Monday, January 28, 2013

Random Thoughts

   Factories in China are booming, and the country produces some 8 million college graduates yearly. Many of these graduates, however, are unemployed. Why? They feel factory work is beneath them.
   Sound familiar?

   Austerity is self-defeating. It causes pain only to those most in need of help.

   Republicans made the rounds of the Sunday talk shows lamenting the lack of progress and accusing President Obama of stonewalling legislative proposals.
   Say what?

   Hint for good writing: Seeing the text is not enough. Readers need to hear the words. Syntactically, a sentence may be constructed correctly, but if it doesn't scan, readers won't hear it.

   First class postage just went up, to 46 cents for a stamp. In the past ten years, the cost of mailing a letter has risen by more than 30 percent, and the number of letters carried by the U.S. Postal Service has dropped in half.
   Economics 101: The Law of Supply and Demand has not been repealed. When the price goes up, sales go down, and customers seek alternatives. In this case, email.

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