tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16179347.post5623543926769543567..comments2023-10-02T18:02:52.243+10:00Comments on 3 Word Slogan: Mucking in the social swampCartledgehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11929350278316125588noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16179347.post-10508003115407569232008-05-31T11:05:00.000+10:002008-05-31T11:05:00.000+10:00DK, I’m afraid that we can no longer identify true...DK, I’m afraid that we can no longer identify true employment rates because of progressively inbuilt distortions. <BR/>We have a system of government funded outfits called the Job Network. It fascinates me to watch them put people into temp or part time situations of very low paid ‘cash in hand’ work. The tax free aspect might be an incentive if the marginal tax free threshold was well below the Cartledgehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11929350278316125588noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16179347.post-24014655867924027522008-05-31T03:33:00.000+10:002008-05-31T03:33:00.000+10:00A 2% unemployment rate sounds good, until you cons...A 2% unemployment rate sounds good, until you consider what it doesn't include. Our "long-term unemployed" don't figure at all in our official unemployment rate. After 13-weeks on state unemployment lists and another 13-weeks (I think) on Fed unemployment lists, they are no longer considered unemployed. So, officially we have something like a 5% unemployment rate -- good times (cough, wheez)!<D.K. Raedhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01451065603615752038noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16179347.post-51398882045523219062008-05-29T15:56:00.000+10:002008-05-29T15:56:00.000+10:00Lindsay, if I understand you correctly you are say...Lindsay, if I understand you correctly you are saying re-skilling is part of the community based equation. I realise the need for retraining in various areas, though having done my time a cleaner the issues are more to attitude than training, regardless of the compensation.<BR/>Even so, I have serious doubts about the effectiveness of a purely net based retraining, just as we both know that the Cartledgehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11929350278316125588noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16179347.post-78163092770271006092008-05-29T11:15:00.000+10:002008-05-29T11:15:00.000+10:00It was reported by Access Economics yesterday infr...It was reported by Access Economics yesterday infrastructure bottlenecks cost us a$17 billion over the past five years, driven by the skills shortage in the resources sector!! <BR/>The average rate of pay in the resources sector is now well over $ 100K, and there is even a shortage of cleaners who will earn around $ 90K pa –The resources demand is going to last for some time, and although not a lindsaylobehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16774918551798647046noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16179347.post-67304363865855419562008-05-28T14:41:00.000+10:002008-05-28T14:41:00.000+10:00( and btw the unemployment lowest in blah blah...b...( and btw the unemployment lowest in blah blah...boy and I thought Bushco had the spin doctors....oye)enigma4everhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06589997090173140019noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16179347.post-55264743798524687912008-05-28T14:40:00.000+10:002008-05-28T14:40:00.000+10:00( Razor Gang...wow, that is not very encouraging.....( Razor Gang...wow, that is not very encouraging...I do like that they are trying to save money...I have a question...How much of what they do is there paper- have they totally gone internet- that is one way that all beauracy could save money...just thinking outside the box...) okay back to the article..enigma4everhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06589997090173140019noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16179347.post-20254225401196083872008-05-28T10:04:00.000+10:002008-05-28T10:04:00.000+10:00Lindsay, thanks for some more clues about how to f...Lindsay, thanks for some more clues about how to frame this argument. The only issue I question, and that comes back to definitions, is the blanket ‘not for profit’ label. We both know some of the current providers are broadly considered not for profit, yet the program is strongly based on profit motive. <BR/>Providers are given monetary incentive for various aspects of their service provision, Cartledgehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11929350278316125588noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16179347.post-31991099382614735112008-05-28T00:23:00.000+10:002008-05-28T00:23:00.000+10:00I think there is both the potential for savings an...I think there is both the potential for savings and to provide a more humanistic solution for the long term unemployed. One of the more distasteful aspects of new work for the long term unemployed I think is for the occasional discrimination against such workers who can be at the mercy of Employers. Mindful of their low status they are some Employers who offer sub standard opportunities with lindsaylobehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16774918551798647046noreply@blogger.com