It is happening here in Charlotte. Solectron alone , cut about 4,000 good paying jobs and NOTHING has come in to take the place of it ! The Folks that got laid off is now making 'do' on about 1/3 what they had had before ! What if your Shop income was cut 2/3 even at this time ? Best: Eugene
Calvin Neal wrote: > > Here in Maine....the shoe industry is gone, the > textile industry went out in the late '90's, and now > the paper mill I worked at as an electrician has > closed...and on...and on...I just had a customer in > the shop the other day from another large paper mill, > telling me they just got put on notice..."there will > be a large, permanent lay-off in the next 2 weeks." > The repair facility I have run for the past several > years as a second source of income has steadily seen a > decrease in profit. The market has been flooded with > el cheapo home electronics that most people want > repaired for next to nothing 'cause "I can go to > Wal-Mart and get a blah blah for blah amount of > dollars" If I hear that one more time...I am going to > go ballistic. > What is the problem here you ask? There is NO > problem when you confront your Representative or the > governor of this state ....all you have to do is get > "retrained" > Tens of thousands of manufacturing jobs in this > state have been lost over the recent years with > nothing to fill the void that is left. Many of these > people would have been potential customers. It has > really gotten out of control in this state. > It is so bad, the wife and I have been discussing a > move to another state. The question is where and > doing what? I cannot figure out to what means and end > NAFTA is supposed to reach. All I know is thousands > of people in this state are hurting and are in serious > financial trouble....and I just joined them :( > Can someone on this list tell me about a state where > this is NOT happening...you may get a new neighbor :) > Sorry about being a bit off topic...thanks for > reading. > > Calvin Neal > Orrington Electronics > Orrington, Maine > > __________________________________ > Do you Yahoo!? > Yahoo! Finance: Get your refund fast by filing online. > http://taxes.yahoo.com/filing.html > > _______________________________________________ > Tech Repair CD...order your just $49.00 plus shipping...One year of updates free. > www.intrepid-video.com www.tech-repair.net > Techs mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://intrepid-video.com/mailman/listinfo/techs_intrepid-video.com -- Head Witch Doctor and Chief Bottle Washer Eugene Spooner , CET , AAS , NP Eugene's Carry-In TV 1417 Eastway Drive Charlotte , NC 28205 mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] _______________________________________________ Tech Repair CD...order your just $49.00 plus shipping...One year of updates free. www.intrepid-video.com www.tech-repair.net Techs mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://intrepid-video.com/mailman/listinfo/techs_intrepid-video.com
