Manufacturing jobs

[Frank Newgent]

http://www.nytimes.com/2004/02/20/business/20jobs.html

Is cooking a hamburger patty and inserting the meat, lettuce and ketchup inside a bun a manufacturing job, like assembling automobiles?

That question is posed in the new Economic Report of the President, a thick annual compendium of observations and statistics on the health of the United States economy.

The latest edition, sent to Congress last week, questions whether fast-food restaurants should continue to be counted as part of the service sector or should be reclassified as manufacturers. No answers were offered.
What about industry-specific mandates such as sugar beet root, mustard, blue cheese with walnuts, pineapple, catsup or pickles?

[Grammatron]

Originally posted by Frank Newgent
http://www.nytimes.com/2004/02/20/business/20jobs.html


What about industry-specific mandates such as sugar beet root, mustard, blue cheese with walnuts, pineapple, catsup or pickles?

It's no more different than assembling jewel cases and other simple devices.

[Bjorn]

some economists wanted to count hamburger flipping as manufacturing, which he noted would produce statistics showing more jobs in what has been a declining sector of the economy.Yep - someone wants good statistics in an election year .... :p

[Tmy]

Can you eat jewel cases?


If we go to a value added tax system Big Macs will cost $100!!!

[Bentspoon]

change the measurement parameters ......

Unemployment looks bad ... oh my ..... what to do ....

aha - if we just change the measure criteria

Just like the special penis ruler that I gave my wife.

Ahhhh , now everything measures up

Bentspoon

[pupdog]

What a great industry! Remember how many Americans improved their diets when Reagan declared ketchup a vegetable?

[kittynh]

oh boy, does this mean they can form Unions now?

[Solitaire]

Originally posted by Bjorn
Yep - someone wants good statistics in an election year .... :p
The 8 To 12 Million Jobs Bush Will Add To The Economy This Year, Also Helps. (http://www.pbs.org/newshour/bb/business/jan-june04/immigration_reform_02-04.html) :p

[Reginald]

Well to me it's a service job.

Whatever next? Hamburger Technician?
Hot dog mechanic?
Fried chicken engineer?
Milkshake process worker?

Pass my vernier calipers I want to make sure your onion rings are to specification.

[Frank Newgent]

Originally posted by Grammatron

It's no more different than assembling jewel cases and other simple devices.

Bet I know what you're having for supper (http://www.st-thomas.com/tutumall/images/china-fast-food.jpg)

[Bjorn]

Originally posted by Synchronicity

The 8 To 12 Million Jobs Bush Will Add To The Economy This Year, Also Helps. (http://www.pbs.org/newshour/bb/business/jan-june04/immigration_reform_02-04.html) :p Yep - make them legal and statistics will show he created 10 million new jobs .... :p

[Frank Newgent]

http://www.newsday.com/business/ny-bzmac0221,0,7767423.story?coll=ny-business-headlines

"If fast food is classified as manufacturing, perhaps the neighborhood lemonade stand should be considered part of the military-industrial complex," said Sen. Charles Schumer (D-N.Y.).

Bombs away (http://veggietable.allinfo-about.com/recipes/mintylemonade.html)