[PLUG-TALK] Fair Use, etc.
Jeme A Brelin
jeme at brelin.net
Fri Mar 29 05:21:53 UTC 2002
On Thu, 28 Mar 2002, Russ Johnson wrote:
> >If there are more jobs than people, why is there unemployment?
>
> Several possibilities come to mind.
>
> It boils down to, "One is waiting for the "Right job". "
If it boiled down to that, there wouldn't be "economic indicators" that
showed when employment was going to rise again. It would merely be a
social movement based on the whimsy of the workers.
Heck, we could have a "feel good about your job" campaign and that, alone,
should solve the unemployment problem.
Let's see, in the greater Portland area, there are about 30,000 unemployed
people. How many pages of ads in The Oregonian would that be?
> > > Maybe not what you want to do, but there are other jobs out there.
> > > Otherwise, the help wanted section of the newspaper would dry up.
> >
> >Just because there are jobs available doesn't mean there aren't MORE
> >people looking for work.
> >
> >And we're talking about a class of people that have limited skills and
> >leisure time. They don't have a free hand with which to grab their own
> >bootstraps.
>
> How do you know the later any more than we know the former?
I don't understand that sentence or to what it refers.
> > > If there are more jobs than workers, then it's not hard to find
> > > another job.
> >
> >Again, read what I wrote. Not just ANOTHER job, but a BETTER job.
>
> If you aren't happy in your current job, another job, paying the same
> wages, just may be better.
So these people working two to four food service jobs coming to 70 or 80
hours a week are just too lazy to find better work. I see.
Apparently you think it's impossible for a capitalist to exploit his
wealth at the expense of his employees.
J.
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