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WorldNetDaily ^ | April 16, 2004 | Ilana Mercer

[Toddsterpatriot]

XBob seems to think going from $20 to $100 is an increase of 500%.

[XBob]

http://www.bls.gov/news.release/empsit.nr0.htm

In March, the number of persons who worked part time for economic reasons
increased to 4.7 million, about the same level as in January. These indivi-
duals indicated that they would like to work full time but were working part
time because their hours had been cut back or because they were unable to
find full-time jobs. (See table A-5.)


Persons Not in the Labor Force (Household Survey Data)

The number of persons who were marginally attached to the labor force
totaled 1.6 million in March, about the same as a year earlier. (Data are not
seasonally adjusted.) These individuals wanted and were available to work and
had looked for a job sometime in the prior 12 months. They were not counted
as unemployed, however, because they did not actively search for work in the
4 weeks preceding the survey. There were 514,000 discouraged workers in March,
also about the same as a year earlier. Discouraged workers, a subset of the
marginally attached, were not currently looking for work specifically because
they believed no jobs were available for them. The other 1.1 million margin-
ally attached had not searched for work for reasons such as school or family
responsibilities. (See table A-13.)

Within the leisure and hospitality sector, employment in food services and
drinking places increased by 27,000 over the month and by 186,000 over the
year.

Manufacturing employment was unchanged in March at 14.3 million. Declines
in manufacturing employment began moderating late last summer. Employment in
both durable and nondurable goods manufacturing was little changed in March.

Employment in a number of other industries edged up in March, including
transportation and warehousing (13,000), utilities (2,000), and government
(31,000). Within government, the March job gain was concentrated in state
and local education.

[XBob]

142 - Ah yes, the government industry, particularly education:

"Employment in a number of other industries edged up in March, including
transportation and warehousing (13,000), utilities (2,000), and government
(31,000). Within government, the March job gain was concentrated in state
and local education. "

[Dec31,1999]

So who is, or would you think is the best Conservative candidate, then, for the present and the future? Not being nearly as well versed as you in history, and having read your posts, I assume you promote George W. Bush as the next president of the United States of America. Have I got that right?

[FR_addict]

Thank you for your thoughtful post.

It seems to me the entertainment business is also filling kids head with fluff. Every little girl wants to be a Brittany Spears now. They don't want to be nurses, doctors, engineers. Everyone has to have the latest fad clothes and accessories.

Our hi-tech and manufacturing jobs have all but disappeared. And those construction jobs are going to the illegal workers. I think some people have rose colored glasses on. This country is being sold out by the big corporations.

People used to be loyal to the companies they worked for. In the last 10 years, it's the hi-tech companies who have sold their employees. There's some sort of shell game going on. One compnay buys another so that their bottom dollar can include the new company's revenue. Then it is sold again and again. When the purchase goes through, layoffs follow.

[XBob]

145 - "There's some sort of shell game going on. "

Boy you got that right, and it's the free-traitors who are the complicit idiots in free-raping corporations destroying the future of our country

[Toddsterpatriot]

One compnay buys another so that their bottom dollar can include the new company's revenue. Then it is sold again and again. When the purchase goes through, layoffs follow.

So, you would stop the owner of a company from firing employees?

[neutrino]

So, you would stop the owner of a company from firing employees?

The owner(s) of a public company are the shareholders. Unfortunately, many of the true owners - the people who's money is invested and at risk, don't get to vote!.

A great many shares are owned through mutual funds and pension funds - and all they care about is the next quarter's earnings.

By all means, let the owners start making decisions - instead of the high-flying CEO's who claim to act in their name while robbing the actual owners blind.

[Toddsterpatriot]

The owner(s) of a public company are the shareholders. Unfortunately, many of the true owners - the people who's money is invested and at risk, don't get to vote!.

That's a great idea to create jobs in America. Make all hiring decisions thru the vote. How long would that take? It would create lots of jobs in the paper industry!!

[Porterville]

Ah, are you finding out that you are a communist? You know, denial is the first step, eventually you will accept your red-ways.... are you sure you want to vote Republican with your leftist belief system about jobs?....It seems you'd favor Kerry.... I mean, with your beliefs and all.

[Porterville]

"Communism... for the jobs, and the worker"

[XBob]

Who should I contact to buy your job and then fire you, the good old capitalist way?

[cyborg]

http://mentalmumblings.blogspot.com/
I found a good article about the origins of outsourcing.

[sarcasm]

Seems that your knowledge of history is as poor as your spelling. The "free trade" policy which you support was traditionally the dogma of the left. Why am I not surprised that a self-acknowledged leech has aligned himself with the policies of FDR and LBJ.

[FR_addict]

I don't see anyplace where I said that companies couldn't fire employees.

I mentioned the trend where companies are swallowing up other companies to prop up their real numbers. By adding the revenue from the new companies into the total revenue, it makes the company look a lot better. The amount paid for these companies are listed elsewhere in the financial statements. Shell games are going on in many of these large companies. One company whose stock went from 125 to 13 just before 9/11 is still at 13. They bought a company for $400,000,000 million before 9/11 and touted how great the addition would be to the company. Within a year after buying this company, they threw the whole product line away and laid off everyone connected with it. During this time, they sent a big chunk of the software development to India while telling the stockholders how well the company would do. Three years later and many shell games later, the company is still at 13. But never fear the CEO and other top guys got their huge bonuses and then some, while most of the employees haven't had a raise in three years. Everyone is keeping their head down, so it doesn't get chopped. Problems are going unreported to make unrealistic schedules in the tech industry. Managers don't want to hear about problems, only that the schedule is met. The managers are trying to protect their jobs too. The quality is non- existent in many of the highly touted new products.

It's time for the shareholders to wake up and "fire" these good for nothing CEOs. They are not going after long term solutions to problems, but short term solutions so that they can continue to receive their huge bonuses long enough to retire as multi-millionaires.

[neutrino]

That's a great idea to create jobs in America. Make all hiring decisions thru the vote.

That's a nice misdirection. I'd rate it a 5.3 on a scale of 1 to 10. Make it less obvious and you might even make it to a 6.0!

[Porterville]

I know, you are a self proclaimed genius speller and historian... and you try to side step issues by being a grammar-marm.... no big deal, just shows how little truth is contained in the base of your fractured argument. And then, a communist like yourself, attacks a person for using financial aid, but rallies for the right of the laborer, the right of the people, the right of Mother Russia!!! I know, communism is a state of heart, not of mind... you genius speller-historian, you..

[sarcasm]

attacks a person for using financial aid,

Welfare for the leeches.

[Porterville]

[Porterville]

It is alright, call me whatever you want, I am use to liberals being elitist...