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Poll question: What skills are best to have for a coming wage-slave economy?
Edited on Fri Jan-23-04 03:30 PM by jokerman2004
Ok. tech is dead, or gone to China, India and Thailand. The rest of us are stuck here in Amerikaland where "Jobs! Jobs! Jobs!" means Walmart Home Depot and UPS.

psycho-rant follows:
We don't need no stinkin' safety nets. We don't need no stinkin' skills! Let the foreign workers come and do the work that white people won't do! Draft 'em! Send them to fight our endless wars on terror!

Ok seriously, if we're going back to basics, what skill sets are going to be in demand for smart Americans who are not wealthy and must fend for themselves in our new emerging "economy"?

Here's some ideas to start with, but I'd like to hear some real suggestions from people who are asking themselves the same kind of question.

Poll result (98 votes)
electronics (1 votes, 1%)Vote
cooking (2 votes, 2%)Vote
farming (20 votes, 20%)Vote
carpentry (4 votes, 4%)Vote
plumbing (7 votes, 7%)Vote
masonry (1 votes, 1%)Vote
herbs and non-medical healing (2 votes, 2%)Vote
sex and personal entertainment (19 votes, 19%)Vote
metal work and blacksmithing (3 votes, 3%)Vote
Other (39 votes, 40%)Vote
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  What skills are best to have for a coming wage-slave economy? jokerman2004  Jan-23-04 03:28 PM   #0 
   I used to dream of college for my kids --  DODI   Jan-23-04 03:30 PM   #1 
   Don't knock trade school  Buffler   Jan-23-04 03:58 PM   #16 
      I am not knocking the trades  DODI   Jan-23-04 04:18 PM   #22 
      a trade and a BA in Liberal Arts  Iris   Jan-23-04 04:26 PM   #26 
      The reason I took it that way  Buffler   Jan-23-04 04:37 PM   #33 
         Read more carefully,  DODI   Jan-23-04 04:55 PM   #50 
         Well, I'll tell you this.  liberalhistorian   Jan-23-04 05:04 PM   #59 
            it's not a put down but  Hamlette   Jan-24-04 12:29 PM   #134 
      AND  Valjean   Jan-23-04 04:40 PM   #35 
         unfortunately  Buffler   Jan-23-04 04:43 PM   #40 
   I'm going to have to say  ewagner   Jan-23-04 03:31 PM   #2 
   Hell, even THOSE  liberalhistorian   Jan-23-04 03:34 PM   #3 
   beans can be counted in India  GinaMaria   Jan-23-04 03:34 PM   #4 
      My bet also!  0007   Jan-23-04 03:37 PM   #6 
      Construction, farming, planning, arts, forestry, fire fighting, Police,  opihimoimoi   Jan-23-04 03:38 PM   #7 
      Sorry but ..  Valjean   Jan-23-04 04:43 PM   #38 
      See my post above, even  liberalhistorian   Jan-23-04 05:05 PM   #61 
         Health Care workers are being outsourced  HeddiDU Moderator   Jan-23-04 05:57 PM   #84 
            If there's such a nursing shortage, why  liberalhistorian   Jan-23-04 06:19 PM   #87 
               Because of budget cuts  HeddiDU Moderator   Jan-23-04 08:58 PM   #95 
   Customer service!  JackDragna   Jan-23-04 03:36 PM   #5 
   Learn to Shoot  ThomWV   Jan-23-04 03:39 PM   #8 
   And have a VERY fast draw.  HereSince1628   Jan-23-04 03:49 PM   #11 
   I am paranoid enough  mmcghenn   Jan-23-04 03:39 PM   #9 
   Moneyed Republicans will also be able to import IT, programmers,  Stephanie   Jan-23-04 03:54 PM   #12 
   You are probably right  mmcghenn   Jan-23-04 04:19 PM   #23 
   Umm, I hate to tell you this  Valjean   Jan-23-04 04:47 PM   #45 
   Ya  Buffler   Jan-23-04 04:01 PM   #17 
      They may do it, but nowhere  liberalhistorian   Jan-23-04 05:08 PM   #62 
         i suggest  Buffler   Jan-23-04 05:12 PM   #67 
   Security...  Loco_moco   Jan-23-04 03:44 PM   #10 
   You nailed that one  Monica_L   Jan-23-04 03:56 PM   #13 
   Neo-feudalism  Stephanie   Jan-23-04 03:57 PM   #15 
   Liberal security guard for Elites?  Axel   Jan-24-04 12:47 PM   #137 
