Thoughts from the Evil Galaxy
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Ask the Union bosses............price yourself right out of a country.
A $35,000 a year job plus benifits here in the U.S.
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A $10,000 a year job, no benifits, in a country where kidnapping for ransom are a daily occurance, people are still found dead in the streets from starvation, workers from different countries are often segragated in secure comunities for ther own protection then bused to work by the company with a security escort so they won't get robbed, shot or kidnapped.
All for the sake of a product that still cost pretty much the same here in the states, but cost 75% less to produce...
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I can read, yes. So, your close friend has been made an offer and has supplied you with the information. I see....
Her husband DOES work in the computer industry, and they DO have friends working for IBM. So yeah, she does have an inside track on the info...
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"Give me your tired, your poor,
Your huddled masses yearning to breathe free,
The wretched refuse of your teeming shore.
Send these, the homeless, tempest-tost to me,
I lift my lamp beside the golden door."
Hey, didn't the Chinese Democracy Demonstrators have one of these during the Tiananmen Square protest...
...oh yeah... our #1 trade partner, the Chinese Government, ran over it with a T-72 Tank while they were killin' all those democracy protesters in Tiananmen Square... but that's business...
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Even if what you write is true, China won't just sit around while she collapses.
And too, it's the countries with the highest standards of living that will suffer the most.
We enacted trade policies with China partially as a means of trying to bring a change in the Communist government, a moving toward Capitalism may move them towards Democracy was the honest line of thinking, this has backfired major league. Since the Chinese government is more of a totalarism (sp?) government, they are more than happy to adjust their own moral position, but still maintain the iron grip it has on it's people. These people work exactly the same as before, for pittance. Do you think the Chinese people WANT to work for the meager pittance they get? Instead of bringing true change as intended by our economic polocies toward China, we have enslaved a large section of the Chinese populous to those factories that are churning out those "cheaper" items, that really are not that much cheaper if they were produced here in the United States. Alot of Major American Corperations have take advantage of the policies, which the Chinese government is happy to go along with and supply the slave labor. We still pay the same price for goods produced over there as goods produced over here, in many cases the price may even undercut American goods, so the only choice is for the remaining American companies to ship their manfucturing to similarly paid forgien shores. Our economy did just fine before the current trade arrangements with China, I have a feeling it will do just fine without those trade arrangements, or atleast modified to make the terms more even.
We cannot survive as a service industry nation. We cannot survive on the housing industry. Our economy must be diversified with equal parts of each including manufacturing. The economy can't survive on $8.00 an hour jobs as the backbone wages of our nation.
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Your proposal to impose tariffs on imports will hurt US companies by causing a global trade war.
Protectionism as economic policy is a proven failure.
What, China's gonna raise tariffs on the paultry exports comming from the US? They'll lose in that battle, they are far more dependant on our bussiness imports than US exports. 70 to 80% of that economic boom in Chnia has experienced in the last few years is comming from sales to the US market alone. Also if the Tariffs are slapped on imports only from US based companies, they'll bring those jobs back to the US, after all they are still charging the same amount to sell it here as to make it here. The best example of what I speak of is the current economic slow down here in the US. We're not buying as much these days, therefore not as much crap is comming out of China. This has led to a slowdown in their economy, indeed even in other countries like India and Maylasia, that are heavy dependant on US sales. This inturn shows up in the annual stock report of those US companies who ARE ASKING FOR A BAILOUT...
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Great idea... if your goal is to kill off the economy with a global trade war.
These aren't companies owned by forgien people, these are US companies. There is a staggering difference in pay here, like $30,000 pay a year here in the US vs $300 pay a year in India for the exact same job, except their working conditions are a far cry from American standards. We're supporting virtual slavery in alot of these countries. The workers are "provided" by the Indian government under agreement with American Companies. Over in India, they have no choice, work for pennies 14 hours a day or starve. Garments made in South East Asia are ofte times made by young people who have been "sold" by their parents to work in off shore sweatshops. Then these garments are imported by American companies to stores like Walmart. Alot of times its a "no questions asked" arrangement and rarely are American companies caught in this kind of dealings which are suppose to be illegal. This country, which use to have a huge manufacturing base, now have almost none because the Clinton Adminstration allowed this to happen. The Bush Adminstration made things worse by looking the other way to unfair trade and employment practices, dispite a mountain of evidence, and continued to give China No. 1 trade status, also dispite a mountain of direct unfair employment practices and humanitarian violations, China employs slave labor on a regular basis. This Country is going to slip into little more than a service industry nation like Europe. So when your hubby get's his pay cut to $8.00 an hour because that's what it now takes to compete with the unfair employment practices of China and India, but your rent on your house doesn't go down to match your hubbys new pay, I hope you enjoy your new motto at work... "would you like to biggie size your fries, sir???
