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I don't know what ftfy means and I don't see the problem with taking on contractors/temps. It's better than nothing, no? Or should they hire people full time and then pay unemployment when they have to let them go? It's the least they can do, right? Often, changes in demand (and needs for employees) are short term so taking on full time employees doesn't make a lot of sense.

 

Sorry, too many words.

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I don't know what ftfy means 

http://lmgtfy.com/?q=ftfy

 

 

the problem is that the trend of hiring temps/contractors is growing. the middle class is being eaten away by the motivations of wall street.

 

 

i have no problem in hiring temps for projects that have a definitive life cycle. but i've seen first hand the practice of hiring temps that fill full-time roles.

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http://lmgtfy.com/?q=ftfy

 

 

the problem is that the trend of hiring temps/contractors is growing. the middle class is being eaten away by the motivations of wall street.

 

 

i have no problem in hiring temps for projects that have a definitive life cycle. but i've seen first hand the practice of hiring temps that fill full-time roles.

 

OK, but how does this result in the eating away of the middle class by wall street?

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Because people continually bouncing around from temp job to temp job is no equation for any sort of economic stability or progression. Do you think these people save money in the bank or in their 401Ks?

One would think it would behoove Wall St to have more people contributing to bank accounts and 401ks, besides the fact that it's much more easy for Wall St as a whole to make money when there's economic stability and progression.

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One would think it would behoove Wall St to have more people contributing to bank accounts and 401ks, besides the fact that it's much more easy for Wall St as a whole to make money when there's economic stability and progression.

 

nah, they make way way way more money off the 1-10% than the rest of 'em.

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One would think it would behoove Wall St to have more people contributing to bank accounts and 401ks, besides the fact that it's much more easy for Wall St as a whole to make money when there's economic stability and progression.

WS is making some huge $$ right now. They earn regardless of the economy. Even during the last crisis some firms were still doing very well.

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The president thinks that Americans should discuss Obamacare over Thanksgiving dinner. Has he never attended a family Thanksgiving gathering? I thought everyone knew that politics are off the table during holiday gatherings. 

 

leading with "it's time to have the talk" might send a lot of family members out of the house before the actual subject matter of the talk can be disclosed.

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Tell that to my obnoxious right wing family members who view everything through a conservative/liberal prison.

 

We have that dynamic, too (like many, I suppose).  For example, my father truly believes that Obama is a Manchurian candidate installed by Muslims who want to destroy America from within.  I wish I was exaggerating.  Talking politics with these people is an act of lunacy.  It's like having a conversation inside a comic book.

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