[RockyMtnMan]

Checkers pay no taxes and probably only have a high school education (or are retirees). They also have little to zero disposable income and invest hardly anything. I would not compare the net loss to an engineer that probably pays more in taxes than they make all year and puts money into a 401k account.

[Dane]

Checkers pay no taxes and probably only have a high school education (or are retirees). They also have little to zero disposable income and invest hardly anything. I would not compare the net loss to an engineer that probably pays more in taxes than they make all year and puts money into a 401k account.

They actually do pay payroll taxes, but I get your gist, there should only protection for the guilded IT worker, even though technology and globalization is effecting everybody for good(savings for the companies) and bad(some IT workers losing there jobs).

BTW, if you were the owner of the company, wouldn't you try to cut the costs of your company, such as many people try to get the most bang out there buck, when they comparison shop.

[DearAbby]

Perhaps you forget the retirees paid their dues in taxes and 401K. Rather than sit on their duffs or become couch potatoes, they are out after 30 or 40 years of contributions to the workforce.

It is not the retirees that are hurting the workforce. It is Industry wanting to make a HUGH profit; so they fire their best and send everything overseas.

To me, it is highway TREASON!! The Industry should be working for this country, not foreigners to make a hugh profit margin. The gov't should be stopping our industries from taking away from our own people, who without them, the industries would not function.

I'm sick of seeing hard working people, being loyal to a company, get shelved because companies want to stuff more money in their pockets and to HELL with loyal, hard working people.

[AndyJackson]

Checkers pay no taxes and probably only have a high school education (or are retirees). They also have little to zero disposable income and invest hardly anything. I would not compare the net loss to an engineer that probably pays more in taxes than they make all year and puts money into a 401k account.

Don't start a class warfare in job protection. It makes Republicans look mean and if you look at the numbers it is a losing proposition.