Cut...Cut....Cut....Cutting Away At The Industrial Age.....Bring On the Alstrynomic Digital Age....
February 08, 2010
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DES MOINES, Iowa - Officials of Iowa's largest city say more job cuts and a hiring freeze for Des Moines' police and fire departments are in the works.....Des Moines officials have cut nearly $16 million to keep the city's budget in balance over the past three fiscal years.
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/chi-ap-ia-budget-desmoines,0,6526197.story
Police and Fire cuts are just beginning as we start to shut down cities focused on the Industrial Age.
LOGAN — A 550-worker postal facility here is expected to halt operations on Saturday, according to a union leader who has fought to keep the plant open....."They're closing it down," Michael Gallagher, a regional official for the American Postal Workers Union, said of the mail-transfer site in Logan.
http://www.courierpostonline.com/article/20100208/NEWS01/2080333/1006/news01/Postal-facility-set-to-close
eMail is replacing the need for the postal service
Thirty-eight current employees and full student grants for families with incomes over $75,000 will be the first casualties in the College's efforts to mitigate its $100-million budget shortfall, the College Office of Public Affairs announced in a press release Monday afternoon.
http://thedartmouth.com/2010/02/08/news/Budget
University Educations will be delivered online.......Economy takes a toll on waste industry
http://www.dl-online.com/event/article/id/50872/
The Alstrynomic Digital Age will produce far less waste than the Industrial Age.....
Frustrated Job Seekers Deciding to Call it Quits
We will need far fewer workers in the Digital Age.....Since Pension Funds, Social Security, and Medicare are structurally dependent on massive numbers working to support those drawing benefits......EXPECT MASSIVE CUTS AND CONVULSIONS TO THE EXISTING PARADIGM.