Jobs in AU

[PEinVA]

Any jobs in Australia or GB? I want to apply for political asylum. US Citizen afraid for his life after today's election.



(But seriously...)

RC
All that is necessary for the triumph of evil is that good men do nothing.
Edmund Burke

 

[KENAT]

Well, you may not realize it based on some of their actions but the UK currently has a Labour Party. While it has veered a little it's roots are firmly in the Socialist camp.

I believe Australia is also labor right now.

So assuming your fears are based on the claims about Obama being a marxist etc then, you may want to reconsider GB or Aus as a potential venue.

KENAT,

Have you reminded yourself of faq731-376 recently, or taken a look at posting policies:

http://eng-tips.com/market.cfm?

 

[PEinVA]

Ok
Ireland it is then.

RC
All that is necessary for the triumph of evil is that good men do nothing.
Edmund Burke

 

[KENAT]

I believe their current government may also be left leaning.

KENAT,

Have you reminded yourself of faq731-376 recently, or taken a look at posting policies:

http://eng-tips.com/market.cfm?

 

[PEinVA]

Ok
Vatican City then.


RC
All that is necessary for the triumph of evil is that good men do nothing.
Edmund Burke

 

[KENAT]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Right-wing

May give you some suggestions.

KENAT,

Have you reminded yourself of faq731-376 recently, or taken a look at posting policies:

http://eng-tips.com/market.cfm?

 

[ctopher]

I think Texas is a country to its own.


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[IRstuff]

Well, I think that it will be amusing for you to find another country that's to the right of the US. My guess is that most of those to the right are the ones that we used to associate with the "axis of evil," so good luck with that.

TTFN

FAQ731-376

 

[apsix]

Any rednecks entering AU will be reassigned as bogans.

 

[SomptingGuy]

The US Democrats are probably further to the right than the UK Conservatives. We have left, middle and right. You have right and far right.

- Steve

 

[hokie66]

Steve,

I've seen you say that before. Would be interested in your definitions of left and right.

 

[lz5pl]

Why not try Russia, they are real capitalists now ?

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It may be like this in theory and practice, but in real life it is completely different.
The favourite sentence of my army sergeant

 

[SomptingGuy]

hokie66,

Entirely subjective. I moved from Major's Britain to Clinton's USA and didn't detect too much difference in the politics, just a slight shift to the right.

- Steve

 

[hokie66]

I think it is hard to compare a country with a system where the parliament selects the Prime Minister with one where the people select the Executive. The US Congress has conservatives and liberals on both sides, and they are not bound to vote in lock step at peril of disendorsement.

 

[GregLocock]

An old definition of the main American political parties from a British perspective was

Democrats=Conservatives

Republicans=Conservatives

Of course when both parties are fighting for the vote of Mr 50%ile the differences tend to be notional.

Cheers

Greg Locock

SIGlease see FAQ731-376 for tips on how to make the best use of Eng-Tips.

 

[debodine]

I am born and raised in the US and while my first reaction also was "get out while the gettin's good", in reality the US will still need to fly planes and thus I should be able to continue employment.

I have been to both GB and AU and thoroughly enjoyed my visits there. I found the older people from my generation very friendly and excellent companions. This is not a slam against younger people in either GB or AU. In fact, I don't really relate well to young people in the US! It is just that I am old and approaching ancient far more quickly than I want to, and I relate better to my generation.

All that being said, I will stay here. I believe that the US still has relatively more freedom for me to work than either GB or AU, although I will freely admit that my short visits there do NOT qualify me to be an accurate judge of their societies. Like most Americans, the news media (and in the recent decade, the Internet) is my only real exposure to other nations. So for anyone in GB or AU who considers that they would rather live there than in the US, I salute your decision and your nation.

I will say that from the contacts I have made here at Eng-Tips that no matter how I see the governments of the three nations, I would be delighted to work with engineers from all three any where, any time, and for any project. And I have done that and would again without hesitation.

debodine

P.S. While I like Long John Silver's fish and chips, they do not hold a candle to either the fish and chips shop I found on Canning Highway in Perth, Australia, or the fish and chips shop I found on Normandy Street in Alton, England. Those two shops would swing my decision the other way if I could be located near either of those for employment.

 

[jmw]

Is secession in the air? Texas used to maintain an embassy in London (now a steak house, so it hasn't moved all that far from its origins.

It seems to me that when the populations of the western world are going to be squeezed financially as a consequence of the abject failure of the politicians to regulate the financial markets, that what we are presented with are governments who want to raise taxes and/or introduce new taxes. As if we weren't burdened enough, the UK government is intending to tax road usage on a much wider scale.
Ironically, when discussing socialistic leanings, the people hardest hit by all these measures seem to be those least able to afford it i.e. the very portion of society the left leaners claim to be most in sympathy with.

It seems that most western governments have, over the years, become addicted to the income generation of the "service industries" and basically consigned manufacturing and engineering to the dustbins of history.I guess I'm old fashioned and certainly I am no economist, but I kind of consider the revenues of the service industry as "virtual" money while manufacturing is actually generating real money.
I would really like to see the UK and/or the US grasp the nettle and get bac to the basics of supporting a modern manufacturing industry that generates, demands and exploits the skills of its manufacturers and its engineers.

Left, right or middle, we can none of us expect much as engineers from any of these governments. While industry is good at importing the latest Japanese efficiency porgram or manufacturing tools, Kaizan, Orchid or whatever, it would be really really nice to see a government adopt a 100 year plan with its goal of establishing wealth health and well being from manufacturing. Sadly, most western governments have very short attention spans that reach no further than the next election and most promises last no longer than the morning after.


JMW

http://www.ViscoAnalyser.com

 

[Mr168]

JMW: Based on the acceptance speech which went along the lines of "change might not happen now, might not happen 4 years from now", those promises don't necessarily even make it to the morning after!

 

[KENAT]

debodine,

I get that line all the time about being more free in the US. As someone born and raised in the UK and having been in the US just over 3 years I've got to say I don't see it. Although if you are just talking about 'free to work' then maybe, but your US employer is also more free to terminate your employment.

jmw,

I agree about the 'service' industry just recycling the same money, not really generating any wealth. Not sure what the answer is with the political system in either UK or US.

Once I'm a citizen perhaps I'll start writing strongly worded letters.

KENAT,

Have you reminded yourself of faq731-376 recently, or taken a look at posting policies:

http://eng-tips.com/market.cfm?

 

[debodine]

Kenat:

You are correct that I meant to limit my comments to freedom to work, and not apply them to areas other than work. But you are also correct that the employers generally have more freedom to terminate, at least in a Right to Work state like mine, North Carolina.

I have been very very fortunate to only be terminated three times due to lack of work and all of those times were as a contract engineer and not as a direct employee. (I have a lot of experience at both contract and direct).

And because there has always been work for me where I wanted to be, it seems I have been blessed particularly well and I am definitely not going to complain. )

debodine

P.S. I am positive the US is far from perfect, but I hope that on balance your three years have been pleasant and productive for you (and lucrative too or at least reasonably rewarding) here in the states.