[extropy-chat] 'Unskilled jobs to go in 10 years'

[BillK]

On Sun, 07 Nov 2004 21:04:55 -0600, Damien Broderick wrote:
> 
> There will be no jobs for unskilled workers in Britain within 10 years, the
> leading employers' organisation claims today.
> 
> The prediction is based on the growth in "outsourcing" manufacturing and
> sales jobs abroad to economies where staff are hired at a fraction of the cost.
> 

The choice phrase used was
"Britain will become a nation of hairdressers"  :)

But this report is from the CBI conference, intended to get more
benefits for big companies from the government. They are both ignoring
the thriving 'black-market' economy being created by the
ever-increasing taxes and regulations from government. Officially,
like 'unemployment', if it doesn't appear in their records, then it
doesn't exist.

BillK