Thursday, March 12, 2009

Turning 50 yrs old- & No Jobs in Sight!

I know that this subject doesn't really affect many of you, but it does affect your parents! It isn't easy to start over at any age, especially after you've turned 50 yrs. old, because there are added challenges older workers will face. I only hope that when you all become 50 yrs old there will be an overabundance of jobs available to you!
I know what its like to past 50 and wonder if there will be any available jobs once I graduate from this University and I have come to the conclusion that I must enter into a field that will not discriminate against me because of my age. That’s why I chose to go to Law School and I am considering getting my teaching degree in a single subject like government/politics and teach at the Jr./High School or College level. I was reading an article in the newspaper that was talking about how scary it will be to be 50 yrs old and have to start over in the job market, especially with the economy being what it is and so many businesses’s closing down.
The reason I bring the subject up, is do you all think that President Obama should put some kind of restrictions on companies taking there business’s and outsourcing them to countries like Japan, Indonesia, Mexico where labor is cheaper instead of keeping those business here in the United States so that people who over the age of 50 won’t be fired or laid off because the company pays them a much higher salary and it’s either cheaper to fire them or easier to replace them with someone younger who will work for less money.
I personally think it would be good for the economy if President Obama imposed some type of restrictions or sanctions on corporations/business’s that were inclined to move there companies aboard and close plants down here in the U.S., which would in turn create a great deal of hardship on the economy and society in general.
I’m going to get on my soap-box again, so bare with me. I just love these non-profit organizations that want you the TV-viewer to send your money to some poor children who are starving in some poor country. Don’t get me wrong I wouldn’t hesitate to send money to them, but I think these non-profit organizations need to ask us the television viewer to send our money to help feed the children who are starving right here in the United States, everyday hundreds of children, women and men go hungry and there aren’t enough soup kitchens and there isn’t enough money in these soup kitchens to feed everyone 3 times a day, 7 days a week, or 365 days a year. And one of the many reasons these families go hungry in the United States is because of companies like the Big 3 automakers, and K-Mart, JC Penny, Sears and yes—even Walmart outsource the products they make to poor countries where the labor is cheap! And we as a society in general need to stop expecting to payless for better quality merchandize. I also think that if we as a whole society decided to stop buying or purchasing foreign made products this could impact the companies in a big way—some of you are to young to remember a slogan or ad that ran almost daily on the TV back—might have been in the early 70’s & 80’s – it simply stated “Made In America or U.S.A.” So the next time you decide to go and vote ask your congressman/woman and legislatures what are they going to do to improve your chances of succeeding in Corporate America even after you’ve turned 50 yrs of age.

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