Certainly the employees who are dismissed in the process of downsizing do not immediately (if ever) benefit from the process. Having your employer view you as expendable is a tough blow to take, both to the ego and to the pocketbook. Being laid off as a result of downsizing can have its benefits, however. I always try to view things from an optimistic perspective. A door closing can be sign that a person should look in another direction, because most likely another opportunity is awaiting.

This is not always the case, as we saw in the events that occurred in conjunction with GM’s off-shoring jobs from Flint, Michigan to Mexico. People in Flint were left with seemingly no options toward which to turn. The decision to downsize would be an extremely difficult one. Circumstances surrounding the company would be vital considerations, as downsizing should

Private schools must obtain their own funding since it is not provided by the state, as in the case of public schools. It does not make sense, however, for companies to only contribute to these private sectors. Only focusing on private schools severely limits the potential labor pool that will exist when these children grow into working (at least hopefully working) adults. We know there is a great discrepancy between the educations provided to students in most private schools, versus those in public school. As we saw in the PBS special about Ohio public schools, however, there are also drastic differences between public schools.

Business is concerned with health and safety. The question is, to what extent are they willing to go to promote it? When do other business interests intervene and become more important? The health and safety of a company’s employees should be a top priority, for without them, business of any kind certainly could not succeed.

The pharmaceutical industry, for example, many times gets a bad wrap. It seems to the general public that exorbitant profits are made on drugs that barely cost a penny per pill. When you think about it though, research that develops new life-saving drugs is outrageously expensive as well. Pharmaceutical companies are not non-profit organizations, and it takes quite a bit to recoup research and development costs. I for one am willing to pay a bit more at the drugstore if it means that there may be a new cancer fighting drug on the market in twenty or thirty years. If my dollars could in any way help find a cure, then I am for it.

These extremes need to be lessened. It would not be appropriate to take away from those children who are exposed to great possibilities, great tools and a plethora of available activities in their school environments. There must be something done to bring the bottom level schools up to par, though. Children in poor schools, exposed to decrepit buildings and me

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