# Alcoa to lay off 13500 **URL:** \ **Category:** NYSpeed Off Topic\ **Created:** [January 7, 2009, 12:31pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/alcoa-to-lay-off-13500/60908 "2009-01-07T12:31:03Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Blue\_Eyed\_Devil](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/blue_eyed_devil/32/7292_2.png) [@Blue\_Eyed\_Devil](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Blue_Eyed_Devil)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2009, 12:31pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/alcoa-to-lay-off-13500/60908/1 "2009-01-07T12:31:03Z")
Not a good sign, although aluminum is mad cheap right now. > **[Aluminum Giant Alcoa to Lay Off 13,500](http://www.newser.com/story/47202/aluminum-giant-alcoa-to-lay-off-13500.html)** > > Pittsburgh company slashes 13% of its work force ---
**Author:** ![Eazy716](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/eazy716/32/7443_2.png) [@Eazy716](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Eazy716)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2009, 12:32pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/alcoa-to-lay-off-13500/60908/2 "2009-01-07T12:32:24Z")
sucks for my wifes mother and most of her family ---
**Author:** ![Blue\_Eyed\_Devil](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/blue_eyed_devil/32/7292_2.png) [@Blue\_Eyed\_Devil](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Blue_Eyed_Devil)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2009, 12:34pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/alcoa-to-lay-off-13500/60908/3 "2009-01-07T12:34:13Z")
On that same page… Bank of America said today it will cut between 30,000 and 35,000 jobs in the next 3 years, the AP reports; the move is spurred by the continuing economic downturn and the bank’s recent purchase of Merrill Lynch. ---
**Author:** ![OfficerK](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/4da419/32.png) [@OfficerK](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/OfficerK)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2009, 12:36pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/alcoa-to-lay-off-13500/60908/4 "2009-01-07T12:36:37Z")
hmm if only your god and savior GW didn’t do this to our wonderful country. [/antagonizing] ---
**Author:** ![Blue\_Eyed\_Devil](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/blue_eyed_devil/32/7292_2.png) [@Blue\_Eyed\_Devil](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Blue_Eyed_Devil)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2009, 12:38pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/alcoa-to-lay-off-13500/60908/5 "2009-01-07T12:38:34Z")
My god? I am not JayS.:bush: ---
**Author:** ![MOBOOST4U](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f4b2a3/32.png) [@MOBOOST4U](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/MOBOOST4U)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2009, 12:46pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/alcoa-to-lay-off-13500/60908/6 "2009-01-07T12:46:17Z")
:jam: :hang: Fuck this… im moving to northern Maine and becoming a mountain man! ---
**Author:** ![Blue\_Eyed\_Devil](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/blue_eyed_devil/32/7292_2.png) [@Blue\_Eyed\_Devil](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Blue_Eyed_Devil)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2009, 12:49pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/alcoa-to-lay-off-13500/60908/7 "2009-01-07T12:49:41Z")
^You may not be that far off. It may be like the depression with squatters all over the country. > **[The 20th Century](https://www.thoughtco.com/20th-century-4133273)** > > Spanning two world wars, a great depression, and even a moon landing, there was no shortage of conflict and excitement in the 20th century. Find resources, biographies, and timelines to help you understand this period and all its heroes and villains. ---
**Author:** ![dreid](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/dreid/32/7388_2.png) [@dreid](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/dreid)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2009, 2:19pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/alcoa-to-lay-off-13500/60908/8 "2009-01-07T14:19:39Z")
> [@Blue Eyed Devil](#): > > On that same page… > Bank of America said today it will cut between 30,000 and 35,000 jobs in the next 3 years, the AP reports; the move is spurred by the continuing economic downturn and the bank’s recent purchase of Merrill Lynch. more info? this is wierd, my wife works at the mortgage center and they are still hiring :gotme: ---
**Author:** ![ImportMuscle](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/importmuscle/32/7615_2.png) [@ImportMuscle](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/ImportMuscle)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2009, 10:02pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/alcoa-to-lay-off-13500/60908/9 "2009-01-07T22:02:47Z")
> [@Blue Eyed Devil"](#): > > Not a good sign, although aluminum is mad cheap right now. > > [Aluminum Giant Alcoa to Lay Off 13,500](http://www.newser.com/story/47202/aluminum-giant-alcoa-to-lay-off-13500.html) Good thing machining is still going steady…we had a slight hiccup and lost one of our smaller customers… but its basically business as usual… Hows things going by you? ---
**Author:** ![JEG](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/jeg/32/7246_2.png) [@JEG](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/JEG)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2009, 10:26pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/alcoa-to-lay-off-13500/60908/10 "2009-01-07T22:26:02Z")
> [@OfficerK](#): > > hmm if only your god and savior GW didn’t do this to our wonderful country. > > [/antagonizing] If only your democratic god and savior clinton did not force banks to give loans to people who could not afford them by majorly pushing subprime loans becuase “everyone deserves to own a home”. :bloated:. ---
