Posted by Pops1532 on March 09, 2014 at 09:54:50 from (98.227.133.60):
In Reply to: RE:Deleted post posted by oldtanker on March 09, 2014 at 05:02:19:
When I was in school in the 70's there was a big push towards college prep classes. By the mid 90's most area high schools had abandoned their industrial arts programs.
It's true that there has been a shift towards jobs that require a college education, but in my opinion the educational system has done a disservice to the kids.
Yes, many if not most teachers are in their own little world.
Unemployment compensation didn't used to be a government hand out. It was a short term safety net paid for by employers.
I don't begrudge anyone that loses their job drawing unemployment insurance for a short time while they find other employment, but the system they have in place now is nothing more than politics.
As for Walmart needing to be broken up, and about their wages. There are plenty of reasons to not like Walmart and some of their business practices. I know several people that work at Walmart. It's true that their entry level wages are low, but they are comparable to what other retail companies pay their entry level workers. Judging by the people I know that work or have worked there, Walmart rewards those with a strong work ethic with decent compensation and benefits while those with a poor work ethic are stuck in their entry level position or bounce from one low paying job to the next.
I'm not sure the feds would break up Walmart because of their share of the food market. The margin in retail groceries is razor thin.
There are three Walmarts in this county. Combined I doubt if they have 20% of the market in food. Clothes and household goods sure, but not groceries.
Low wages and subsidies. That's a good point but I don't see raising the minimum wage as a way to reduce subsidies.
There is little or no incentive for those receiving various forms of assistance to improve their situation. Except for those with certain disabilities that need assistance, most of the people getting some form of aid are doing so because they lack the motivation to better their situation.
There was a guy on another forum that lost his high paying factory job. If I remember correctly he was a machinist. His unemployment benefits were $400 a week. He had some job offers in the $15-18 an hour range. He refused to take those jobs because he could draw more on unemployment. There was even some kind of day care allowance for his kids he could have gotten than would have put him slightly over the $20 mark. He finally admitted he didn't take those jobs because they weren't union. The guy refused to take a job where he would have had to commute. He refused to relocate. The guy had all kinds of excuses why he couldn't or wouldn't take jobs that were offered to him. It all went back to the $400 a week he was drawing, plus he was getting other government assistance with food and I think heat. There were jobs, good jobs, but not as good as what he had. Tough. That's sometimes the reality of life. The thing keeping him from taking those jobs was the so called safety net.
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