On Mon, 25 Oct 2004 18:11:32 GMT, "Calif Bill"
wrote:


"Bob" wrote in message


lets see...we've had 4 years of the GOP.

I have no health insurance
I have no job

the semiconductor industry is dead. there is no retraining.

yeah the GOP cares for working americans.
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The Semiconductor industry has always been cyclic!

This is more than cyclic. it's a structural change like the steel
industry. the semiconductor industry in the US is not coming back.

You have COBRA available
to you. Take another job. May not be as high paying, or you might have to
work harder, but it will tide you over during your search for another good
paying job. And if you think, that I am full of crap, I have been through 7
layoffs, since 1979. Both big and little companies. 4 of them startups.
You do what you have to do to keep your home and health together.

i'm getting out of engineering and going into a second career.

Have the
wife work. She may only make $10 / hour at a clerk job, but still brings in
income. Blaming your woes on the GOP is avoiding responsibility.

no, it's not. i'm not asking for the moon. i'm asking for decent
unemployment, and training, and for health care. hardly pie in the sky
requests.

ford paid no taxes last year, nor did GM. why should i have to when
they don't? why do they get tax breaks i don't?

I have
been laid off under both GOP and DEM Presidencies, and Congresses. The
Semiconductor business is one of the worse run industries around.

THAT is true. it's horrible and i'm getting the hell out. and i advise
all young engineers to do the same.

Disk
Drives are about the only high tech industry run worse. Look into the
40plus organization for job search and interview and networking help.
http://www.40plus.org/
Good luck in your job search.
Bill



thanks bill...i'll check it out.
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