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Post by Deleted on Apr 16, 2011 21:04:08 GMT -5
I love politicians ;D ;D ;D. You either are for ipad or not, which is it?
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midjd
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Post by midjd on Apr 16, 2011 21:26:01 GMT -5
I love the iPad. It is unfortunate that jobs are being lost, but that is the nature of technology. It's not as though Apple doesn't employ plenty of people, either. I'm sure plenty of buggy-makers were put out of business a century ago for the same reason.
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Post by robbase on Apr 16, 2011 21:33:38 GMT -5
also I am sure the internet put a lot of door to door encyclopedia salesman out of work too....does that mean the internet is bad too?
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Post by robbase on Apr 16, 2011 21:34:00 GMT -5
also I am sure the internet put a lot of door to door encyclopedia salesman out of work too....does that mean the internet is bad too?
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Post by cronewitch on Apr 16, 2011 21:36:14 GMT -5
How many farmers were put out of work when the farm equipment like combines, plows and harvesters were invented. Telegraph operators are no longer in demand, ongoing education is needed in the working population the last few hundred years.
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Post by formerexpat on Apr 16, 2011 21:41:21 GMT -5
Lets bring back horse and buggies so the blacksmiths can have their jobs back.
If we want to talk about job killing, the left has killed the coal and oil industries within these borders and stalled on developing any type of nuclear energy. Wonder how many jobs that could be there for people.
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Post by straydog on Apr 17, 2011 0:39:44 GMT -5
I love politicians ;D ;D ;D. You either are for ipad or not, which is it? Discuss And it was his party that controlled the white house when NAFTA was passed. But both the R's and D's are equally responsible for helping to ship jobs out of this country. When I graduated high school in 1980, I could not find a boom box that cost less than $100.00. But it was probably made in the USA. Now you can buy one for under $30.00 - but how many Americans today can afford to buy a home? IMHO, the only way to bring jobs back into this country is to get rid of the current tax code and put a tariff on all imports. Who cares if it starts a trade war. It may hurt in the beginning, but in the end if we can bring manufacturing back onto our shores, then it will be worth it. The company that manufactures the IPad, Foxconn, is not one of the most sterling players out there. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Foxconn |
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Post by Deleted on Apr 17, 2011 7:42:01 GMT -5
Lets bring back horse and buggies so the blacksmiths can have their jobs back. Yes- and let's have the government provide tax incentives for people to buy horses and buggies. It's a green form of transportation, right?  |
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Post by HappyLady on Apr 17, 2011 10:13:27 GMT -5
Change is inevitable--no reason to live in the past. I think the IPAD is great, but I don't own one yet--still too expensive  |
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Post by TD2K on Apr 17, 2011 11:26:16 GMT -5
Kerosene lamps, buggy whips (and buggies for that matter), the horse as a draft animal, the conversion from coal to oil as our transportation energy fuel. All of these resulted in changes in society.
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Post by Gardening Grandma on Apr 17, 2011 14:22:55 GMT -5
Happy new ipad owner here. Technology has always displaced certain occupations. There is a huge demand for ipad apps - the person who can develop those apps won't be out of a job....
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Post by runewell on Apr 17, 2011 16:31:11 GMT -5
Lets bring back horse and buggies so the blacksmiths can have their jobs back. Yes- and let's have the government provide tax incentives for people to buy horses and buggies. It's a green form of transportation, right? More like a brown form of transportation. |
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Post by stats45 on Apr 17, 2011 16:34:27 GMT -5
I can't believe a Representative could say something that ridiculous on the floor of the House. Embarassing.
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Post by Phoenix84 on Apr 17, 2011 18:01:40 GMT -5
I'm not sure what the problem is. It's called competition. Some companies put others out of business because they came up with a better product. It's how society moves forward.
I guess we should never develop new or better products because the current ones provide jobs?
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