Maybe if people weren’t paying astronomically inflated prices for education, housing and health care (coincidentally the areas of our economy with the most federal government involvement), they wouldn’t need to resort to goods produced with slave labor in foreign communist countries to keep pricing down.
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I wonder what the effect of having a much larger percentage of students go into trades would do to the price of having work done by trade-based professionals? If there were significantly more plumbers, for example, available in a town, could they still charge relatively high prices or would the competition be stiff enough to lower prices?
I know when I have a plumbing problem, I'm more than happy to throw as much money as the guy (it's usually a guy) wants. No questions asked. If there were more licensed, trained, and insured plumbers available, I'd probably look around a bit more for lower prices.
I own several paint stores in SW Florida and we had a guy go to all my stores a few weeks ago and buy every dust mask we had. My genius sales people actually cut the guy a deal. When I asked them later why they did that and told them they are selling for $50/each on eBay they literally had no clue.
What can you do? That’s retail for you. I think I still have some tho and I may put them on eBay. From what I saw they are selling for that much but they don’t appear to be selling a lot of them. If this thing persists some smart American will convert his factory to making the damn things. At the current markup the overhead of Chinese labor is negated. I work with 3M and they are the worst company in the world someone should give them a run for their money just on principle.
Yes, true. Admission is merit based. Unis at Heidelberg and Göttingen are extremely selective. Others so-so. My son, a German national, attended trade school after high school because he could not qualify for Gymnasium. He focused on logistics. During trade school, he served 3 years as an apprentice and earned $500/month, cheap labor for the employer. After graduation, he secured a job offer from the firm (Schäfer Werke KG) for roughly $1,500/month. He earns more now, but nothing great.
A couple close friends attended Gymnasium many years after getting married (35+ years old) and then qualified for university. Both attended Justus Liebig University Giessen, which is roughly considered as acclaimed/prestigious as EKU or NKU. One friend became an MD while the other is a physical therapist.
As much as our Gov is involved in health care, it's way low vs. most countries. We also need to put tariffs on countries that pay low prices for USA medical innovations like drugs to stop us from paying so much.
-im in the commercial realm...there is a need for quality *young* folks to join the industry. It's a solid living/steady life. Add skilled folk are aging out.
A picture is worth a thousand words. If the millennial's do indeed flip America into a socialist country one day they'll have to explain to their grandchildren that the reason they live in a make shift shack, live on government supplied rations and pay daily homage to an authoritarian dictator is because Grandpa and Granny were trendy bitches back in the day that had no clue what socialism was and ignored all the failed countries around the world that did it.
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Everything about this is ****ing disgusting and I don’t care what sort of “phobic” that makes me. Those parents should be charged for taking kids to that shit, and this is coming from someone who doesn’t give a flip if adults go to drag shows (I won’t personally go). Normalizing kids to this shit can’t be defended.
So when you copy and paste memes in support of all the liberal utopian ideals you're saving the Republic.
When anybody rebuttals, they're an idealogue, spinmeister, idiot, etc...
Booty's way or the highway. Liberal ideas only. The true way to a free perfect society.
Well don't worry...you won't have to hear about this mass shooting again from the media...
Nice thought but would never happen. Would all be blamed on the evil Republicans and capitalists.
"It would've worked had it not been for them!"
also an Elizabeth Warren supporter
I knew that was coming...
The United States at a disadvantage of fighting global pandemics...
Hmmmm...I wonder if maybe the U.S. should look at a healthcare system like China...the place where all the pandemics are coming from...
Bloomberg stepping into the democratic race AKA the woke olympics is going really well...
The question how bad will it get before that happens?
In 2008 people thought the financial world was going to competently fail. It didn’t.
Let this pass people. It’s an overreaction and a needed correction.
Let this pass people. It’s an overreaction and a needed correction.
Even then and now, it's not really people, it's computers and algorithms that are freaking out.
Simple if-then statements...
if xyz then zyx...
Corona Virus, Bernie fear, Boeing...once everything kind of works itself out things will be fine...
The fact Corona sales are suffering and growing cries for socialism are absolutely related.
We can put him in the Black History Month book.
The odd thing is that he speaks truths on some issues but gets hammered by both sides.
Garth Brooks wears a Barry Sanders jersey at a concert in Detroit and proceeds to get crucified by rednecks.
What a time to be alive.
What a time to be alive.
Tim Apple forcing Chinamen to accept certain death so that the Western Patriarchy can have their iPhones
Tim Cook says he's optimistic that China is getting the coronavirus under control and says Apple has reopened factories
https://www.businessinsider.com/app...hina-getting-coronavirus-under-control-2020-2
Tim Cook says he's "very optimistic" China is getting the novel coronavirus under control.
Speaking with Fox Business on Thursday, the Apple CEO cited reductions in the numbers of new cases being recorded in the country.
"It feels to me that China is getting the coronavirus under control," he said. "I mean, if you look at the numbers, they're coming down day by day by day. So I'm very optimistic there."
Tim Cook says he's optimistic that China is getting the coronavirus under control and says Apple has reopened factories
https://www.businessinsider.com/app...hina-getting-coronavirus-under-control-2020-2
Tim Cook says he's "very optimistic" China is getting the novel coronavirus under control.
Speaking with Fox Business on Thursday, the Apple CEO cited reductions in the numbers of new cases being recorded in the country.
"It feels to me that China is getting the coronavirus under control," he said. "I mean, if you look at the numbers, they're coming down day by day by day. So I'm very optimistic there."
Really? Are the really "rednecks"... We're they bussed in? "Michigan rednecks"? Has the demographics changed that much in "Michigan"? You know, one of the state's that is connected to.....Canada.....
Maybe if you'd have stated "White trash" it would be more believable......a little much...
And the comment came from our resident Canuck who likes to rail on posters for painting with a broad brush.
I’m using rednecks as a universal term for misinformed idiots. And last time I looked, the internet didn’t just exist in Michigan. He’s getting crushed online.
I agree with you but Michigan is not endowed with rednecks. There are a few. They are abundant in White Trash. I guess I took offense as I am a native Michigander. The Lions did Barry Sanders horrible. I quit following or rooting for the Lions for that reason. Just horrible as Barry had a real chance to be number one all time. So very prejudiced of the Lions as that organization. I love everybody but I still despise the Lions....
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