Funny how that looks in poor form, referring the Naval Architects with the male pronoun. But, I do not know of a a female Naval Architect! Perhaps one the ladies will come and set me straight. @Spud147 @crandc
Yes, it sort of puzzels me. I have met many ladies that love boats. But never a designer lady yet. Rather odd now that I think of it.
Yes, if you take into account inflation since 1964 when the minimum wage was $1.25/hr., the minimum wage today should be in excess of $15/hr.
Could be chemical engineering. I've got a cousin with a PhD in chemical engineering. Could also be one of the other engineering disciplines or physics or some other field of science. I've got a periodic table of the elements in the drawer of the desk I'm using for this computer. Of course, I've also got a CRC (Chemical Rubber Company) handbook of chemistry and physics in my library along with various texts used in my chemistry sequence in college. That's not weird is it?
if you're really clever you'll do it with profit sharing built in and create a loyal team that eliminates constant training and rehiring of people who just want a paycheck...higher wages get you more talent...more talent makes you more productive an efficient...you stay in biz longer and have consistant success...not a roller coaster of cost cutting greed with no long term concerns
I know everyone is waiting for an update, so here it is. It seems she teaches Earth Science, still don't know what field her PhD is in. Her students rate her highly, because she is "beyond easy". No homework, no projects, she tells you what will be on the test, and if you still fail the test, there is extra credit you can get to make up for it. They also say she's very passionate about the subject matter. barfo
Well I will fill you in a little anyway. As the slave trade was declared illegal by the major power of the day in 1803 I think, labor got a little more difficult to obtain. If my history servers me correctly, Jefferson signed the a treaty with the Great Britian as the result, in support of this ban on the slave trade. The first treaty the US ever entered, but I might be in error. Even though Slavery was still legal in the US, labor became in short supply, but as always a way is found. Indentured Servitude became a way to fill the labor need, all it had already been widely used in the North. Hardly different than slavery while the end date was a future date. This carried on for years up into the 20th century, filling the needs in the US for cheap labor. But after WWII and the world began to work it's way out of poverty, with all the US aid, fewer and fewer people were willing to become indentured just to get to the US. Probably around the 1950s and 1960s, the workers in the US held their highest position in society in wages relative to the economy of the day and the value of the dollar. Then some bright soul pointed out that immigrants wanted to come to the US as free men and women not indentured servants. Walla! a new immigration policy was born. Then we got H1 visa programs to get more technical help. Hell the want adds in the paper for talented people were endless in the 60 -70s. I remember Bill Gates personal addressing house or Senate committees, begging them to allow more visas for engineers and programmers so he could build his wonderful systems. He just couldn't do it with the US work force. He succeeded and the salaries of Engineers and programmers dropped. The want adds in the newspapers disappeared. Well done Bill! Others learned the lessons Including the Democrats. The newbies vote Democrat!!!! Well hell why wait for visas" Just come, nobody knows the difference! And the Democrats and the people that want a worker are fine with the help. Employers have no need to raise the wages, when they come. Of course congress might raise the wage from time to time to attract the vote of the those that care. But the fact is, the minimum wage is not needed when labor is in short supply. Right now with unemployment very low, employer are raising their job offer price and still find it hard to fill some jobs. If you can't make a profit with the wages you must pay, then perhaps that job does need to be done somewhere else. But Government should not be making that decision unknowingly via the minimum wage being set too high. Wages will follow supply, it is the natural order, employers will hire the best they can get for the least price. Congress should not raise the wage beyond a profitable level for the least profitable business.
I must be in the running. I'm beyond easy and you can ask all the young ladies I've dated. I give out no homework and assign no projects. It might be different if I had any students. I don't need to tell you what's on my tests because I have no tests. You can always earn extra credit from me on my couch. (This applies to females only. Men can suck an egg). I have a PhD (positively homeschooled degree). As a bonus I can assure you that I'm quite a sight in my swim suit. It'll really blow your mind.
Part of my SS check comes from the fact that years that I served were covered by a law that mandated we be granted credit for full maximum credit paid for those years. As I understand it, this was to make up for paying damn near nothing to Saliors in that day. Sort of a deferred payment system. Not exactly a valid Representative system in my way of thinking. Some dude in Congress about 70 years ago, saddled the youngsters of today with a debt burden where they had no say. Did not get to vote yeah or nay on granting these guys the authority.
