Tomasito talk

I've been thinking about the work that is available in this little town (Redding, CA).

These are hard times all over the USA and there is a LOT of unemployment here as everywhere.

The local newspaper says it is about 6%, but I believe it is MUCH higher--easily over 10%--probably there are a lot of people like me who have done a lot of things over the years but are just disgusted with the little work there is to do.

Almost EVERYTHING is done big now.

Just about ALL work is controlled by some huge faceless corporation and what work is available might just as well be done by robots.

Their corporate policy is "teamwork", friendliness and good employee benefits, but the actual day to day is dumb, dumb, dumb--the teamwork does not exist at ANY level and the company will fire you without warning whenever they chose!

Construction? Dead. Labor? Illegals have it all.

Education? After putting in about five years of higher education doing exactly as they're told to get the credits--the prospective teacher is so brain-washed that they can see nothing wrong with the system and they are so glad to get a steady job that they will never rock the boat--in fact they don't know anything to rock the boat with or about! The propaganda is that there is always a need for more teachers--but when you go to a "hiring fair for educators" you will find thirty applicants for each job! And I am NOT kidding.

About the only slightly decent "hands on" work available is in the medical or health care biz which is actually the sickness biz. And this type of work is far from creative--in fact it is primarily the greed biz pure and simple. (Take the money away from the sick people--no matter what!)

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