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IT Workers Cushioned From US Economic Downturn
DontLickJesus writes "According to the AP, technology has been the least hardest hit by the U.S.'s recent economic downturn. Quote: '"Overall technology employment is up in America and the wages associated with it are up," said John McCarthy, a vice president with Forrester Research.' The article goes on to say that companies realize the worth of their [IT] staff. This paired along with a recent article regarding the value of data centers when selling a company leads one to believe that the business world, while historically not fond of IT workers, is showing its true opinion of the sector."
The financial crisis is a strong indictment of Sarah Palin's inexperience.
Why, if she were making policy, the bailout would be at least twice the size of the GDP, instead of the mere $700 billion-ish that was the last "conservative" estimate I saw.
Furthermore, if she were in office, the house of cards would have come tumbling down in nine months at most, instead of the several decades it took to brew under various regimes since 1977, despite all of the calls for reform.
Yep, bringing in somebody from outside to do some house cleaning is the last thing we need now.
Which is why, this year, I will not vote for the lesser evil.
Cthulhu is beyond questions of gender or race: all will be devoured. Now that is a moral exquivalency we can all feel, briefly.
Get thee glass eyes, and, like a scurvy politician, seem to see things thou dost not.--King Lear
you people shouldnt have voted the party that let financial sector do anything they want, employing an unseen 'hands off' policy.
and now you pay. dont do it next time.
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AAAHAHAHAHAHAHA. Ok first. CRA is being trotted out in a last ditch attempt by Republicans to salvage this fucking disaster of 8 years and blame this on Democrats. Even a few minutes of research would debunk that silly shit. Most of the subprime/ARM deals were made by banks NOT REGULATED by CRA. Then, in 2003 when Bush started positioning the Fed to back Fannie/Freddie IT GOT WORSE. These assholes made a run for the money thinking the feds had their back. Of course, they eventually did, and even Republicans in Congress are pissed.
Palin as a libertarian is the most hilarious piece of shit I have read in months. That would be why she fired the entire commission for trying to shut down a state run business that was losing money in Alaska right? Or maybe her dealings with Internet Tubes Stevens with all of that bridge to nowhere money. Seriously...trying to pass her off as a libertarian has got to be the funniest God damned thing I have heard about that goofy bitch since she made the scene.
Palin as president is the nightmare of anyone with an IQ over a gerbil. Unless of course you too ignore the facts as well as she does. Put creationism in the science class and take sex education out! Ugh... Rampant corruption from another religious fundamentalist is not what anyone needs.
The only change I can believe in is what I find in my couch cushions.
Guess how many companies offshore to unisys? Tons.
Not that many... the IT sector is hundreds of billions a year and Unisys is barely eking by with a few billion a year in revenues. IT's a tiny, dying company that gets by on government contracts.
But, here's the flipside. If you think George Bush pissed off the world, how do you think Obama will do if he throws 5,000,000 Indian IT workers out of work when he cuts off trade. Do you think they will like him then? Will 2 million Europeans tossed out of work because the USA cuts off imports of German cars like Obama then? What about the record amount of Canadians exporting everything from wood and fuel and water and software to the USA? When Obama cuts off trade, do you think they will like the world again?
Free trade may suck sometimes, if you are a loser, but when protectionism comes along, the entire world loses, and if you think Bush has started some wars, wait till you see the wars that follow when Obama starts a trade war and world wide unemployment hits 20 percent on average and 50 percent in places.
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Obviously not, since the libertarian philosiphy is "laissez faire", and the Christian (and of course, all the other ancient superstitions) philosophy is "Believe this or rot in hell."