[TheForge] jobs

[Andrew Vida]

Allen Ortery wrote:
> I must say that we are far from second rate, on the other hand I have
> seen the mind set of the worker change,mostly for the worse, over the
> last several years. the labor force seems to see no reason to have to
> work hard or even show up if they do not want to. I find this somewhat
> upsetting. I have heard people tell the boss F you I wont do that job
> right to his face.

	When I say "second rate", I mean mainly as an economy.  The 
single-minded push towards a "service economy" is, IMO a very dangerous 
deal.  Good examples of how disastrous globalization is likely to be can 
be seen in the many smaller "backwater" nations who have taken the 
IMF/Worldbank bait of money in trade for low interest rates on the 
condition that they accept and implement economic "restructuring".  Were 
I the paranoid type, I would be well tempted to think that restructuring 
was an attempt at destroying the self-sufficiency of nations, one at a 
time.  Nations like Jamaica and Haiti, which were at one time poor but 
self sufficient in the basics such as providing their own food, have 
been severely devastated by IMF restructuring.  In some of those places 
it became *illegal* to grow one's own food!  Rather, farmers were forced 
to abandon their traditional crops and grow those that were for export 
only. The nation is in turn forced to now import food from abroad in 
order to feed itself.  Evil conspiracy?  Possibly, but just as likely 
(perhaps more so) the machinations of men who are attempting to shove 
globalization down the world's throat.  The US economy is so 
staggeringly large and powerful that the ill effects don't show for a 
long time.  If we devolve into what will effectively be a service 
economy, I think we will be set up for serious trouble in the future.