   Healthcare...  Hell Hath No Fury   Jan-23-04 03:56 PM   #14 
   Suggestions  YNGW   Jan-23-04 04:06 PM   #18 
   Deleted message  Name removed   Jan-23-04 04:54 PM   #49 
   I wish  Buffler   Jan-23-04 05:02 PM   #54 
      that'll never work  plurality   Jan-23-04 06:16 PM   #86 
   Technological firms don't want  liberalhistorian   Jan-23-04 05:10 PM   #64 
   Engineering  YNGW   Jan-23-04 09:40 PM   #102 
   Innovators and implementers?  lcordero   Jan-23-04 09:50 PM   #104 
      Reply  YNGW   Jan-23-04 10:15 PM   #108 
   None of the above.  Demobrat   Jan-23-04 04:08 PM   #19 
   Terrifying, but  liberalhistorian   Jan-23-04 05:11 PM   #66 
   Imperial Storm Trooper  jpak   Jan-23-04 07:56 PM   #91 
   How about  Buffler   Jan-23-04 04:11 PM   #20 
   yeah! How about a hardware store!?!  Iris   Jan-23-04 04:27 PM   #27 
   Why did you pick a hardward store?  Buffler   Jan-23-04 04:31 PM   #29 
      That's great.  Iris   Jan-23-04 04:35 PM   #31 
      Not any particular  Buffler   Jan-23-04 04:39 PM   #34 
         ok, gotcha.  Iris   Jan-23-04 04:45 PM   #43 
         While that's true  liberalhistorian   Jan-23-04 05:15 PM   #71 
         The question is: would you make enough from being in biz for yourself  Lars39   Jan-23-04 04:46 PM   #44 
            Some will, some won't  Buffler   Jan-23-04 04:48 PM   #46 
               Just another reason health insurance shouldn't be tied to employment.  Lars39   Jan-23-04 04:56 PM   #51 
      What's a hardward  liberalhistorian   Jan-23-04 05:12 PM   #68 
         its  Buffler   Jan-23-04 05:16 PM   #72 
            LOL!  liberalhistorian   Jan-23-04 05:27 PM   #75 
   Going into business for yourself -- good idea  MisterC2003   Jan-23-04 05:46 PM   #80 
      If only that were actually possible n/t  Pithlet   Jan-23-04 06:01 PM   #85 
   GOP contacts, and powerful relatives.  faygokid   Jan-23-04 04:15 PM   #21 
   Yup - rich, white Protestant  kysrsoze   Jan-23-04 11:06 PM   #114 
   Coming?  pengpong   Jan-23-04 04:22 PM   #24 
   You'll still have to compete  Axel   Jan-24-04 12:45 PM   #136 
   Law -- paralegal, enforcement, lawyer, guard, judge, etc.  TahitiNut   Jan-23-04 04:24 PM   #25 
   Others ...  Valjean   Jan-23-04 05:00 PM   #53 
   Well, I'm a paralegal with both  liberalhistorian   Jan-23-04 05:26 PM   #74 
      you really think there is a glut of lawyers?  cryofan   Jan-23-04 09:18 PM   #97 
      Walmart? Psych Tests???  jokerman2004   Jan-23-04 10:46 PM   #112 
   Why no Dem. debate about Immigration levels and H1B importing of workers.  GuyFawkes   Jan-23-04 04:30 PM   #28 
   Do I need to tell you?  Buffler   Jan-23-04 04:33 PM   #30 
      Hispanics are the largest minority...  GuyFawkes   Jan-23-04 04:51 PM   #47 
         fighting for table scraps  sweetheart   Jan-23-04 05:03 PM   #55 
         What people forget  Valjean   Jan-23-04 05:03 PM   #56 
            Do you realize that you sound  liberalhistorian   Jan-23-04 05:31 PM   #76 
            And the govt ignored the wishes of American voters back then, too  cryofan   Jan-23-04 09:29 PM   #99 
            mass immigration back then  Axel   Jan-24-04 12:51 PM   #138 
            Yes! The majority of Hispanics want LESS immigration, just like most of us  cryofan   Jan-23-04 09:23 PM   #98 
   Other- Urban guerilla warfare n/t  plurality   Jan-23-04 04:35 PM   #32 
   stand up to the aristocracy  Snowdart   Jan-23-04 04:44 PM   #41 
   Strong back, weak mind preferable  hatrack   Jan-23-04 04:41 PM   #36 
   Job dismissal continues to be a growing field.  Iverson   Jan-23-04 04:41 PM   #37 
   Renaissance man/woman: all of the above.  Lars39   Jan-23-04 04:43 PM   #39 
   Everyone voting for farming is dead wrong....  Abaques   Jan-23-04 04:44 PM   #42 
   cannabis farming....  sweetheart   Jan-23-04 04:54 PM   #48 
