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On Mon, 14 Jun 2004 12:01:47 -0400, Just Judy
<gopanth@invalid-addy.com> wrote:

>Too much snippage, Al. If you are going to quote me, and ask
>me a question in response, I'll need you to be more gentle with your
>scissors.

Sorry about that. You said that you don't credit Bush for the
increase in jobs. I asked who you do credit.

..y

On Mon, 14 Jun 2004 01:47:29 GMT, "Kathryn Simpson"
<kjsimpson@REMOVETHISatt.net> wrote:

>
>"Al Superczynski" <modeleral@deadspam.com> wrote in message
>news:lfqpc0lrtj7ipg1muceck7krs41ti0l04t@4ax.com.. .
>> Yeah, but Kerry and his buds have moved the goalposts again. Now
>> they're claiming that the new jobs aren't 'good' jobs. Sadly the
>> American people seem to be buying it, even though it's not true.
>
>I can attest to the fact that Kerry's claims aren't true.
>
>I talked to a temp agency manager late last week (she was calling to offer
>me a job, the third job offer I've had in the last 2 weeks) and she said
>that I was the third or fourth person she talked to that week who is now
>getting multiple offers when they hadn't been getting any good offers
>before.
>
>She said it is getting so competitive again that companies (small and large)
>are raising salary and perk offers to reflect the renewed competition for
>good employees. Plus, advertising for corporate hiring, job fairs, and
>temp-to-hire offerings are at triple what they were in April around here.
>
>And it is consistant with what I'm experiencing personally. On June 2nd I
>started a new job, but gave notice 7 days later that I'm leaving to accept a
>much better offer with 30% better pay, greater responsibility, regular
>promotion schedules, and some other perks that make it very worthwhile for
>me. Not to mention a shorter commute, excellent vacation benefits, and
>superior promotional opportunities.
>
>Kerry can claim these are minimum wage or dead-end jobs, but as a person who
>was unemployed for 5 months (mainly because I wasn't willing to take a
>minimum wage or dead-end job), I'm getting multiple offers for some dang
>good jobs and am gainfully employed again.
>
>I'm not convinced it was all Bush's doing, but I certainly don't think Kerry
>had much to do with the improvements in the economy.

The word on the street is that the jobs are only good till after the
election so Bush wins. Then its back to the same old stuff. Pay back for
all the tax breaks. Time will tell if its true or not BTW.
--

Ray
Mind over matter, if you don’t mind, it don’t matter.
(Confucius)

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On Tue, 15 Jun 2004 20:28:52 -0500, Ray <lcrc@wayoo.net> wrote:

>The word on the street is that the jobs are only good till after the
>election so Bush wins. Then its back to the same old stuff. Pay back for
>all the tax breaks. Time will tell if its true or not BTW.

Politics aside, if the employees make some positive contribution to
the bottom line, then they will most likely remain employed.

On a good day, I'm just simple enough in my thinking to believe that
business is not quite the conspiratorial entity that they can appear
to be. On a bad day, watch out!

--

Cheers!

..y

On Wed, 16 Jun 2004 20:48:26 GMT, Dave K. <djkrieps@junkbust.att.net>
wrote:

>On Tue, 15 Jun 2004 20:28:52 -0500, Ray <lcrc@wayoo.net> wrote:
>
>>The word on the street is that the jobs are only good till after the
>>election so Bush wins. Then its back to the same old stuff. Pay back for
>>all the tax breaks. Time will tell if its true or not BTW.
>
> Politics aside, if the employees make some positive contribution to
>the bottom line, then they will most likely remain employed.
>
> On a good day, I'm just simple enough in my thinking to believe that
>business is not quite the conspiratorial entity that they can appear
>to be. On a bad day, watch out!

Agreed. Keep in mind most of my posts have a touch of satire in them.
Some times more others less so its the readers call.
--

Ray
Mind over matter, if you don’t mind, it don’t matter.
(Confucius)