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<blockquote data-quote="Flipx99" data-source="post: 7921799" data-attributes="member: 562352">I think it&#039;s mostly that they lack the skills for the new economy and somewhere, someone down the line said the government will help. And this is true, I think if a company moves your jobs overseas, there is a requirment for the previous employer to help some. The thing is, I believe those factory workers should be constantly looking ahead in the marketplace and seeing what skills are needed and adjusting. My father is a prime example. He thought that working the factory, making enough money to buy his kids a good Christmas and a summer vacation, etc is enough and would continue forever. Well, he was wrong. Fortunatly, he retired early, but it does make me wonder about how many of those factory workers that remain believe that job will be there forever. It won&#039;t.Plus, why would anyone want a job where some union helps you negotiate for a .50 or $1.00 more per hour anyway? Shouldn&#039;t you want your income to grow exponentially?</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Flipx99, post: 7921799, member: 562352"] I think it's mostly that they lack the skills for the new economy and somewhere, someone down the line said the government will help. And this is true, I think if a company moves your jobs overseas, there is a requirment for the previous employer to help some. The thing is, I believe those factory workers should be constantly looking ahead in the marketplace and seeing what skills are needed and adjusting. My father is a prime example. He thought that working the factory, making enough money to buy his kids a good Christmas and a summer vacation, etc is enough and would continue forever. Well, he was wrong. Fortunatly, he retired early, but it does make me wonder about how many of those factory workers that remain believe that job will be there forever. It won't. Plus, why would anyone want a job where some union helps you negotiate for a .50 or $1.00 more per hour anyway? Shouldn't you want your income to grow exponentially? [/QUOTE]

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