Which of course brings up how ironic our industry is.  We are so good at
developing software and hardware to speed up production and reduce labor
that it's eliminating jobs.  It's progress, though, just as the Model T
obsoleted horseshoers.


John Lee
Vaske Computer Solutions




At 07:08 PM 1/8/04 -0600, joe andress wrote:
>My original msg was a little tongue-in-cheek to an earlier post.
>
>However, I think it does go to show that with the continued outflow of jobs
>to offshore locations, the prospects of productive employment is decreasing.
>With the loss of productive employment, the housing market growth will slow
>and then regress. A family will not be able to afford a home a with the
>annual income of burger flippers.
>
>I resently heard a little blurb that one of the major burger chains (
>McDonalds comes to mind ) was working with some group to develop a better
>grill for their environment that would automate grilling process of their
>burgers ( exception to Burger King who flame broils their ), including the
>flipping of the burger at the correct time. The idea, as reported, was to
>produced a more consistent product for the consumer. Bologny makes more
>since. Reduce the need for the flippers and the labor goes down even more.
>True, there would be some consistancy in the product but it makes more sense
>to recoup investment in the equipement via reducing labor and related labor
>issues.
>
>I guess I will have to bypass the burger job and practice saying "Would you
>like to Super Size."
>
>Relax, tomorrow is Friday.
>
>
>-----------------------------
> Joe Andress writes:
> You will not have to worry about selling your house. No one will be
> able to afford a home and the property tax rate is not very high on a
> multilevel cardboard box under the interstate bridge.
>
>Ken replied:
>So far there's no sign of this, to say the least.  Even during the current
> recession, the home ownership rate continues to rise.  It is now at an all
> time high of 68.4%.
>
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