a pretty good company. I'm still earning more that $6.00 an hour less than I was in 2008. That's all anyone would pay.
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Krugman: When a business owner complains about being unable to find workers, ask how much he pays. [View all]
backscatter712
Nov 2012
OP
They use that lame-ass excuse to import cheaper labor from overseas, even though the same skills
Ikonoklast
Nov 2012
#4
In addition, some good workers smoke weed. After the drug test, out they go. nt
morningglory
Nov 2012
#5
i'm convinced the whole 'shortage' narrative is the first wave of an effort to
HiPointDem
Nov 2012
#15
Collusion rather than competition. This is what you get when you let a few big companies control
Egalitarian Thug
Nov 2012
#42
The federal government is the only real solution. If left to the states, many, if not most, will
Egalitarian Thug
Nov 2012
#45
Think outsourcing is anti-American, take a look at insourcing. Far more cynical, IMHO.
libdem4life
Nov 2012
#16
So, he could've led by lowering his salary to that of VP's in "Brazils and Koreas".
SharonAnn
Nov 2012
#54
Why would any smart high school kid study computer science in college...
TexasBushwhacker
Nov 2012
#56
Externalizing expenses is a big part of this scam as well. Corporations lay off every dime they can
Egalitarian Thug
Nov 2012
#46
This is great and I've used it in conversation. I also add that it's funny how businesses owned
Lint Head
Nov 2012
#50
I'm not aware of a list. It's a statement alluding to the fact that Republicans are the ones
Lint Head
Nov 2012
#67
I am experiencing new unreasonable demands on my reasonably priced skill-set. They are looking for
patrice
Nov 2012
#51
That's a very perceptive question: why it isn't WORTH their while to pay what it takes to get
patrice
Nov 2012
#52
An insurance broker I know complained he can't find a good office manager for $10/hour.
SunSeeker
Nov 2012
#53