/sarcasm
Longshoreman bump!
Bet ya Al Quada is eyeing those jobs too !
"...people hungry for six-figure pay..."
So, if two gay longshoremen got "married" and earned $200,000.00 per year, John Kerry would say they were rich.
My apologies to all straight longshoremen, all women longshoremen, and all non-rich well paid Americans.
Hey Mr Union President - if you cared about outsourcing of jobs so much, you and your union guys should all quit your jobs in solidarity with everyone who's lost a job because of rising imports.
Oh, not going to go that far, are we?
You forgot the fringe benefit of being able to steal whole cargo containers and resell the merchandise therein.
I only hope that they do THOUROUGH security and background checks. Al Queda would LOVE to get some operatives into that port.
Does Cosco run the ports (as once rumored?) If so, look for an influx of Chinese laborers being in the first shipments of containers. Hell, they can come ashore in the containers and never go out the gate and once the 'leaders' are through with them, just box em up and ship them back.
Wow! Ain't it great?
Kind of like all the jobs R Byrd had relocated in WestbyGod Virginny.
Just how many of the 'little people' got to partake in the good, high pay jobs?...all those poor fools got or get is higher water and sewer bills, higher taxes to handle the new employees and oh yes, higher cost of living for them as the NEW prices naturally will reflect the 'dumb flatlanders' making all the GOOD Guvmint money....
Then, right behind all that comes the criminal element to try and relieve the new found bucks, the gated communities etc etc etc ah, some things never change...
The longshoremen union rasies the price of all goods sent through the ports.
Should a worker pulling levers get paid 6 figures? If so, the McDonalds fry cook should, too.
Unions suck the life out of our country.
"You may make a lot of money, but you may find yourself two, three months without anything."
Live simply, drive a basic car, get an education, and take a month-long vacation every year.
I'm game.
These jobs, like msot jobs in Hollywood show business, will go to family members, very close friends and those who the union thugs have designated (generally, in return for a very fat fee - slary is good, but the theft opportunities are fantastic).
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I was going to say: if you don't tax imports, someone else will. Not sure if that actually makes any sense, but it is ironic that the guardians of free trade make this kind of money for manual labor. Actually, the irony here is deep and multifaceted. Couple this with the near ban on drug imports and everyone should be able to see the scam that is free trade.