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Even service jobs aren't immune - witness the Dell tech support call center debacle. Which is why Dell is bringing many back, I predict more companies will do so in the future Having worked in the computer industry for 15+ years, it is clear that most companies will not be bringing back jobs to the US market. It is possible for people in India, for example, to live comfortably on a salary that is 70-80% lower than a comparable job in San Jose. Companies threatened to move business overseas about the time I started working in the industry because US employees were too expensive. The H1B visas allowed foreign nationals to be hired to fill technical jobs in the US even though their argument that qualified workers could not be found here was hogwash. In any case, these formerly high-paying jobs are moving to India, China, Ireland, and Eastern Europe, and away from the US. The world economy will eventually catch up, but until that happens, we can expect a gradual decrease in the US economy until the whole situation stabalizes. This has happened to Japan (as Korea, Taiwan, and China grew) and will happen here as well. Rick |
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Gas taxes SHOULD cover the roads but they don't, in the end the gas tax
ends up being another convenient (and hidden) way government gets more money to waste And the amount of subcidies the petrolem producing, exploring and refining companies gets from the US gov per gallon exceed the taxes paid for each gallon of gas at the pump. Therefore, each time you buy a gallon of gas it costs the US gov money. |
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Is there a pro-bike law activist group? Particularly one that goes after
killer drivers and laws/prosecutors that protect them? -- Jeff Potter **** *Out Your Backdoor * http://www.outyourbackdoor.com publisher of outdoor/indoor do-it-yourself culture... ...offering "small world" views on bikes, bows, books, movies... ...rare books on ski, bike, boat culture, plus a Gulf Coast thriller about smalltown smuggling ... radical novels coming up! ...original downloadable music ... and articles galore! plus national travel forums! HOLY SMOKES! 800-763-6923 |
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Mark Leuck wrote: Sorry I had forgotten to factor in the truck market, still I'd much rather have a system where I can choose what I want to drive than having it forced on my by massive tax increases on fuel and misguided governments. With the current system of highway/street funding systems in the US, those driving small fuel-efficient motor vehicles (and even more so those who are car free) subsidize those who drive large, high fuel consumption vehicles for personal use. This is a distortion of the free market that US conservatives claim to hold so dear (until it cuts into their share of government welfare). Tom Sherman - Planet Earth "There is enough in the world for everyone's need; there is not enough for everyone's greed." - Mohandas Gandhi |
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Marc VanHeyningen wrote: In general, you are rewarded for working hard enough that you don't get fired. If you work harder than that, the incremental reward you will receive is typically pretty small. Sometimes it's even negative, as people who work harder are "rewarded" by being given more work but no more money. Been there, done that. Tom Sherman - Planet Earth "There is enough in the world for everyone's need; there is not enough for everyone's greed." - Mohandas Gandhi |
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"Raoul Duke" wrote in message ... Great idea. So why don't you start and set the example for the rest of us. Every time you buy a gallon of gas you should send the government $4. Hm, let's see: $87 billion divided by ca. 330 million population at $4/gallon gives you 66 gallons on which to pay a surcharge. Above this plateau, presumably, you are allowed to rest, given that you've paid your share for this particular budget item...until the next one. Ah, dear. This is almost fun. _________________________________ the universe may be as grand as they say but it wouldn't be missed if it didn't exist (ph) http://gisjoe.com |
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dont flaming liberals ever get tired of being wrong??
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Mark Leuck wrote:
Lets see what a hike to $4-5/gallon will do 1. Higher cost of goods 2. More businesses moving overseas because of #1 3. Fewer jobs because of #2 Your assumptions are not necessarily true. Higher costs of transport could be offset by buying more locally produced goods. Over here for example a lot of small, local dairy factories have closed. The milk is instead transported over huge distances into large factories, turned into milk products (yoghurt, butter, cheese...) and then transported nationwide to the consumers. 20, 30 years ago a dairy factory may have supplied a county only. This change was possible because road transport is highly subsidised from general tax money (income, property, sales tax (17% in Germany, even higher in most EU countries) and the like). If road transport had to be paid for entirely by those people who use it (road and gas tax), other taxes could (at least in theory) be lowered. Goods transported over large distances would be more expensive, but small, local units could compete on a fair basis. Producing goods more locally would result in smaller factories, for which expensive maschines are not so economic. Thus more work would be done by people, and the number of jobs (especially for unskilled workers which are more easy to replace by maschines) would tend to rise. |
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Jeff Potter wrote:
Remember, this is a world where prosecutors and lawyers easily win cases regarding hot coffee and hayride tumbles (I just heard this one locally). A car hitting someone should be a BIG problem for any driver. Crazy to think that it's not. The difference is simple: If you go after McDonnalds for selling too hot coffee, none of the members of the jury will be affected, as they don't sell coffee. If you go after a reckless car driver, all of the jury members are affected, as they all drive cars. And they will protect the a****** so as not to set a precedent against themselfs. As a friend from the legal profession once told me: If the normal laws regarding manslaughter, recless killing, grievous bodily harm and so on were applied to car drivers, we would all land in jail, because we all drive cars. The result of that attitude: A car driver slams into a group of pedestrians at a zebra crossing, killing a child in the process. Punishment: a 250 British Pound (approx. 400 USD) fine! |
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