Tulsa Rated #2 for wage growth

[guido911]

Your understanding of the working class comes from song lyrics.

and bumper stickers, and word of mouth losers.

[FOTD]

Oh really, how many "working class" people work for you? Do you have to meet a payroll every week like I do? If not, STFUps to you and anyone else who works for those who dared to succeed.

Gwee, you really need to lighten up and to quit taking things personally. You must be assuming these comments are directed at you which they are not.
Sparty, churning=replacement. The job remains the same with head hunters and agencies replacing execs into already existing jobs.

[Oil Capital]

Oil Capital:

The article itself explains that in Tulsa wage growth is probably a real reflection of wages and not a result of layoffs, given that we have a modest 6% unemployment rate.  Your hypothesis of low wage worker layoffs leading to a rise in average wages was specifically covered by the article.

First, let me emphasize that I am not saying the increased average wage IS a result of layoffs of relatively low-wage workers, only that it as good of an explanation as anything else and that we just do not have enough facts to tell one way or another. 

The author of the article has made assumptions that are not warranted by the evidence before him/her.  Yes, the relatively benign unemployment rate suggests that it might not be caused by layoffs of relatively low-wage workers, but it is far from conclusive (and of course, the reality is that it is probably a combination of factors).

[guido911]

Gwee, you really need to lighten up and to quit taking things personally. You must be assuming these comments are directed at you which they are not.

Are you kidding me? You called me out specifically in this very thread.

You and Gweed are soooo callous. You think the working class man is second hand. In another thread,(Unemployment At 26 Year High ) Guido says (.... "I am laughing my a$$ off over the unemployment rate increasing") point blank he could care less about those who have lost their jobs.

Do I need to bust out the industrial strength bong pic on you again?

[FOTD]

Are you kidding me? You called me out specifically in this very thread.

You and Gweed are soooo callous. You think the working class man is second hand. In another thread,(Unemployment At 26 Year High ) Guido says (.... "I am laughing my a$$ off over the unemployment rate increasing") point blank he could care less about those who have lost their jobs.

Do I need to bust out the industrial strength bong pic on you again?

Using your own words is not calling you out. Pointing out how insensitive you are is not a personal attack.

Is looking in your mirror a form of self flagellation? The mirror on the wall does not take you personally unless it breaks.

You seem to have been gassed one too many times...that is a personal attack.

[rhymnrzn]

so when Tulsey tops the stack, you guys want to build pyramids to reach the heavens wherein ye may bury your barons and kings?  i know there must be a few of you who like the idea of crushing prisoners with labor to build your heights.  your wicked fathers expect it from you.......

[Hoss]

so when Tulsey tops the stack, you guys want to build pyramids to reach the heavens wherein ye may bury your barons and kings?  i know there must be a few of you who like the idea of crushing prisoners with labor to build your heights.  your wicked fathers expect it from you.......

Speaking of self-flagellation....or troofers....or maybe both....

[rhymnrzn]

Speaking of self-flagellation....or troofers....or maybe both....

no, I for one can think of many many things better to do: but ye rich fellas, what else is there left to do?  don't you do all these things for yourselves?

[Conan71]

Is looking in your mirror a form of self flagellation? The mirror on the wall does not take you personally unless it breaks.

Must be for you since you hate white people so much.

[cannon_fodder]

Sparty, churning=replacement. The job remains the same with head hunters and agencies replacing execs into already existing jobs.

Then that would have NO EFFECT on wage growth or unemployment.  That's what we call turnover.  It's pretty standard in any industry.


OILCAPITAL:

Thanks for the clarification.  I agree that the author made some extrapolations, but it seems to me that he is comparing our data to others.  In reference to the other data, where unemployment tops 10%, it would seem unlikely that the loss of low paying jobs would significantly raise wage data.

[sauerkraut]

The big thing that will kill jobs and the economy is Obama's "Cap & Trade" Bill, No business will want to hire, most will want to dump workers. We will lose 2.5 million jobs under cap & trade, and even worse our electric bills will skyrocket and gasoline will be $6.00 a gallon, domestic oil production will fizzle out and we'll be importing almost all of our oil, but with a heavy tariff on it to keep fuel prices high. It's the worst bill congress ever passed in 200 years. It's likely to pass in the Senate this fall. There is a good book about all this "green" stuff it's called "Green Hell"..

[Hoss]

The big thing that will kill jobs and the economy is Obama's "Cap & Trade" Bill, No business will want to hire, most will want to dump workers. We will lose 2.5 million jobs under cap & trade, and even worse our electric bills will skyrocket and gasoline will be $6.00 a gallon, domestic oil production will fizzle out and we'll be importing almost all of our oil, but with a heavy tariff on it to keep fuel prices high. It's the worst bill congress ever passed in 200 years. It's likely to pass in the Senate this fall. There is a good book about all this "green" stuff it's called "Green Hell"..

It's all hearsay, Cornhusker.  Get outta the library.

[YoungTulsan]

The big thing that will kill jobs and the economy is Obama's "Cap & Trade" Bill, No business will want to hire, most will want to dump workers. We will lose 2.5 million jobs under cap & trade, and even worse our electric bills will skyrocket and gasoline will be $6.00 a gallon, domestic oil production will fizzle out and we'll be importing almost all of our oil, but with a heavy tariff on it to keep fuel prices high. It's the worst bill congress ever passed in 200 years. It's likely to pass in the Senate this fall. There is a good book about all this "green" stuff it's called "Green Hell"..

We import our oil because the Saudis and others reinvest their profits in our debt, thanks to Henry Kissenger.

[sauerkraut]

It's all hearsay, Cornhusker.  Get outta the library.

It already passed the house it goes to the Senate next month and it seems some form of cap & trade will pass, if not the EPA has the power to do cap & trade. We'll be in a perm. recession heading down toward a 3rd world life style when that passes. The "cap" gets screwed down tighter every year costing American families more and more money each year.

[sauerkraut]

We import our oil because the Saudis and others reinvest their profits in our debt, thanks to Henry Kissenger.

We import oil because it's cheap and because we can't drill for our own, Domestic oil is  off limits. Obama just banned drilling on 360,000 oil rich acres in Utah in his first day in office. Alaska is floating on a sea of oil that we can't drill for. However with cap & trade imported oil may be cheap but the law would require a tariff tax on every barrel of imported oil to keep gasoline prices high to fight global warming (and global warming is not happening anyhow). Gaslone prices will be sky high and never get cheap. That will force people to buy green cars, bike to work or take the bus. Electric bills will double. That's Obama's change.