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Bill Baka
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Steven M. Scharf wrote:
> Bill Baka wrote:
>
>> I used to be one of them. 9/11 changed all that combined with the kiss
>> Chinas ass that seems to be Bushs agenda.
>
>
> You are attributing too much of the loss of high paying jobs to China.
> For example, auto exports to the U.S. from China are zero, the high to
> low paying job transistion was mainly from the U.S. to Mexico (by the
> big 2.5), and at the same time, there was a high to high transition from
> Japan to the U.S., as the big Japanese manufacturers moved a lot of
> production to the U.S.
>
> India has claimed many of the U.S. jobs from Silicon Valley. Neither
> Mexico nor India are Communist countries. Taiwan was no better than
> China in terms of human rights under Chiang Kai Shek and the Kuomintang,
> it's only in the last twenty years that democracy has taken hold in Taiwan.
>
> It's also the mindset of successful U.S. companies to make massive job
> cuts if profits don't meet expectations, which leaves them vulnerable
> when there is an upturn and they can't meet demand.
>
> And as pointed out earlier, the Bush/Republican policy of not pursuing
> antitrust violations makes it extremely difficult for smaller companies
> to ever get a toehold in certain markets.
>
> I am still one of those Democrats the poster referred to, but maybe not
> for long. It's time to retire anyway!
>
So I go from a 6 figure job as a control systems and test equipment
designer to flipping hamburgers? Are those the new jobs Bush is talking
about? Off shoring has taken away a lot of the telephone support jobs
and programming (India), where manufacturing has gone to China. I guess
Bush doesn't care about child labor as long as it is in China.
My other gripe is the H1-B visas granted to foreigners, thus displacing
citizens like myself. After a few years of soaking up all the technical
data they can then it is back home to help their country compete with
us. There never has been an engineering shortage, just a shortage of
ones who will work 12 hour days at substandard wages.
Side note. I was in Santa Clara a few years back and Taco Bell had a
sign on their door that they were looking for counter people and
offering $12.00/hr. Anywhere else it is strictly minimum wage.
Bill Baka
> Bill Baka wrote:
>
>> I used to be one of them. 9/11 changed all that combined with the kiss
>> Chinas ass that seems to be Bushs agenda.
>
>
> You are attributing too much of the loss of high paying jobs to China.
> For example, auto exports to the U.S. from China are zero, the high to
> low paying job transistion was mainly from the U.S. to Mexico (by the
> big 2.5), and at the same time, there was a high to high transition from
> Japan to the U.S., as the big Japanese manufacturers moved a lot of
> production to the U.S.
>
> India has claimed many of the U.S. jobs from Silicon Valley. Neither
> Mexico nor India are Communist countries. Taiwan was no better than
> China in terms of human rights under Chiang Kai Shek and the Kuomintang,
> it's only in the last twenty years that democracy has taken hold in Taiwan.
>
> It's also the mindset of successful U.S. companies to make massive job
> cuts if profits don't meet expectations, which leaves them vulnerable
> when there is an upturn and they can't meet demand.
>
> And as pointed out earlier, the Bush/Republican policy of not pursuing
> antitrust violations makes it extremely difficult for smaller companies
> to ever get a toehold in certain markets.
>
> I am still one of those Democrats the poster referred to, but maybe not
> for long. It's time to retire anyway!
>
So I go from a 6 figure job as a control systems and test equipment
designer to flipping hamburgers? Are those the new jobs Bush is talking
about? Off shoring has taken away a lot of the telephone support jobs
and programming (India), where manufacturing has gone to China. I guess
Bush doesn't care about child labor as long as it is in China.
My other gripe is the H1-B visas granted to foreigners, thus displacing
citizens like myself. After a few years of soaking up all the technical
data they can then it is back home to help their country compete with
us. There never has been an engineering shortage, just a shortage of
ones who will work 12 hour days at substandard wages.
Side note. I was in Santa Clara a few years back and Taco Bell had a
sign on their door that they were looking for counter people and
offering $12.00/hr. Anywhere else it is strictly minimum wage.
Bill Baka