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Mornin' everybody...
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IBM has invited its recently laid-off U.S. workers to find work with the storied company in developing countries like India – where salaries are a fraction of what Americans are used to.
IBM hasn't revealed the number of jobs it has cut in recent months, since the Securities and Exchange Commission requires companies to disclose only "material" events, the Associated Press reported.
http://rawstory.com/news/2008/IBM_invites_...es_to_0203.html
What really bothers me is that even though these companies cut salaries and the cost to produce the items by relocating to other countries, the cost of the product never goes down. Countries where they pay their employees a fraction of what Americans get, those U.S. BASED companies still sell the product at prices as if they were produced here in the US.
Dudes, there is something seriously wrong with that picture. Congress needs to Tariff the crap out of those products produced in such a manor. When it cost more to make it overseas than here in the US, that is the only way we will get those jobs back here in the U.S.
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I've known a few guys with 6 fingers, looked like they wore normal shoes and functioned fairly well in society. People might be making more of this than need be...
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Mornin' everybody...
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I for one can't wait to hear this compelling story on why, even though she already had 6 kids, she felt the need to have 8 more...
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How simple is the tip concept.
Execellent Service - Big Tip 25 to 50% of bill, handed to waitstaff personally along with handshake.
Good Service - Tip ...Thank you, you along with everything else was superb!
Indifferent service - Small tip...have fun trying to count out all those pennies
Bad service - No tip ...been doing this long???
Horrible service - Complaint to the Manager... along with a trip to the roof to take a crap in the air conditioner/heater air intake...
Along with all the complaints about lousy tippers. How many stories are being left out about all the great tips gotten? You know for every story about the skinflint not leaving a tip, there are also the stories about the extremely generous tippers.
But it really all comes down to this, waiting tables is not a job to take if you're trying to support a family. Be it weither or not thats all that are available. The manger of the place would rather have the customers than forcing patrons to pay a tip for bad or indifferent service...
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Good Mornin' Everyone...
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If one cannot afford to tip their server, they cannot afford to eat out...
I am very sure the owner of that establishment will whole heartedly disagree with you. I'm sure the owner would like all the wait staff to be tipped all the time with every customer, but knows it's not gonna happen. A tip is an incentive to give excellent service, not an expected part of the bill...
I have made management take off the 18% grat for pisspoor service and food...
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If you fools keep saying that name, he will return! Now be quiet!
You're not that lucky...
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U-verse. You can record on one TV (and watch/record up to 4 shows at one time), update from PC (or cell, I believe). You can watch the recorded shows on any TV in the house. I love it.
They told me that the one DVR recording would be upgraded this year to allow it on all (updating lists, deleting/browsing recordings, etc.).
AT&T is test marketing a DVR in Smyrna that can record up to 500 hrs of programing... I'm still waiting for U-Verse to appear in Dallas so I can make the switch...
AT&T Uverse!How do you like it so far???
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Sorry I never got to eat there...
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Good Morning! I'm chugging my morning java. Gotta get ready to head for the coast -- my hubby is having another epidural pain block in his back. [And Dragonboy is staying home in bed. His asthma / allergies are thru the roof! Came home from school yesterday due to asthma attack.]
Hope you all have a great day!
Stay strong soapmomma, I know these must be some trying times for ya'. We're thinkin' about ya' up here...
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Almost only counts in horseshoes and hand granades...
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Do you eat any processed meat?
Not without my knowledge, scary stuff sometimes. The only tuna fish I eat is Sushi. Even then it's saltwater fish only, the freshwater fish are the ones with the parasites...
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I don't eat canned tuna fish...
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Mornin' everybody...
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1. Favorite Drink- Mind Eraser/Mtn Dew
2. Favorite Food- Japanese: Sushi and Natto
3. Favorite Sports Team- N/A Don't really watch sports. If they ain't hackin' at each other with axes and swords, I'm usually not interested...
4. Favorite Athlete- see above
5. Favorite Musical Act- Sarah McLachlin
6. Favorite Actor/Actress- Harrison Ford
7. Favorite Movie- Spirited Away
8. Favorite TV Show- No Reservations
9. Dream vacation- Japan (gonna try to go there this Aug.)
10. Dream place to live- pretty happy where I'm at now...
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We're going to be holding our breaths here at At&t till Aug 8, 2009. Then I'll know if I still have a job...
IBM invites laid-off U.S. employees to work in India
in Internet Cafe
Posted
Is IBM paying for the relocation? Are they paying to put them up in a secure community? Most people on an average salary can't even afford the airfare to go to India, much less move all their crap plus their families. It's not like moving to another state. It's not like hubby can move over there and family stay here either. There is really no choice on a $10,000 a year salary...
But most of there manufacturing base was still here in the US. Now most of it is pretty much gone...