Replies to post #378011 on Zeev's Turnips Patch-No Politics (ZEEV)

[urmygold1]

your so out of touch! if hes making $110,000 why does he need side jobs????lol

[Dances-W-waves]

You got some valid points.

What the hell am I doing in a manufacturing biz then?

Dummy me.

I can solder. Who needs a plumber? Oh yeah...they don't use copper anymore............

OK....who needs an electrician? That's just a big version of the microscopic stuff I'm putting together these days. Who says smaller is better? <g>

[odiemutt]

Plumbers make too much, it's not like anyone who wants to be a plumber can. It's a closed trade, to get a license you have to follow the rules, they limit the number of licenses. There's currently a shortage of plumbers given the excess building boom. When housing boom slows down lotsa trade people will be hungry for work... that will bring prices down.

WRT Florida only 3% mfg... you could almost say Florida is giant retirement home or vacation land, so it's heavily slanted toward service industry. I don't think it's fair to extrapolate that to the entire country.

Can the country go on indefinitly being only service industry (and that's only hands on service which requires physical presence here, other service like call centers are being exported)? Ultimately we have to produce something of value. Otherwise we're just living on the accumulated saving of 250yrs since the country was born. Eventually (not too far away) we'll be bankrupt.

What bothers me is your dismissive attitude toward people who aren't independtly wealthy. It's a "Let them eat cake" attitude... and we see what happens... revolution.

[gtober]

ajtj, I know what you are saying. However, if the manufacturing base erodes too far, not only does this become a national security issue, but too much of this sector is removed from GDP and all the service jobs in the world won't save us. Florida is a tourist trap, and it attracts lots of money from old folk and other rich folk who made their money in other pursuits. It's region specific.

The same arguement that applies to the credit bubble also applies to the job erosion in America. It's fine as long as conditions are favorable, but once the point of inflection is reached, it will become a serious problem. It is not a recipe for stability.

BTW, one of the main reasons tradespeople are being paid so much currently, aside from the housing bubble, is the fact that so many people over the past 20 years were told computers would provide endless jobs for the foreseeable future. That isn't working out either.

Now, considering that mansion you're living in, would you care to clue me in as to what job I should be applying for next. :^))

Or is it trading prowess. :^)