Good jobs are in high demand these days.  Yet, unfortunately, they’re in limited supply.  Gone are the days when any old hack could show up with a tie and a smile, shuffle papers around a cubicle, surf the internet all day, drink coffee on the house, and collect a comfortable paycheck every two weeks.

To get a good job these days you must possess a financially valued skill that can turn a profit for your employer.  And, above all, you must work your ass off.  That’s our experience, at least.

Most university degrees no longer cut it.  Particularly those in soft subjects like sociology of zebras in captivity.  Recent graduates with degrees in such fluff are discovering their learned knowledge of worthless matter…is worthless.  Come to find out, it hardly qualifies them to operate an espresso bean grinder.  Who would have thought?

On Tuesday the Senate demurred to President Obama’s jobs bill, which included tacking $447 billion to the debt to create jobs the market doesn’t warrant.  This must be, without a doubt, the most intelligent thing the blockheads in the Senate have done this century.

By refusing to spend money it doesn’t have to create jobs the world doesn’t need, the government’s giving the economy a shot at making an honest recovery Continue reading →