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<blockquote data-quote="klmno" data-source="post: 319189" data-attributes="member: 3699"><p>Interesting. You did remind me that I am sure out-sourcing plays a role in this- which would be businesses (at least in my profession) hiring overseas people to do cheaper labor. I remember a few years ago thinking about this- I was in the mid-level area of the "ladder" in my field but had always "known" that if worse came to worse at some point, I could work for people doing "lower level" work in my field, which would still be better than min wage and tie me over until I found something available for someone with more experience. Then, companies started hiring companies from India, where they had never even met a single person from the company, to do this sort of work. It left us Americans SOL, the quality of work went down, the businesses lost work. It's not the only cause of our problems, but it sure hasn't helped. I think that's what you were mentioning, too, EW.</p><p></p><p>Really, any economic system has good points until taken to extreme- I think ours was taken to extreme and I'm concerned about how on eaarth we can ever get it turned around again. I think a lot of Americans (myself included) would be willing to sacrafice mjore and work or do whatever it takes to get the economy back on a good track, but no one knows what to do at this point.</p><p></p><p>I had always hoped to work for myself someday but wanted to wait until difficult child was grown due to the financial risk. Being that he's incarcerated and I was unemployed, this year would have been a great time to start that. But, the companies I would need to work for are already struggling to keep there in-house employees busy and there are a tono of people in my shoes trying to "contract" whatever work they can- and not getting any.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="klmno, post: 319189, member: 3699"] Interesting. You did remind me that I am sure out-sourcing plays a role in this- which would be businesses (at least in my profession) hiring overseas people to do cheaper labor. I remember a few years ago thinking about this- I was in the mid-level area of the "ladder" in my field but had always "known" that if worse came to worse at some point, I could work for people doing "lower level" work in my field, which would still be better than min wage and tie me over until I found something available for someone with more experience. Then, companies started hiring companies from India, where they had never even met a single person from the company, to do this sort of work. It left us Americans SOL, the quality of work went down, the businesses lost work. It's not the only cause of our problems, but it sure hasn't helped. I think that's what you were mentioning, too, EW. Really, any economic system has good points until taken to extreme- I think ours was taken to extreme and I'm concerned about how on eaarth we can ever get it turned around again. I think a lot of Americans (myself included) would be willing to sacrafice mjore and work or do whatever it takes to get the economy back on a good track, but no one knows what to do at this point. I had always hoped to work for myself someday but wanted to wait until difficult child was grown due to the financial risk. Being that he's incarcerated and I was unemployed, this year would have been a great time to start that. But, the companies I would need to work for are already struggling to keep there in-house employees busy and there are a tono of people in my shoes trying to "contract" whatever work they can- and not getting any. [/QUOTE]
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