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[Tinkrbl44]

On 1/6/2015 Qwackertoo said:

I skimmed an article this week . . . that perhaps Robotics and their growing and more widespread use in manufacturing could help bring back some jobs to the USA.

With robotics, it doesn't matter IF an item is produced here or China or Thailand or Brazil . . . as labor costs remain the same with them . . . BUT it does make a difference on the transportation cost of said finished goods and perhaps to an extent the raw materials but those are probably made overseas right now too.

With robotics, IF they returned to our shores . . . we'd need new facilities, very modern facilities to boot . . . that would need to be built creating construction jobs . . . and you need to train hire people who can program and repair said robotics . . . and you'd need support staff, payroll clerks, and many other support positions.

While robotics would replace traditional employees on the assembly line . . . with them being overseas right now . . . any increase over here would be a welcomed increase.

At my son's high school . . . this year is the first year for the Robotics Academy within the Engineering Academy and they're also doing a Business, Medical (EMT, etc.) and seems like a Culinary . . . so while some students that might be as far as they go . . . that is also a good start . . . and for those that continue on to a higher education, perhaps a few years with studies in the various academies might save a few from major changes in their second or third year of study and thus having to take more hours in their new major . . . all of which cost money . . . and give them a better chance at selecting the right major from the start.

But like I said . . . I skimmed the article but it is an interesting subject that hopefully more mfg. will return and take place in the USA.

Very interesting .........

[ballyk]

I assume the waiters/servers/bartenders thank us - the customers - for these excellent wages - not the employers. Also for the raises since tips have risen from 15% to 20%+

[CrazyDaisy]

On 1/6/2015 Caravaggio said:

Min.wage jobs have become permanent jobs and so they need to reflect that but they don't. 8.38 in NJ still is not enough to live on with the cost of everything.

People accepting this as the new normal will be the downfall of this country. People need to have something to strive for if they want to improve.

[TammyWhynot]

On 1/6/2015 Gooday said:

On 1/6/2015 Irshgrl31201 said:

On 1/6/2015 Shorty2U said:

I congratulate the states that went on their own and raised the minimum wage! (Mine is not one of them yet, perhaps it will be soon as we replaced our Governor).

I think servers should be making way more than 2 something an hour. Its PATHETIC what they still earn since the what? 1960s?

I was a server and bartender throughout much of the 90's to supplement my income. I never came home with less than $12 an hour.

My daughter was a server while in school from 2008-2012 and she was closer to $16-$17 and hour, and more when she got into a nicer restaurant. I don't know any server who makes less than $10/hr.

I also worked as a bartender for an after-hours bar that was run by a few police officers and firemen. It is illegal in Chicago for them to have a liquor license. The place would open at 2 a.m. and I worked until the last one left (I had a lot of discretion though). This was in the early 80's. They paid me 10.00 an hour cash and my tips were AMAZING!

By the time they came rolling in, unless they had just gotten off work, they were generous tippers. This got me through the one and only time I collected unemployment and that was for a total of 3 months. I ended up keeping the job on weekends even after I got a 9-5 job during the week.

You worked under the table while collecting benefits. That's called fraud where I live. This is why people who legitimately collect benefits get a bad rap.