   LOL!  liberalhistorian   Jan-23-04 05:32 PM   #77 
   Brainwashed!!!!!  Valjean   Jan-23-04 05:09 PM   #63 
      China  Buffler   Jan-23-04 05:13 PM   #70 
   You should be a nurse or be.........  onecitzenBtrayed   Jan-23-04 04:59 PM   #52 
   yeah but, now they are letting foreigners come here  Skittles   Jan-23-04 05:57 PM   #83 
      Oh yeah I know........  onecitzenBtrayed   Jan-23-04 09:39 PM   #101 
   Truck Driving  DiverDave   Jan-23-04 05:03 PM   #57 
   The Magic of NAFTA.  Valjean   Jan-23-04 05:11 PM   #65 
   Everything I thought would happen  liberalhistorian   Jan-23-04 05:35 PM   #78 
   Don't get sick. Don't piss anybody off.  camero   Jan-24-04 12:59 AM   #126 
   "Cleaning up oil soot" and "shredding papers"  DanSpillane   Jan-23-04 05:03 PM   #58 
   The only thing harder than finding a plumber...  theHandpuppet   Jan-23-04 05:05 PM   #60 
   pawnbroker  blindpig   Jan-23-04 05:13 PM   #69 
   Nursing  HeddiDU Moderator   Jan-23-04 05:23 PM   #73 
   Debt collectrolls!  liberalhistorian   Jan-23-04 05:44 PM   #79 
   Hate to say it but  Jen6   Jan-23-04 11:29 PM   #119 
   Hunting and gathering? Too bad you can't do either anymore in a  leesa   Jan-23-04 05:50 PM   #81 
   the ability to clone  methinks2   Jan-23-04 05:56 PM   #82 
   Military ...  Kickin_Donkey   Jan-23-04 06:51 PM   #88 
   The ability to kiss ass.  baldguy   Jan-23-04 07:35 PM   #89 
   HVAC  Mr.Green93   Jan-23-04 07:46 PM   #90 
   A Strong Back and a Strong Stomach  Astarho   Jan-23-04 07:56 PM   #92 
   Time Magazine (Where The Jobs Are)  JPace   Jan-23-04 07:59 PM   #93 
   Auto Repair - 75-85k once you're qualified  arewethereyet   Jan-23-04 08:42 PM   #94 
   Until gas hits $4/gal and no one can afford to drive anymore  NickB79   Jan-23-04 09:08 PM   #96 
      this is America, we will ALWAYS drive  arewethereyet   Jan-23-04 10:28 PM   #110 
         That's what they said about us turning fascist  camero   Jan-24-04 12:57 AM   #125 
   Where's begging?q  the_real_38   Jan-23-04 09:37 PM   #100 
   Organizing people to defeat the Plutocrats and form a Cooperative....  JanMichael   Jan-23-04 09:43 PM   #103 
   I spoke to a young man that was selling magazines  notadmblnd   Jan-23-04 09:55 PM   #105 
   My son and I were  yankeeinlouisiana   Jan-23-04 09:56 PM   #106 
   Teaching English to imported workers  Buns_of_Fire   Jan-23-04 09:58 PM   #107 
   How about gunsmithing? nt  Bozvotros   Jan-23-04 10:25 PM   #109 
   groveling, scavenging, and dumpster diving  Bozita   Jan-23-04 10:32 PM   #111 
   check cashing -pawn shops- used furniture rental  Ksec   Jan-23-04 11:35 PM   #122 
   Security/police/military (n/t)  w4rma   Jan-23-04 10:55 PM   #113 
   Other  cheryl_d   Jan-23-04 11:09 PM   #115 
   They have do-it-yourself  Jen6   Jan-23-04 11:28 PM   #118 
      You're right  cheryl_d   Jan-24-04 12:25 AM   #124 
   My son is changing to a Business Degree  eyeswideopened   Jan-23-04 11:25 PM   #116 
   Repo man, prison guard  Jen6   Jan-23-04 11:26 PM   #117 
   Yeah that's a pretty tight shot group  jokerman2004   Jan-23-04 11:34 PM   #120 
   Geriatrics. We baby boomers are a huge number and are all in  ignatius   Jan-23-04 11:35 PM   #121 
   Skills?....umm  Sugarbleus   Jan-23-04 11:39 PM   #123 
   Jobs of the future  camero   Jan-24-04 01:01 AM   #127 
   coming???  slaveplanet   Jan-24-04 09:13 AM   #128 
   the service economy is here  thinkingwoman   Jan-24-04 09:22 AM   #129 
   Outside Sales & Sales Management  Speed8098   Jan-24-04 09:36 AM   #130 
   Entrepreneurial creativity.  barbaraann   Jan-24-04 10:01 AM   #131 
   Riot control skills  earthman dave   Jan-24-04 10:29 AM   #132 
   kick  jokerman2004   Jan-24-04 12:19 PM   #133 
   Domestic spy  Axel   Jan-24-04 12:36 PM   #135 
 

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