Unusual nightime diversion

 Unusual things I sometimes think about at night when I can't sleep.

Unintended Conquinces..ie the riots, the looting, the destruction of establishments

 Unintended Consequences

It boggles my mind to see the lack of short-term forward vision on the part of elected officials in mostly the Democratic run jurisdictions.  Is it not obvious that if you do away with policeman when you need a policeman there won't be any.  What good is a call to 911 if there's nobody there or if the telephone operator has nobody to send. .

I saw in the news today where a store owner in Baltimore said he planned to sue the city for not protecting his business when it was looted twice.  This he actually believe that the city of Baltimore is going to be giving him money to rebuild his business under the current conditions.  Is this not a pipe dream on his part or what.

I believe the major cities that we see on the news every night with the riots, pillaging, theft, etc. will very likely not rebuild any time in the near future.  Why would a rational person or for that matter, a commercial insurance company support that kind of activity knowing the history.  The idea that anyone or any organization or government is going to come in and provide free money to these entrepreneurs is more than just wishful thinking.

The federal government, i.e. years in mind tax dollars, have no obligation to fund or rebuild the destruction in Portland, Oregon or other liberal towns that fostered rioting, personal injury, and most importantly, the disrespect de-funding and nonsupport of law enforcement.  As the Queen purportedly once said, "let them eat cake".  No sympathy on my part.

Were I a police officer or other law enforcement person in any of these democratically controlled cities or states, I would be looking for another place to live.  I was told that Houston, Texas is advertising they need 400 new officers and would welcome any of these mistreated law enforcement persons.

As recently as today, 23 August, I read were City Councilman in Chicago and at least another major city is out there requesting law enforcement support.  Now that the peaceful protesters are showing up in their neighborhood.  What gall these people have.

The fate of todays HS and todays college graduates

My vision of the newly graduate experience

A look at what it might be like for a current year graduate being thrust into the business world of the virus economy.

In the main, today's college graduates have a much more liberal education than past generations.  Graduates in the core subjects of science, mathematics, nursing, etc. minor to the graduate degrees in subjects like social studies, art studies, general studies, psychology and ethnic studies.  This second group virtually contains no marketable skills and require some other kind of training to be income productive.  It is not unreasonable to believe that a young person seeking a paying job without a marketable skill set will have a significant problem finding employment and what they believe is there education trained area.  Not to mention the fact that many, if not most, leave college with a substantial student loan debt.  Because of their age and maturity.  Many have wasted that money on consumable items versus restricted use paying their education cost


It is also believable to think of these people, having graduated will wind up moving back home to live with their parents.  If not financially supported by family, recent graduates will need to find employment to provide some kind of financial support.  While there seem to be many jobs available in the market today.  Most college graduates are naïve and egotistical enough to believe that regular manual labor is below their social level.  The older held attitude that believed "any job is honorable" an acceptable particularly if you need the money.  Of particular note was the movement prior to the pandemic that minimum-wage workers in the fast food industry somehow deserved and ought to be able to dictate an hourly wage believed to be unsustainable by the market.  As of today's date, that movement seems to have faded and reality must be setting in at some level.

While the self perceived upwardly mobile set of students/graduates have been viewing young people that, for whatever reason chose to go the trade route direction as somewhat lesser individuals either socially, mentally or educationally.  Yet, it is not difficult to envision a situation where a young person involved in the trades is not only having an easier time finding a job that is also making good wages.  My current experience, with the young people I know in the trades, is that they are not only doing well but are seeing the prospects, after serving what used to be called an apprenticeship and journeyman experience becoming business owners and hiring employees.  It is also vision-able to see a situation to where college graduates, without marketable skills needing to work for businesses that do things such as plumbing, air conditioning/heating, landscaping, etc. as laborers supporting the skilled worker.  This being an almost complete reversal of working relations that have occurred over the past decades.

My observation is that beginning and skilled trade workers in occupations I've mentioned above seem to be in short supply.  I think a lot of that is due to the fact that, particularly high schools, have reduced or eliminated their shop training programs and trade schools have become unpopular for government funding.  Also, there was a time when trade unions had internal training programs associated with union membership.  Designed to upgrade the skills of their workers, thus improving productivity and income.  Trade unions over the years have mainly become unpopular due to corrupt leadership.  Trade unions didn't used to be a bad name as it is today.  Like so many things the pendulum swings too far one way and then swings back too far the other way.  While I have never been a fan of the union concept.  It is perhaps time to revise and reinvent some of the positive features of trade unions.  Of course, that pendulum would wind up swinging too far the other way also.  I cannot currently perceive of the time in the future when the population won't need plumbing, air conditioning, construction, and all the rest of those activities that produce the very underpinning of a modern society.