**Author:** ![BillysRevenge](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/b9e5f3/32.png) [@BillysRevenge](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/BillysRevenge)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2009, 11:01pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/alcoa-to-lay-off-13500/60908/11 "2009-01-07T23:01:37Z")
> [@JEG](#): > > If only your democratic god and savior clinton did not force banks to give loans to people who could not afford them by majorly pushing subprime loans becuase “everyone deserves to own a home”. :bloated:. That’s buyer stupidity, not clinton. **Hi I make 50k a year** _You are approved for a $300,000 loan_ **AWESOME!!! I’ll never be able to pay that off sign me up** ---
**Author:** ![JEG](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/jeg/32/7246_2.png) [@JEG](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/JEG)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2009, 11:07pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/alcoa-to-lay-off-13500/60908/12 "2009-01-07T23:07:18Z")
Clinton is the one who made it federally mandated that banks MUST approve a certain percentage of sub prime loans. One of his little “help the little guy” ploys that fucked us in the end. The only place where success comes before work is in the dictionary. Unless you’re a democrat. ---
**Author:** ![BillysRevenge](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/b9e5f3/32.png) [@BillysRevenge](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/BillysRevenge)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2009, 11:12pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/alcoa-to-lay-off-13500/60908/13 "2009-01-07T23:12:52Z")
This is why I don’t affiliate myself with any party…to much bitching while we all get fucked in the ass. ---
**Author:** ![Jim1234664](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/jim1234664/32/7438_2.png) [@Jim1234664](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Jim1234664)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2009, 7:34am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/alcoa-to-lay-off-13500/60908/14 "2009-01-08T07:34:45Z")
> [@JEG](#): > > Clinton is the one who made it federally mandated that banks MUST approve a certain percentage of sub prime loans. One of his little “help the little guy” ploys that fucked us in the end. The only place where success comes before work is in the dictionary. Unless you’re a democrat. yes and if we didnt go to iraq for 5 years @1,000,000,000/Month we could start a public works project with everyone that got laid off to rebuild roads and clean up urban centers like fdr did after the depression. both democrats and republicans at all levels of government have made poor choices that have got us into this mess ---
**Author:** ![Blue\_Eyed\_Devil](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/blue_eyed_devil/32/7292_2.png) [@Blue\_Eyed\_Devil](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Blue_Eyed_Devil)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2009, 7:44am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/alcoa-to-lay-off-13500/60908/15 "2009-01-08T07:44:01Z")
^The Iraq war could be considered a public works project.😉 ---
**Author:** ![BillysRevenge](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/b9e5f3/32.png) [@BillysRevenge](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/BillysRevenge)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2009, 11:55am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/alcoa-to-lay-off-13500/60908/16 "2009-01-08T11:55:08Z")
> [@Blue Eyed Devil](#): > > ^The Iraq war could be considered a public works project.😉 Yeah, with more casualties. ---
**Author:** ![Blue\_Eyed\_Devil](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/blue_eyed_devil/32/7292_2.png) [@Blue\_Eyed\_Devil](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Blue_Eyed_Devil)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2009, 12:04pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/alcoa-to-lay-off-13500/60908/17 "2009-01-08T12:04:57Z")
> [@BillysRevenge](#): > > Yeah, with more casualties. Do you know how many casualties there were in the building of the Hoover Dam? They were only civilians.😛 ---
**Author:** ![BillysRevenge](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/b9e5f3/32.png) [@BillysRevenge](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/BillysRevenge)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2009, 12:10pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/alcoa-to-lay-off-13500/60908/18 "2009-01-08T12:10:07Z")
or the great wall of china? That was a public works project…it was forced labor, which is probably what we need. Hoover Dam Casualties: Deaths attributed to construction: 112; 96 of them at the construction site ---
**Author:** ![Penfold](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/penfold/32/5007_2.png) [@Penfold](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Penfold)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2009, 2:10pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/alcoa-to-lay-off-13500/60908/19 "2009-01-08T14:10:53Z")
> [@Jim1234664](#): > > yes and if we didnt go to iraq for 5 years @1,000,000,000/Month we could start a public works project with everyone that got laid off to rebuild roads and clean up urban centers like fdr did after the depression. > > both democrats and republicans at all levels of government have made poor choices that have got us into this mess I hope you are not implying that public works got us out of the depression. Ut dragged the downturn on. It wasn’t until WWII that we started digging our way out of the depression, and that cost us a few million american lives. ---
**Author:** ![2TurboZ](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/2turboz/32/7577_2.png) [@2TurboZ](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/2TurboZ)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2009, 2:14pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/alcoa-to-lay-off-13500/60908/20 "2009-01-08T14:14:00Z")
Well…it will be what it will be. [Next page](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/alcoa-to-lay-off-13500/60908.md?page=2)