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I actually didn't know there were Radio Shacks anymore, the last one I was in was probably 5 years ago and it looked like it was about to shut down then. And I didn't like the guy telling me I needed to give him all my home address, phone number, and email just to buy a pack of batteries. Needless to say I took my business elsewhere.
It's his economy. A rising tide lifts all boats, right? Where's the tide? That's the question that Barack needs to answer.
Unions peaked in the 50's.
Real wages have remained the same since 1973.
Retail and food services have been the largest employment sectors since the mid 80's.
Walmart replaced IBM as the largest private sector employer in 1989.
Globalization and technology have eliminated 10 of millions of jobs over the past 40 years..
There has never been a serious effort to crack down on employment of undocumented workers.
72% of small businesses have no employees and 52% of them are operated from home and none of them are innovators/job creators.
The population is aging and programs are seriously underfunded.
The developed world has been on a continuous decline for decades, except for bubbles.
No president or Congress is going to make it all better.
Last I checked, the constitution did not guarantee the U.S. people the right to enjoy a higher standard of living than the rest of the world. That we did for awhile, is a blip in time.
Switching gears, what about having Americans work in the fields. People think they are too good for this kind of work, but shoot here in California, there are hundreds of thousands jobs working in the fields. But nope, not a single non-immigrant working there. So everyone complains about the lack of jobs... is there really a lack of jobs or just an abundance of pride to stop people from taking less than desirable jobs?
How much do these "jobs in the fields" pay and how much is deducted for room and board etc....?
I actually didn't know there were Radio Shacks anymore, the last one I was in was probably 5 years ago and it looked like it was about to shut down then. And I didn't like the guy telling me I needed to give him all my home address, phone number, and email just to buy a pack of batteries. Needless to say I took my business elsewhere.
You can't be serious. There are Radio Shacks everywhere, and you didn't know they still exist? If these general observations are lacking, how and why should we trust your observations on people and politics? Talk about out of the loop! Geez.
Where else can the average Joe put his money today ?
Apologies if I misunderstood.
When you spoke to the confidence in leadership, I assumed you meant the 'larger' markets with Obama as CEO whereas you may have been speaking directly to the CEO of RSH.
You can't be serious. There are Radio Shacks everywhere, and you didn't know they still exist? If these general observations are lacking, how and why should we trust your observations on people and politics? Talk about out of the loop! Geez.
FYI. Wal-mart is still in business too!
When was the last time you were in Radio Shack? I couldn't even tell you where the nearest one is and why would I want to go there when I can get everything I need from other place, including online. Just because a store exists doesn't mean I must shop there to keep it alive.
The facts are there are just too many people in the world and with technology constantly becoming more efficient and eliminating jobs, there are simply not enough jobs to go around. The only way this country gains jobs is if we stop purchasing our goods from Asia and start producing them here at higher cost. This alone would create millions of jobs.. just everything we buy would be a lot more expensive.
Switching gears, what about having Americans work in the fields. People think they are too good for this kind of work, but shoot here in California, there are hundreds of thousands jobs working in the fields. But nope, not a single non-immigrant working there. So everyone complains about the lack of jobs... is there really a lack of jobs or just an abundance of pride to stop people from taking less than desirable jobs?
I'd be damned before I worked for minimum wage picking crops out in the hot sun. If we start talking 15.00 an hour then maybe. Anything less than that and my head will be turned. Farmers in America will pay illegals less than minimum wage to do that job. Who do you think they want to hire?
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