tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9025948832913694345.post5782010477991895659..comments2024-03-22T02:15:56.280-07:00Comments on Jersey Jazzman: Where My Jaw Hits The FloorDukehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16535645107179796099noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9025948832913694345.post-47135004451520888452010-09-06T19:05:24.419-07:002010-09-06T19:05:24.419-07:00Went to school in Ra-cha-cha; Mrs. Jazzman and I u...Went to school in Ra-cha-cha; Mrs. Jazzman and I used to go apple picking every fall. It's beautiful around the Finger Lakes, and we used to love going to actual working farms.<br /><br />So many of those have been converted to big agri-business factories or agri-tourism stops. Not that I have a problem with agri-tourism, but...<br /><br />The Mott's story is unfortunately so typical - especially around upstate NY. Auburn, Schenectady, Utica, even Syracuse - they're starting to become ghost towns. Rochester got killed when Kodak and Xerox got hit, and even though it's still a great city, it's a shadow of its former self.<br /><br />Don't we care about that any more? About loyalty to employees? To communities?<br /><br />What's happening to us? I wonder...Dukehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16535645107179796099noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9025948832913694345.post-37608204221262702702010-09-06T14:07:09.675-07:002010-09-06T14:07:09.675-07:00A related problem is that even when companies are ...A related problem is that even when companies are doing well despite the Bush Recession, <a href="http://www.deciminyan.org/2010/08/wringing-juice-out-of-workers.html" rel="nofollow">they are still screwing the workers</a>.deciminyanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06291307286920551540noreply@blogger.com