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Bardley (230 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-28-11 12:30 PM Original message |
Obama Tells Governors US Must Build Skilled Workforce |
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Steerpike (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-28-11 12:32 PM Response to Original message |
1. Skilled at what? |
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boppers (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-28-11 11:27 PM Response to Reply #1 |
34. Programming, engineering science, chemistry, robotics... |
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AndyTiedye (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-28-11 12:41 PM Response to Original message |
2. Obama isn't Bringing in the H1b's, Republicans Are |
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OhioChick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-28-11 12:44 PM Response to Reply #2 |
3. Geithner is Obama's man... |
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ramapo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-28-11 01:33 PM Response to Reply #3 |
17. Hillary was big on H1s too |
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OhioChick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-28-11 01:34 PM Response to Reply #17 |
18. I do remember HRC's stance on H-1B's as well.... |
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musette_sf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-28-11 05:05 PM Response to Reply #17 |
26. + 1 |
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Steerpike (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-28-11 12:47 PM Response to Reply #2 |
4. The President |
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Bardley (230 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-28-11 12:53 PM Response to Reply #2 |
8. how can you be so obtuse? |
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AndyTiedye (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-28-11 04:15 PM Response to Reply #8 |
24. There Really Was a Shortage of Tech Workers When Clinton Increased H1b's |
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Bardley (230 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-28-11 06:31 PM Response to Reply #24 |
29. Clinton increased H-1b from 65k to 195k per year (plus exemptions), a raw labor busting tactic |
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OhioChick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-28-11 12:48 PM Response to Original message |
5. This is rich.... |
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somone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-28-11 12:48 PM Response to Original message |
6. We already have a skilled workforce. The problem is they don't have JOBS. |
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Demeter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-28-11 12:50 PM Response to Reply #6 |
7. BINGO!!! You Get the Bullseye! |
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Bardley (230 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-28-11 12:54 PM Response to Reply #7 |
9. his brain works just fine |
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AnneD (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-02-11 08:42 AM Response to Reply #7 |
46. So you have to take out loans to pay for college... |
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jacquelope (364 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-28-11 12:55 PM Response to Reply #6 |
10. Because of offshoring! |
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Bardley (230 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-28-11 01:00 PM Response to Reply #10 |
12. that means that as many as 16 percent do |
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jacquelope (364 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-28-11 09:19 PM Response to Reply #12 |
31. Wait I didn't get that |
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Bardley (230 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-28-11 11:01 PM Response to Reply #31 |
32. in a plutocracy (which is what we are), yes, if they are the ones that have the money |
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jacquelope (364 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-28-11 11:14 PM Response to Reply #32 |
33. Plutocracies only exist if we let them |
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Bardley (230 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-01-11 09:16 AM Response to Reply #33 |
36. how can we convince others in the town halls, when we cant even convince our own party leaders? |
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Jmaxfie1 (707 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-28-11 06:24 PM Response to Reply #10 |
28. Amen!!! n/t |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-01-11 02:28 PM Response to Reply #6 |
40. Exactly ... but Obama is making it sound otherwise -- quite clearly -- !!! |
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MrTriumph (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-28-11 12:57 PM Response to Original message |
11. Again, Obama is totally off base. |
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Bardley (230 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-28-11 01:02 PM Response to Reply #11 |
14. 'Is anyone else tired of Obama constant lecturing American worker? ' |
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madrchsod (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-28-11 01:46 PM Response to Reply #14 |
20. ya...i`m doing my part..no ss raise in two going on three years... |
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pampango (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-28-11 01:00 PM Response to Original message |
13. If he told the governors that training and education weren't important, |
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Bardley (230 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-28-11 01:05 PM Response to Reply #13 |
15. training and education have never been a problem |
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ChromeFoundry (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-28-11 01:24 PM Response to Original message |
16. We HAVE a skilled workforce n/t |
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madrchsod (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-28-11 01:40 PM Response to Original message |
19. he listens to his master`s voices. |
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Bardley (230 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-28-11 02:03 PM Response to Reply #19 |
22. someone should photoshop the RCA Victor dog |
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Bragi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-28-11 01:51 PM Response to Original message |
21. And no (democratic) assembly required /nt |
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w4rma (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-28-11 03:59 PM Response to Original message |
23. Judging from this statement, Obama is either an idiot or corrupt. We *have* a skilled workforce.(nt) |
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HughBeaumont (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-28-11 04:33 PM Response to Original message |
25. The problem is that we don't have a skilled workforce that will work for peanuts. |
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musette_sf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-28-11 05:09 PM Response to Original message |
27. I remember reading here a few weeks ago |
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newspeak (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-28-11 08:15 PM Response to Original message |
30. yes, I'm sure he hasn't noticed, but we have a skilled workforce |
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boppers (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-28-11 11:42 PM Response to Reply #30 |
35. Do you read a lot of resumes? I do. |
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Bardley (230 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-01-11 02:24 PM Response to Reply #35 |
38. 'If they spend the next 20 years of their life dedicated to their field' |
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boppers (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-02-11 03:51 AM Response to Reply #38 |
42. No, I still bust my butt. |
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PACmenDotOrg (16 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-01-11 09:38 AM Response to Original message |
37. truth is |
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timtom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-02-11 07:37 AM Response to Reply #37 |
44. I almost balked at your statement, "start teaching engineering, math, and science at a younger age" |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-01-11 02:26 PM Response to Original message |
39. Right -- PLUS corporations want schools to turn out robots for them ... no liberal educations .... |
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Scout (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-01-11 06:14 PM Response to Original message |
41. ... and then where are they going to work? n/t |
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Vinee (421 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-02-11 06:43 AM Response to Reply #41 |
43. We'll have the most skilled, most highly educated, and best trained unemployed people in the world. |
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nc4bo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-02-11 08:14 AM Response to Original message |
45. Nc4bo was here. |
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