[andyt]

I know, I'm sorry, I'm putting you in as a proxy for people who say unskilled workers don't deserve a decent paycheck and they should go back to school. As you say, we need those unskilled jobs doing too, more so in some cases because they can't be exported to the 3rd world. And I believe that anybody who puts in a solid 8 hours of work, no matter what they do, deserves to be paid enough to have at least a modest living, not be scrabbling in poverty.

What I saw in the construction industry is that the unions got blown out of a lot of jobs, wages and levels of competence went way down.

Since you're not into internet anonymity, tell me one thing - are you a boy or a girl?

[wildrosegirl]

andyt wrote:

I know, I'm sorry, I'm putting you in as a proxy for people who say unskilled workers don't deserve a decent paycheck and they should go back to school. As you say, we need those unskilled jobs doing too, more so in some cases because they can't be exported to the 3rd world. And I believe that anybody who puts in a solid 8 hours of work, no matter what they do, deserves to be paid enough to have at least a modest living, not be scrabbling in poverty.

What I saw in the construction industry is that the unions got blown out of a lot of jobs, wages and levels of competence went way down.

Since you're not into internet anonymity, tell me one thing - are you a boy or a girl?

I'm a girl. Even says so on my profile.