Does anyone really think it is possible to be at 75% unemployment?
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Technology killing middle class jobs
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I can't access the link on my mobile device, yet I will make an initial comment about the impact of technology on our economy. The internet in particular has likely taken a heavy toll on the middle class. The internet has greatly accelerated the race to the bottom on prices in my opinion, which has erased the margins that would otherwise support middle class jobs (particularly of the manufacturing variety). Anyway, this is just my non-economist opinion.
countries with large populations of young, undereducated, and jobless people tend to devolve into anarchy. just sayin
Technology is always evolving. Those items that were the latest fad when I was a teenager (i.e. the transistor radio) are so obsolete now you can't find them anymore. That said, there's nothing written that says the under-educated have to remain so.
If a person expects to advance in their chosen field, and in some cases to even remain viable within it, it is his/her responsibility to become more educated so that he/she can advance along with that evolution.
Only the most ignorant among us would expect technology to stand still so that we don't have to put forth any effort to keep up.
If a person expects to advance in their chosen field, and in some cases to even remain viable within it, it is his/her responsibility to become more educated so that he/she can advance along with that evolution.
Only the most ignorant among us would expect technology to stand still so that we don't have to put forth any effort to keep up.
Other industries pick up when others drop off. Trust me, I work in the IT industry, and I've been in high enough demand that one company paid me a $5000 bonus to move to the mid-west, and another doubled my previous salary to come to Virginia.
I'm sure some jobs are going to go away... but others evolve and even others are created. The newer jobs require special skills and education.
I feel bad for those that are older and have been doing the same thing for 30+ years; however, my father got out of college in the 70s and he worked with computers until his retirement a few years ago. He changed with the times, and so can others.
I'm sure some jobs are going to go away... but others evolve and even others are created. The newer jobs require special skills and education.
I feel bad for those that are older and have been doing the same thing for 30+ years; however, my father got out of college in the 70s and he worked with computers until his retirement a few years ago. He changed with the times, and so can others.
The automobile put the horse and buggy out of business. Electric lights put a lot of candle makers out of business. Jets put ocean liners out of business. Video killed the radio star. More to come...
It's clear that technology is always moving forward but in most of the examples ITT are single industries being pointed out. The new age tech. is being used by almost all industries and killing jobs much faster than creating them. The tech. is the new automobile and human labor is the new horse.
Most of our manufacturing jobs have been replaced with service industry jobs....
Right now the problem isn't lack of jobs it's the red tape and financial clamp down by the Feds.
Loosen those and there will be plenty of jobs.
Oh, and please quit taxing me at every turn....it's getting old
Right now the problem isn't lack of jobs it's the red tape and financial clamp down by the Feds.
Loosen those and there will be plenty of jobs.
Oh, and please quit taxing me at every turn....it's getting old
We're not there yet, but there will come a time when much of the middle-class work force is replaced by computers / automation. it is what it is. Buggy-whip manufacturers had to find new jobs, too.
And there lies the problem. They "HAD TO" find new jobs or they died. Today's unemployed have a hammock to catch them and provide them enough trinkets to keep them pacified. I'm not saying that is true for all, but a significant number will not pick themselves up by the bootstrap. They are more than content to hop in the buggy and let the rest of us pull it. We're running out of horses as the buggy gets more and more crowded.
I didn't want to use myself or my own experiences as an example. However let me explain how they are a prime example of my previous post.
When I started in my industry, all the games were of electro-mechanical design and operation. In the late 1970's that was superseded by solid state. Analog devices were replaced with digital devices that did the same job, but faster and more efficiently.
If I did not put forth effort in educating myself as to the newest designs, operations and the components they use, I would have been left behind decades ago. Instead I am constantly watching what is coming up next so that I can remain viable in my industry. That is the only way I can hope to provide adequate service and thus remain on top of my customers "call list" when that service is needed.
I don't feel sorry for people who have been doing the same thing for 30+ years, as I am in that category. I feel sorry for those who have been left behind because they refuse to keep up with technological advances in their chosen fields.
At the turn of the previous century (1899-1900), I believe over half the population worked on farms. Times change, needs change. It would be wise to be willing to adapt and compete, for those who can will end up better off than the ones waiting on Washington to fix their lives for them.
So then the high unemployment is not Bush's fault but instead the fault of the inventor of the Internet, Al Gore.
Look will all know that Obama inherited an economy with zero percent unemployment, a 20 trillion dollar surplus in cash, and the U.S. was not involved in any conflict anywhere in the world. He then totally destroyed the U.S. in four years.
Okay now what about the fact that technology is killing jobs in almost every industry faster than it is creating them?
Okay now what about the fact that technology is killing jobs in almost every industry faster than it is creating them?
I know there are exceptions to the rule, but for many people who are getting older its not so easy to keep up with whatever is changing in their field.
For example, my son has to help his granny program her cell phone and TV remote.
Should we just tell her to go suck it, she should have kept up?
For example, my son has to help his granny program her cell phone and TV remote.
Should we just tell her to go suck it, she should have kept up?
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