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There's already a Raw Foods/Buy Locally Grown Movement--see Michael Pollan's "In Defense of Food."
plan? I kind of remember years ago Oregon was putting together a Universal State plan or something. Can you try for it or is that the OMIP?
they want to know. Because if they knew, they could be twisted into telling what they know or knew.
This way if they never had the stats, with a straight face they can say..I don't know.
by economic sector since the start of the recession.
It's construction and manufacturing that have been nailed. Job losses in the financial sector are low, and employment is steady in education and health services. Government employment is up most everywhere.
Falling sectors need to be target for stimulus, but we've dumped billions into the financial sector.
When I say "worker shortage", it is completely sarcastic. It's been proved many times, there is not only not a worker shortage, there is a worker glut and this is in the STEM occupational areas (techies).
You are absolutely right, they will not hire older workers, want to pay next to nothing in wages and is some sectors it is illegal workers preferred.
explain away insider trading, foreknowledge of TARP fundage coming that way, approval of Goldman to turn into a bank to receive said TARP funds, all after the stock went into that tank ... and just call that "good timing".
It has always been about class warfare.
The revolving door conflict of interest is so often explained away....
Ya gotta watch those press releases that are timed to be coincident with "big" news...i.e. the stress test "results".
I think with Bank failure Friday we all know about press releases issued at 5pm on Fridays but this is another trick.
Thank God for all of you guys and the blogs else we would be truly running blind on what is going on!
When you use the phrase "labor shortage" or "talent shortage" you're speaking in a sentence fragment. What you actually have to say is: "There is a labor shortage at the salary level I'm willing to pay." That statement is the correct phrase; the complete sentence, the intellectually honest statement.
If you start raising your wages and improving working conditions, and continue to do so, eventually you'll have people lining up around the block to work for you even if you need to have huge piles of steaming manure hand-scooped on a blazing summer afternoon.
Re: Shortage due to retirees: With the majority of retirement accounts down about 50% or more, people entering retirement age are being forced to work well into their sunset years. So, you won’t be getting a worker shortage anytime soon due to retirees exiting the workforce.
If your job requires training and/or certification, again, raise your wages and improve benefits! You’ll incentivize people to self-fund their education so that they can enter the industry in a work-ready state. The attractive wages, working conditions and career prospects of technology during the 1980’s and 1990’s was a prime example of people’s willingness to fund their own education.
Thanks to modern advertising. Makes me wonder what would happen if a group of archiologists and foodies started a native foods movement.
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Executive compensation is inversely proportional to morality and ethics.
They are so darn big. Sometimes I think I am living in a weird SciFi movie where the Mega Corps tell us how to think, what to eat, etc.
The railroad had to stop at the ocean. NOTHING can stop today's WTO-fortified MegaCorp.
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Executive compensation is inversely proportional to morality and ethics.
Last weekend me and my son watched a show (History channel I think) about the Coal Miners in Appalachia and their little war.
We have some things going on today, things I have ranted about for ...oh say, about 25 years. Those are mega corporations. Mega Corporations have power as quasi government entities and use power like the old Railroad barons.
After all, the initial recession for the Great Depression ended in 1933.
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Executive compensation is inversely proportional to morality and ethics.
And after BSBC, Healthnet, and Providence turned me down for their so-called "guaranteed" plans, I'm turning to the provider of last resort, OMIP (Oregon Medical Insurance Pool). They *might* have an option for me, if I can submit enough paperwork to prove I can't get insurance any other way.
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Executive compensation is inversely proportional to morality and ethics.
Then fraud becomes the most profitable business plan.
I think that's what we're seeing here.
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Executive compensation is inversely proportional to morality and ethics.
But NDD's post was so positive that I felt it necessary to have an equal article to offset it.
Which is the reason I ended up deleting my blog posting. NOBODY- not the SBA, not the IRS, certainly not BLS who only deals with businesses of >=1 employee, is tracking 1099-misc contractors.
It's the black market of labor. I know of at least one case where a janitorial firm in Portland got away with paying less than half minimum wage by making all of their employees 1099-misc.
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Executive compensation is inversely proportional to morality and ethics.
and it works fine for me.
I have enough in my HSA account that basically I have first dollar coverage. The difference is that instead of paying the extra money to the insurance company for them to set up a reserve account, I paid it to my account.
We have seen how badly the American people handled their personal credit and financial situations. Sadly I would guess that the normal American could never manage an HSA. They would never put any money in it. Instead you would find that nice 50 inch LCD TV hanging from their wall.
BTW ...don't feel punished. In reality I think a company that has over 50 (maybe 100) employees they must have a plan that has even more mandated benefits (higher cost). So you and me with individual policies will be paying less than that mandated plan.
The senior center that I volunteer to play piano has a real great deal for a certain doctor. Every two weeks the doctor sends someone to cut some senior toenails. The cost is $100 for each clip and guess who gets billed? Medicare. Since Medicare has a very, very minimal fraud or claim review system, the claims get paid. Great deal for the old doctor bad deal for the taxpayers. If it weren't for the tort system, I would cut the darn toenails for $25 a clip and still be a happy camper.
Maybe one of us should take all of these as links and then combine them into one blog post.
I'm finding these numbers really not good but the biggest is the overall trend of "work erosion" in terms of the type of employment, the hours, the wages, the absurd productivity levels, etc.
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