[Sunny-Days-in-Florida]

Originally Posted by wrema

and you think there are plenty 75k-100k jobs up north?

Not anymore.

Used to be tons of high paying good jobs in the Midwest and the Carolinas.

All the manufacturing jobs we should still be doing like steel, clothing/textiles, tools, glassware, plastic etc need to be brought back and any company who picked up and left for Mexico should be heavily taxed and tariffs added to force them to come back where they belong.

I know of more then 11 companies in Ohio alone who packed up, screwed their long time employees and moved to Mexico.

We need to force them to come back or destroy their business.

[chopchop0]

Originally Posted by Sunny-Days-in-Florida

Not anymore.

Used to be tons of high paying good jobs in the Midwest and the Carolinas.

All the manufacturing jobs we should still be doing like steel, clothing/textiles, tools, glassware, plastic etc need to be brought back and any company who picked up and left for Mexico should be heavily taxed and tariffs added to force them to come back where they belong.

I know of more then 11 companies in Ohio alone who packed up, screwed their long time employees and moved to Mexico.

We need to force them to come back or destroy their business.

pretty naive

How Donald Trump's 25% tariff on China could start trade war - Apr. 18, 2011

[kyle19125]

Originally Posted by kyle19125

However as much as some might hope, anecdotal examples don't override actual statistics which read as follows:

Metro Orlando's median pay ranks last among the nation's 50 biggest metropolitan areas, and it has the largest share of jobs — 37 percent — paying less than $25,000 a year. That's nearly twice the rate of Las Vegas, another city built on tourism.

Central Florida also has the smallest share of jobs paying more than $50,000. And since 2002, median pay in the region, adjusted for inflation, has fallen by $1,761 — to $29,450 — as the number of middle-class and upper middle-class jobs tumbled because of the Great Recession.

Low median pay isn't a new phenomenon: In 2002 and 2007, before the recession hit, Orlando ranked 49th (ahead of San Antonio, Texas) among the top 50 metro areas.

***Metropolitan statistical areas ranked by median household income***
Overall Rank-MSA-Population-Median Household Income
52 West Palm Beach–Boca Raton, Florida MSA 1,131,184 $45,062
82 Jacksonville, Florida MSA 1,100,491 $42,439
87 Orlando, Florida MSA 1,644,561 $41,871
132 Miami–Fort Lauderdale, Florida CMSA 3,876,380 $38,632
156 Tampa–St. Petersburg–Clearwater, Florida MSA 2,395,997 $37,406

Originally Posted by Spring Hillian

OK. So 63 percent of the jobs pay more than 25k a year. Median means 1/2 pay that much or less and 1/2 pay that much or more. What is your point?

The point is there are 81 metros with salaries higher than in all Florida metro areas but one, and a good number of those have a cost of living that's less. Illustrating the Sunshine Tax is the main objective for those that believe (like you do obviously) that Florida is an economic mecca for those not making a go of it where they are now.

[wrema]

Originally Posted by kyle19125

The point is there are 81 metros with salaries higher than in all Florida metro areas but one, and a good number of those have a cost of living that's less. Illustrating the Sunshine Tax is the main objective for those that believe (like you do obviously) that Florida is an economic mecca for those not making a go of it where they are now.

It is not cheap in MI.Property taxes are very high and everything else.

[Spring Hillian]

I guess over 19 million people are stupid for living here then.

Originally Posted by kyle19125

The point is there are 81 metros with salaries higher than in all Florida metro areas but one, and a good number of those have a cost of living that's less. Illustrating the Sunshine Tax is the main objective for those that believe (like you do obviously) that Florida is an economic mecca for those not making a go of it where they are now.

[Sunny-Days-in-Florida]

Originally Posted by chopchop0

pretty naive

How Donald Trump's 25% tariff on China could start trade war - Apr. 18, 2011

I did not say kill them with 25% I said for those who were in the USA and left and took American jobs with them.

Only those who have left should be hammered so they can come back here and hire Americans to do the jobs they used to do.

Ex---
Factory in Ohio I know very well in 1995 had 5,000 workers.

2009 they left for Mexico. Took equipment all and but the building with them.

Leaving 5,000 people out of a job.

[BrowardNole]

I live in Ft. Lauderdale area. Salary is about $70k a year. Make another $10,000 from rental income. Late 20's. Work in local government.

[Spring Hillian]

The big question is WHY did they find it necessary to relocate their operations to Mexico?

Originally Posted by Sunny-Days-in-Florida

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Ex---
Factory in Ohio I know very well in 1995 had 5,000 workers.

2009 they left for Mexico. Took equipment all and but the building with them.

Leaving 5,000 people out of a job.

[Swimmom32]

Originally Posted by wrema

and you think there are plenty 75k-100k jobs up north?

Actually there are in that range...

[mrviking]

Originally Posted by Sunny-Days-in-Florida

Not anymore.

Used to be tons of high paying good jobs in the Midwest and the Carolinas.

All the manufacturing jobs we should still be doing like steel, clothing/textiles, tools, glassware, plastic etc need to be brought back and any company who picked up and left for Mexico should be heavily taxed and tariffs added to force them to come back where they belong.

I know of more then 11 companies in Ohio alone who packed up, screwed their long time employees and moved to Mexico.

We need to force them to come back or destroy their business.

No that's why they left. They wanted to keep there business.