posted on March 8, 2005 05:16:51 AM new
For most of the 1990's Ohio's unemployment rate was below the national average. In 1990, it was 5.7, in 1999 it was 4.3. What's odd is that in 2001, Ohio's unemployment rate was 3.6%, which is below the national average of 4.3% and then by July 2004 the rate rose to 5.9%, which was above the national average of 5.5%. By the end of 2003, Ohio lost more than 214,000 manufacturing jobs. Looks like a lot of those losses happened in 2004.
Hmmm, who was president in the 1990's? And, who was president in 2004?
Until we stop exporting jobs, the trend will continue. As I have stated in the past, you can't take a 40+ year old man who has worked in manufacturing for over 20 years and turn him into a computer expert. Most of them have never laid a hand on a computer. I should know. I tried to teach my mom and about lost it. They need work now to feed their families. Not after two years or more of schooling. I don't worry about our young people. It's the displaced worker that I worry about. There are more people of baby boomer age than there are of generation X. We need to jobs back that were shipped elsewhere.
Manufacturing has been the backbone of this country. We've always been strong in that area. When you think of places like Japan, you think of technology. When you think of America, you think of steel plants, mines and factories. It's our heritage and one we should be proud of. But, under this administration, that pride has been shipped to Mexico and beyond. How hard is it becomming to find something that's been Made in America?
If you add 262,000 jobs and 3/4 of them are in the technology field (just an example), you have 196,500 people who are in the manufacturing field who are still out of work. With that scenerio, the unemployment rate will still continue to rise.
Just my two cents.
Cheryl
"No drug, not even alcohol, causes the fundamental ills of society. If we're looking for the source of our troubles, we shouldn't test people for drugs, we should test them for stupidity, ignorance, greed and love of power." ~ P.J. O'Rourke
posted on March 8, 2005 08:37:26 AM new
cheryl - Bush isn't responsible for the loss of manufacturing jobs...no matter how much you wish to blame him.
And we're NOT going to get all those manufacturing jobs back....no matter how much you wish it...just not the reality of world economics anymore. Too many other countries willing to work for less than your union wages. And it doesn't matter whether the president is republican or a dem. It's not going to happen.
If you view the unemployment rates during the preceeding recession you will see they were MUCH higher and lasted longer than they did during this past recession and post 9-11. While above mentioned 'pockets' of Ohio are not fairing well....Ohio's unemployment rate is about average. And unless this Nation has another 'tech boom' like we did in the 90's....which wasn't the result of anything clinton did....we most likely won't see those lower rates of unemployment for many years to come.
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posted on March 8, 2005 08:54:28 AM new
Doesn't Ohio have retraining? Sure a 40 year old man can do anything he puts his mind to. Same with a women. But most sit home and feel sorry for themselves. We have quite a few in Wisconsin that are studying Nursing. Hospitals, clinic are screaming for employees but it takes effort. There are many medical jobs that don't take a long time to go through schooling. X-ray 2 years, Ultrasound 2 years. I think there is even a Nuclear Medicine course for 2 years. LPN, and if the state has job training then they get paid for that training. with benefits after training is done.
I think it is just as excuse. "Feel sorry for me because I lost my job" type attitude and when you have that attitude of course they won't do anything. They need motivation.
I talked about the lady that had nothing. She had a menial job, didn't sometimes know where her next meal was coming from. What she did was gather everything she could find in her house that she didn't use or didn't want. Started an eBay business. 1st month she made $1,000 on her items. Then she decided that what she sold she could do better well she did and now making $10,000 a month. I know it sounds impossible but if someone puts their mind to something they can do it.
Baby Boomers are going to retire and then there will be a strain on SS.
It is one vicious circle and has been happening since the beginning of time.
Cheryl have your mom either go to a library or a technical school to learn computers. It is easier for them to teach her than you. It's hard to teach someone you know how to do things. Especially computers.
Especially computers.