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Originally Posted by kane
What do you think could be done to help grow the number of mid-range and higher paying jobs?
It seems like the recession killed a lot of them and those companies that have come back or have been created since the recession are taking those jobs off shores.
There actually are a decent number of mid-range jobs out there that can't be filled. The last I read there were roughly 3 million jobs that companies can't fill because people are no longer going to trade schools to become plumbers, mechanics, welders etc.
So not only have we seen a shift in the type of jobs created, we have seen a shift in how people choose to educate themselves for the job market. Instead of encouraging kids to learn a trade they are encouraged to go to college then they graduate with a useless liberal arts degree and a ton of debt.
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That is part of the problem, I'm sure. I can do anything with electrical, I can run 110, 220 and 440 3 phase. I can weld with gas, stick, mig and I did get a little practice in with tig. I can build a store front and install an automatic door, I have installed elevators, I have run black iron 4 inch pipe for a hydraulic elevator and made all the welds. I have worked on drill rigs. I can run a lathe and a mill. Hell, last weekend, I helped to lay some tile for a friend. When the people that are doing it now retire, we will be fucked because the big push is for higher education when getting a trade is always good to fall back on.
Hard to push for a trade when all the big companies are looking to relocate or you can be out bid by a company using illegal aliens as a work force
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Carbon is not the problem, it makes up 0.041% of our atmosphere , 95% of that is from Volcanos and decomposing plants and stuff. So people in the US are responsible for 13% of the carbon in the atmosphere which 95% is not from Humans, like cars and trucks and stuff and they want to spend trillions to fix it while Solar Panel plants are powered by coal plants
think about that