Twenty-Five Years; and Counting
Twenty-Five years ago (well before Clinton, and NAFTA), Peter Drucker told his class:
1. That jobs would disappear as employers scoured the globe in search of "cheap" labor (and why).
2. That jobs would not re-appear until robots are widely used to replace people (and why).
3. The jobs of the future will be hi-tech, and low-touch (and why)
4. No company in the "near future" would need more than 200 of the "right" employees
(and why).
5. Workers would have to take "responsibility" for their own careers, and benefits; (health care
retirement, and savings) (and why).
6. Companies of the "future" could "operate" anywhere; with the "right" talent; access to air travel; and state-of-the-art communications links. (and why).
Over these ensuing decades, events have unfolded pretty much along the lines that Drucker specified. If he knew, why didn't our politicians? If they knew, why did they "perform" in office the way they have since the mid-1980s? Why did they keep the people they "represent" in the dark? My Answer: They had "other fish" to fry; there was nothing it for them; they might have to "lead".
After watching one of our major political parties deliberately shut-down our federal government , and also deliberately threaten to default on our nation's debts; only the most naïve can still believe that members of the GOP mean to deliver on anything they promise. They clearly have an agenda they are not willing to reveal.
Ted Cruz's insinuations regarding our future for this country, portray an end to the country the Founders envisioned, to be replaced by an oligarchic "mafia" that will use intimidation to rule.
What's with the "50"?? Before Reagan, we more or less operated under a national social contract; wherein a person's "career" spanned the years between their 20's through the age of 55. At that time, many "plateaued" for 10 years until 65, when they were "dumped" onto the federal government under Social Security and Medicare (if they lived long enough). Today, to prevent the bankruptcy of our federal economy by the cost of medical care for retiring Baby-Boomers; Obamacare offers better health care to all workers, regardless of age, or employment status. In response, employers and insurance companies are changing their post-Reagan "rules" by curtailing their number of employees to less than 50. By doing so, they can escape the reach of the new health care laws.
Stay Vigilant! Do you smell the rat(s), YET??
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After watching one of our major political parties deliberately shut-down our federal government , and also deliberately threaten to default on our nation's debts; only the most naïve can still believe that members of the GOP mean to deliver on anything they promise. They clearly have an agenda they are not willing to reveal.
Ted Cruz's insinuations regarding our future for this country, portray an end to the country the Founders envisioned, to be replaced by an oligarchic "mafia" that will use intimidation to rule.
What's with the "50"?? Before Reagan, we more or less operated under a national social contract; wherein a person's "career" spanned the years between their 20's through the age of 55. At that time, many "plateaued" for 10 years until 65, when they were "dumped" onto the federal government under Social Security and Medicare (if they lived long enough). Today, to prevent the bankruptcy of our federal economy by the cost of medical care for retiring Baby-Boomers; Obamacare offers better health care to all workers, regardless of age, or employment status. In response, employers and insurance companies are changing their post-Reagan "rules" by curtailing their number of employees to less than 50. By doing so, they can escape the reach of the new health care laws.
Stay Vigilant! Do you smell the rat(s), YET??
Copyright © 2013: Williams LLC
All Rights Reserved: Williams LLC
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