Posted on 03/04/2008 11:51:20 AM PST by central_va
Boeing needn’t worry - their new plants in China will have no trouble finding workers. ;)
Dismantle the teachers union. That should fix it.
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Free Trade( no such thing) is actually surrendering one’s sovereignty one job at time.
Those old “buggy whip” builders now working importing Asian crap can do the job. But what about the America’s next generation?
We just aborted about 50 million people in the last 35 years.
That’s where our defense workers went - down the disposal in the local NARAL-PlannedParenthood extermination death camp.
How about freedom of choice concerning US educational options? Forcing kids to go to failing schools with crappy teachers that can’t be fired.
...and is recruiting high school students to shadow Lockheed workers on the job.
OK, kid, I'm going into the vault now. You sit out here and keep out of trouble until lunch time. I'll take you to lunch and then when we come back you can sit here until closing time. (Not very many high school kids have their clearance yet.)
Being and engineer for LMCO I can see why so few new engineers want to work here.... The benefits are always taking a hit, the pay scales suck by comparison, the management treats us like crap, the Government treats us worse. I could go on and on... the upshot is that unless business practices change for defense contractors... they will become extinct. Simple attrition will start, and as they pile more and more work on those who remain and pay them less and less while treating us as servants more of us will leave to sell insurance. At least there we might get a little respect for the time and effort it takes to get a engineering degree.
If we put a dem in the WH, we’re going to have a defense worker surplus. There won’t be jobs, because the defense budget will be slashed to ribbons.
Good point.
Obama’s already announced his solution for this: cut defense spending to only veterans benefits.
Yep, that’s my take too. Pay them and they will come. Or, stop phasing out the 40 yo workers in favor of lower paid 25 yo workers.
Eees okay, senor. I can beeeld you some goood weaponns. Si?
You got it! Plus between HR and Safety regs, the people who’s job it is to make sure nothing is getting done are winning.
All of those things...........plus the requirement of previous military experience. Not everyone has such experience, but without it getting even an entry level position, regardless of other experience, is impossible.
That's an insult to insurance salesmen everywhere. :)
A lot of that is micromanaged through the RFP process.
There’s that, also.
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