I blame the British for running out of peat (#K years old) and switching to coal (#M years old) and developing the steam engine. Everything else follows from that.
On Sun, Dec 19, 2021 at 5:41 PM Ronald Wells <000002ebc63ff5ef-dmarc-requ...@listserv.ua.edu> wrote: > > the baby boomers are much to blame for global warming ? >>> it is the > politicians/corp's and the $$$ and still is that are to blame > > -----Original Message----- > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List <IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU> On Behalf Of > Bill Johnson > Sent: Saturday, December 18, 2021 4:50 PM > To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU > Subject: Re: The Great Resignation > > ** EXTERNAL EMAIL - USE CAUTION ** > > > I doubt Jesus said a man unwilling or unable to work shouldn't eat. And, I'm > not surprised the low wage earners are unwilling to work for $2.13/hour > (tipped wage) plus tips. The federal minimum wage hasn't gone up in over a > decade. If the minimum wage I worked for in 1975 had kept pace with > inflation, it would be over $20 an hour now. In most of Europe, restaurant > workers make a living wage plus benefits. Tipping is optional. Plus, their > health care is single payer and better/cheaper. Don't get me started on their > fabulous infrastructure, mass transit, and education systems. > Factor in many don't want to go back to work while a fourth wave of covid is > raging. (Thanks to the GOP and trumpers pushing against public health) Then > there are women who can't afford child care because it eats up the majority > of their wages. Funny that the build back better legislation intended to > address that and provide child care help like most of the rest of the world > provides. > My brother in law made a career out of the restaurant business. He's making 6 > figures now as a regional director but works 70 hour weeks, has had 2 heart > attacks, smokes like a chimney, and will never see retirement from the > hamster wheel. > Younger Americans are not buying into the rat race. Conspicuous consumption > isn't their religion. And as we are seeing, the baby boomers are much to > blame for global warming, the results we are seeing in fires, floods, polar > icecaps melting, and yes, the recent record setting tornadoes in Kentucky, > Tennessee, & other states. > America is in decline when a two bit reality TV show host, who lies > incessantly, has molested 20+ women, cheats on his taxes, and tried to > overturn a free and fair election, can get 35% of the populace to follow him. > > > Sent from Yahoo Mail for iPhone > > > On Saturday, December 18, 2021, 5:04 PM, Bob Bridges <robhbrid...@gmail.com> > wrote: > > A while ago on one of the forums I hang out at -- I think it was this one -- > we talked about people dropping out of the work force and looking for > something more rewarding. I'm all for people looking for work they like > better, but one gathers that a lot of these folks are dropping out and THEN > looking for something they like better, which strikes me as a teenager's way > of doing it. > > I particularly remember an NPR report about an example of this, someone who > quit his job and wanted to get into the restaurant business. (Don't laugh; I > thought seriously about making my career in food services, too, before I > discovered computer programming.) The item finished by saying that he was > now applying for unemployment benefits. > > Partly but not entirely on the strength of this story, I suggested without a > great deal of certainty that the COVID payments to all and sundry are largely > fueling this "Great Resignation" -- that lots of people are finding they can > afford to take time off from work, get COVID payments and unemployment > benefits, and worry about working some time later. I realized that probably > wasn't the whole story, but it sure sounded like it was a significant part of > it. As both a Christian and a political conservative (they're not entirely > synonymous) I was raised on "if a man will not work, neither let him eat", so > I was all prepared to wax indignant. > > Now I read an article > (https://nam12.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.cnn.com%2F2021%2F12%2F15%2Feconomy%2Flabor-force-retirement-great-resignation%2Findex.html&data=04%7C01%7CRon.Wells%40OMF.COM%7C5c2d6b9bbf0e439650bd08d9c278b563%7C57c0053cb5f84a1e8bb6e8afa09f3b82%7C0%7C0%7C637754645989945876%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000&sdata=MLoFOHq%2B5JhpEKAGBx6AjBiWs7u0VuKrODIjp%2FQu6hQ%3D&reserved=0) > that suggests I may (gasp of horror) have been wrong. > > "Instead, early retirement - whether forced by the pandemic or made possible > otherwise - is playing a big role in America's evolving labor market....Last > month, there were 3.6 million more Americans who had left the labor force and > said they didn't want a job compared with November 2019, says Aaron > Sojourner, a labor economist and professor at the University of Minnesota's > Carlson School of Management. Older Americans, age 55 and up, accounted for > whopping 90% of that increase." > > Later it says "Nearly 70% of the 5 million people who left the labor force > during the pandemic are older than 55, according to researchers from Goldman > Sachs, and many of them aren't looking to return." I don't know how 90% was > knocked down to 70%. But anyway, it's another datum that tempts me to > reëvaluate. > > --- > Bob Bridges, robhbrid...@gmail.com, cell 336 382-7313 > > /* Because large flat areas of land are good for warfare many European > airports are built on the site of battles. 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