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Walmart says it will kill plans to build 3 new stores if DC wage bill passes

NIMBY said:
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Which is why Virginia keeps electing rogues to the statehouse. FYI, they still start each AM with great stories. They haven't infected my iPhone yet, that I know of. Dem Senate women in NC, GA, LA, and KY for starters could be a real story next year. That's from Linc.
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We shall see.:peace
 
Misterveritis said:
Do you believe the hard core unemployed require less government/taxpayer largess than those who work?
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Who are the hard core unemployed you refer to? Do you have any in your state of AL? Does your state take in more from the Feds than it gives back? Thought so. Try this. Imagine a Union and a Confederacy fighting WW II.
 
NIMBY said:
Until RepubLies are in control again--meanwhile the Country's economy looks more like an hourglass each day--with far less at the top and a dwindling middle
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Greetings, NIMBY! :2wave:

Hourglass is a great analogy! :thumbs: But I thought that the current complaints are that there is too much at the top, which is why higher taxes are being called for from that group. I agree that the middle is being squeezed, though! :shock:
 
NIMBY said:
Who are the hard core unemployed you refer to?
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I refer to all of them, of course.

Do you have any in your state of AL?
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Certainly.

Does your state take in more from the Feds than it gives back?
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Of course. Given the defense industry in Alabama it makes sense, doesn't it? Huntsville is home to Redstone Arsonel, several PEOs and many defense programs. We also had a large contingent of NASA employees until NASA was sacrificed by Obama. This state has shipbuilding facilities as well.

Thought so. Try this. Imagine a Union and a Confederacy fighting WW II.
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Why?
 
polgara said:
Greetings, NIMBY! :2wave:

Hourglass is a great analogy! :thumbs: But I thought that the current complaints are that there is too much at the top, which is why higher taxes are being called for from that group. I agree that the middle is being squeezed, though! :shock:
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If speaking of shapes, I'd prefer the economy have a 38-26-36 to what we have now. It astounds me people complain of a 40% tax rate at the top, or any taxes at all, when the top paid 90% during IKE's time. I enjoy the _________ of this Great Nation and don't mind paying for it.
 
NIMBY said:
If speaking of shapes, I'd prefer the economy have a 38-26-36 to what we have now. It astounds me people complain of a 40% tax rate at the top, or any taxes at all, when the top paid 90% during IKE's time. I enjoy the _________ of this Great Nation and don't mind paying for it.
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Most women wouldn't mind having the measurements you quoted, either! :sigh: :mrgreen:
 
Misterveritis said:
Of course. Given the defense industry in Alabama it makes sense, doesn't it? Huntsville is home to Redstone Arsonel, several PEOs and many defense programs. We also had a large contingent of NASA employees until NASA was sacrificed by Obama. This state has shipbuilding facilities as well.
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You think Defense and whining about Obama/NASA is all their is? You left out all of your domestic and corporate welfare. Try looking at what Reagan/Bush-41 transferred from Blue to Red states in their 12 years.
 
Misterveritis said:
Why?
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If Obama wore a Repub label and a pale face, you wouldn't know the difference between him and moderate Repubs, a growing wing again. Those of us north of the 40th parallel are also fed up. With your constant SECession yapping and sabotage Obama/formerly Repub ideas.
 
iacardsfan said:
53% of Recent College Grads Are Jobless or Underemployed—How? - Jordan Weissmann - The Atlantic
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From your link:

"That said, not all degrees are created equal. The AP reports that students who graduated out of the sciences or other technical fields, such as accounting, were much less likely to be jobless or underemployed than humanities and arts graduates. You know that old saw about how college is just about getting a fancy piece of paper? Not true. For an education to be worth anything these days, it needs to impart skills. "
 
NIMBY said:
If Obama wore a Repub label and a pale face, you wouldn't know the difference between him and moderate Repubs, a growing wing again. Those of us north of the 40th parallel are also fed up. With your constant SECession yapping and sabotage Obama/formerly Repub ideas.
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Seriously? You're actually going to claim he's moderate? Clinton was moderate, Bush was moderate, Obama is not moderate.
 
mac said:
Seriously? You're actually going to claim he's moderate? Clinton was moderate, Bush was moderate, Obama is not moderate.
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Bush was moderate?

