Guest Andrea Posted October 17, 2007 Report Share Posted October 17, 2007 Joe Smith started the day early having set his alarm clock (MADE IN JAPAN ) for 6am. While his coffeepot (MADE IN CHINA ) was perking, he shaved with his electric razor (MADE IN HONG KONG ). He put on a dress shirt (MADE IN SRI LANKA ), designer jeans ( MADE IN SINGAPORE ) ! and tennis shoes (MADE IN KOREA ). After cooking his breakfast in his new electric skillet (MADE IN INDIA ) he sat down with his calculator ( MADE IN MEXICO ) to see how much he could spend today. After setting his watch (MADE IN TAIWAN ) to the radio (MADE IN INDIA ) he got in his car ( MADE IN GERMANY ) filled it with GAS (from Saudi Arabia) and continued his search for a good paying AMERICAN job. At the end of yet another discouraging and fruitless day checking his Computer (Made In Malaysia ), Joe decided to relax for a while. He put on his sandals ( MADE IN BRAZIL ) poured himself a glass of wine (MADE IN FRANCE ) and turned on his TV ( MADE IN INDONESIA ), and then set their wondering why he couldn’t find a good paying job in AMERICA Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
buckee Posted October 17, 2007 Report Share Posted October 17, 2007 LOL ..yep, that says a lot Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ruttinbuc Posted October 18, 2007 Report Share Posted October 18, 2007 That does say it all....I wonder what I would face if I was suddenly jobless.....? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevebeilgard Posted October 19, 2007 Report Share Posted October 19, 2007 lot's of jobs out there. no problem finding one. check any newspaper. we're also at an almost historic low on unemployment. anyone wanting a job can find one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
craig mack Posted October 19, 2007 Report Share Posted October 19, 2007 Manufacturing jobs are about to be a thing of the past in this country. Thanks to NAFTA Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BowJoe Posted October 23, 2007 Report Share Posted October 23, 2007 Yeah but a job where you can support a family is hard to come by. It's the elitist attitude that of "Hey, I've got a job and had it for years so it's easy for anybody to find one!" doesn't work for everybody. I had a job for 4 years when it was contracted out and I had no choice but to go to the contract company until I found something better. I not only lost $4 an hour but I lost benefits, vacation and sick time yet I was still doing the exact same job. Then when you try to ask for what you were promised as far as hours and such, they fire you. Yeah, I should have gone to college but that's not so easy when you have a 15 month old child and one income. I'm not trying for sympathy but it's not so easy when you live in rural America and a community where the nearest jobs are 20 miles one way and yet you have to work out both schedules to where somebody is with your child at all times. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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