On Sun, 31 Aug 2008 15:33:47 -0400, Wayne.B
wrote:

On Sun, 31 Aug 2008 13:43:22 -0500, Vic Smith
wrote:

The good jobs for American kids are in hi-tech, not running a screw
gun on an assembly line. That requires education and training of
course.

Bull****.

What part do you disagree with and why ?

Pretty much what I said to Reggie.
I have a totally different philosophy than you and him on physical
labor and need to keep production of goods here.
I also have seen my last company take the position on our high-tech
(bleeding edge IT) jobs going automatically to an Indian vendor.
A returning Iraq vet's resume would automatically go in the round
file.
We can't sustain our strength without good jobs here.
We're going downhill.
When I was blue collar many of the guys were sending their kids to
college because they could afford to. That's going downhill.
Just different philosophies.
If people here get deeper in debt, and can't find decent jobs,
you're talking social unrest.
Why not prevent that from happening?
Anyway, I value *every* job, and respect it.
It's all complicated and any argument can be countered, so I
don't want to get more into it.
Let the winds be our guide.
I have faith in the responsiveness of our political system.
Slow, but they usually get it right in the end.

--Vic