Holy #*@&^$... what freakin universe did I wake up in? Mr. if you're left of far right you're a liberal? Bush... a moderate? Do you mean Bush Sr?
 
mac said:
From your link:

"That said, not all degrees are created equal. The AP reports that students who graduated out of the sciences or other technical fields, such as accounting, were much less likely to be jobless or underemployed than humanities and arts graduates. You know that old saw about how college is just about getting a fancy piece of paper? Not true. For an education to be worth anything these days, it needs to impart skills. "
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Ok, that doesn't mean anything. There are still plenty of people with "good degrees" that are underemployed.
 
iacardsfan said:
Ok, that doesn't mean anything. There are still plenty of people with "good degrees" that are underemployed.
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I don't know anyone with a science, engineering, finance, or accounting degree that is underemployed...
 
iacardsfan said:
53% of Recent College Grads Are Jobless or Underemployed—How? - Jordan Weissmann - The Atlantic
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From your article:

It's hard to imagine why any of this might be, other than that some recent grads may simply not be willing to take the low level jobs available to them.
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and

So is a college education simply less valuable than in the past? In some respects, yes. According to the Census, the number of Americans under the age of 25 with at least a bachelor's degree has grown 38 percent since 2000. Not nearly enough jobs have been created to accommodate them, which has resulted in falling wages for young college graduates in the past decade, as well as the employment problems we're now seeing.
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AlabamaPaul said:
I don't know anyone with a science, engineering, finance, or accounting degree that is underemployed...
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Greetings, AP. :2wave:

:agree: There was an interesting article on Yahoo yesterday which stated that engineers are commanding six-figure salaries to start, due to shortage of available applicants. Wow!
 
polgara said:
Greetings, AP. :2wave:

:agree: There was an interesting article on Yahoo yesterday which stated that engineers are commanding six-figure salaries to start, due to shortage of available applicants. Wow!
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Good evening pg...

I'm not sure that those salaries would be available in all areas of the country, but a graduate in any of these fields who was in the top half of the class should not have an issue finding a good opportunity...
 
AlabamaPaul said:
I don't know anyone with a science, engineering, finance, or accounting degree that is underemployed...
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Wow, you're right, NOBODY with those degrees are unemployed.
 
iacardsfan said:
Wow, you're right, NOBODY with those degrees are unemployed.
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That's not what was posted, and you obviously know that, otherwise you wouldn't have felt a need for the capitalization...
 
AlabamaPaul said:
That's not what was posted, and you obviously know that, otherwise you wouldn't have felt a need for the capitalization...
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Just saying people with "good degrees" are still living on minimum wage jobs.
 
iacardsfan said:
Just saying people with "good degrees" are still living on minimum wage jobs.
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What do you consider good degrees where there is difficulty finding employment at an appropriate wage level?
 
iacardsfan said:
Wow, you're right, NOBODY with those degrees are unemployed.
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Oops, it appears Paul is wrong: Is President Obama Right About Engineers? | Center for Immigration Studies

During a recent video chat session, President Obama told a woman that he could not understand why her engineer husband was unemployed because “industry tells me that they don’t have enough highly skilled engineers.” However, data from the American Community Survey collected by the Census Bureau show that there are a total of 1.8 million U.S.-born individuals with engineering degrees who are either unemployed, out of the labor market, or not working as engineers. This is true for those with many different types of engineering degrees.

The 2010 American Community Survey shows:

There are 101,000 U.S.-born individuals with an engineering degree who are unemployed.

There are an additional 244,000 U.S.-born individuals under age 65 who have a degree in engineering but who are not in the labor market. This means they are not working nor are they looking for work, and are therefore not counted as unemployed.

In addition to those unemployed and out of the labor force, there are an additional 1.47 million U.S.-born individuals who report they have an engineering degree and have a job, but do not work as engineers.

President Obama specifically used the words “highly skilled.” In 2010, there were 25,000 unemployed U.S.-born individuals with engineering degrees who have a Master’s or PhD and another 68,000 with advanced degrees not in the labor force. There were also 489,000 U.S.-born individuals with graduate degrees who were working, but not as engineers.

Relatively low pay and perhaps a strong bias on the part of some employers to hire foreign workers seems to have pushed many American engineers out their profession.

There are many different types of engineering degrees. But unemployment, non-work, or working outside of your field is common for Americans with many different types of engineering degrees. (Detailed employment figures for specific types of engineers are provided below.)

The key policy question for the United States is how many foreign engineers should be admitted in the future. Contrary to President Obama’s statement, the latest data from the Census Bureau indicate there is a very large supply of American-born engineers in the country. It would be better for the president to seek more diverse sources of information than simply relying on “industry” to determine what is going on in the U.S. labor market.
Data Source: Figures for the above analysis come from a Center for Immigration Studies analysis of the public-use file of the 2010 American Community Survey (ACS) collected by the U.S. Census Bureau. Figures on degrees and employment are based on self-reporting in the survey and have been rounded to their nearest thousand. The survey asks about undergraduate degrees, so some of the individuals who have a Master’s or PhD may not have their graduate degree in engineering. Also, those who indicated that they have a “professional degree” are not included in the discussion of those with Master’s and PhDs because a large share have law degrees. The 2010 data is the most recent ACS available.
 
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