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Originally Posted by Bhaalspawn

Halliburton? Who the hell is Halliburton? (You don't have to say "a company called Halliburton"; it's only been mentioned on the nightly news for the past five years or so in connection with Cheney and Iraq, and anyone with a college education probably would have heard of them.) (Don't mean to be an ass or too nitpicky, but I couldn't help but point that out.)



Get used to it. As formerly middle class manufacturing jobs and career fields are outsourced and as even college-education-requiring knowledge-based fields get outsourced or filled by H-1B and L-1 visa holders, we're going to see more and more college educated Americans who are unemployed and/or underemployed-and-involuntarily-out-of-field. As more and more Americans flee to college in the hopes of escaping the rising tide of unemployment and underemployment that has swamped people with high school diplomas and mere bachelors degrees, we'll see more and more suffering highly educated people (with lots of student loan debt).

For a good time, visit this link and see what all of the angry, unemployed and underemployed lawyers have to say. You might not find a forum with more angry, bitter people who are obviously angry at their society. (Since the nation graduates 50% more attorneys than the economy can employ, we have lots of people with 7+ years of college education who are suffering.) If I could find a link for a similar angry scientists forum I would post it too though I'm not sure if passive goody two-shoes scientist-types have it within them to get angry and bitter at the world like the JDs do.

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I have sub contracted for Halliburton. They are great to work with!!!

[Bhaalspawn]

Originally Posted by Bydand

That is for us personally, and after having left for a couple of years and returned to Michigan, I can tell you it is nice with lower property taxes, less income tax, less for auto registration, lower insurance (Car, health,& home) and higher wages ($12/hour higher) from where we were in the Northeast. For some people with the right jobs, this is still the best place to be.

When you consider the issue of cost of living, Michigan might not be a bad place for people who can still work in their field and be paid adequately while living anywhere in the country, such as successful novelists for example or people who have Internet services-based businesses. The relatively low cost of living and increasingly low cost of real estate is compelling in those regards.

[Cliffie]

Originally Posted by Bhaalspawn

When you consider the issue of cost of living, Michigan might not be a bad place for people who can still work in their field and be paid adequately while living anywhere in the country, such as successful novelists for example or people who have Internet services-based businesses. The relatively low cost of living and increasingly low cost of real estate is compelling in those regards.

And every one of them who comes out here will be diversifying our economy. Welcome, novelists and eBay moguls!