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I think the trees are blinding us to the forest here. The real question should be "where did the good jobs go, why, and and how do we get some of them back?" The most interesting part of this question is "why." > -----Original Message----- > From: Mercedes [mailto:mercedes-boun...@okiebenz.com] On Behalf Of Scott > Ritchey > Sent: Tuesday, December 24, 2013 5:58 PM > To: 'Mercedes Discussion List' > Subject: Re: [MBZ] Civil Service, Oh Yeah! qa9uqavy > > > I think the trees are blinding us to the forest here. The real question > should be "where did the good jobs, why, and go and how do we get some of > them back?" The most interesting part of this question is "why." > > And Merry Christmas to all. > > Scott > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Peter > > Frederick > > Sent: Tuesday, December 24, 2013 8:24 AM > > To: Mercedes Discussion List > > Subject: Re: [MBZ] Civil Service, Oh Yeah! qa9uqavy > > > > Don't forget that US wages adjusted for inflation have been falling > > since the 70s. Locally skilled worker wages have been unchanged since > > the 80's -- people are making exactly what they were 30 years ago, > > which of course means they HAVE to have everyone in the family working > > to have a place to live, let alone save something for retirement. > > > ... > > > > You can live pretty well on a single industrial income in America if > > you are lucky and get one of the few good jobs left, but the majority > > of people simply cannot. > ... > > > > Peter > > > > _______________________________________ > > http://www.okiebenz.com > > > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > > > > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com