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Originally posted by Zeitgeist
...who knows or cares what Dems think, but reality runs rampant around these parts...no disputing that.
Job Loss, Rising Inequalities Dog Bush Administration
by Emad Mekay
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That's great.....so who is Emad Mekay, and what makes him the authority on this subject?
Also, what makes him, and apparently you, and apparently Tom Daschle, think that anyone has the right to tell employers who to hire, and where to hire them, and for how much?
A "job" does not belong to you. It belongs to the employer. Your skills, knowledge, and time belong to you, and you "rent" them to an employer in exchange for money and/or benefits. The position that you fill in the company is not yours, it belongs to your employer.
An employer is in business for PROFIT. If an employer can find a way to get the same job done for less money, why should he not take advantage of it? Would he not be, in fact, foolish to not take advantage of it?
If you are concerned about losing your job to someone else--whether that "someone else" lives right down the street or in Taiwan makes no difference--then you need to either acquire new or improved skills and/or knowledge that are in demand by your employer and/or the current job market, or find a new way to make yourself more useful and essential to the continued success of the company that you work for, or lower your price in order to compete.
Your job skills and knowledge and time are your commodity. Like any other commodity that you might consider buying, the best commodity at the lowest price is always preferable to a buyer. Why should an employer be obligated by law to purchase your commodity (job skills) when he can get someone else to do the exact same job just as well for much less money?
If one store sells a product that you need for $1, and another store down the street sells the exact same product for $4, which one are you going to buy?.....
Why should an employer who is shopping for labor think any differently?
Either make sure your "product" (job skills) are still worth the price you're asking, or lower your price, or shut up.
If you want REAL job security, then BECOME THE EMPLOYER. Otherwise, you're at the mercy of whomever comes along and offers skills comparable to yours at a lower price.
Mike