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Slaves Taking __Jobs in__ the Roman Economy

Final Project:
http://prezi.com/rypk1kgfprvh/roman-time-machine-slaves-taking-roman-jobs/

Helpful research:
Carr, Karen. "Roman Slaves." // History for Kids //. N.p., 21 10 2011. Web. 6 Feb 2012.<[]> This cite has great information on what the slaves did and what kinds of __jobs__ were being taken.

Marschall, Daniel. "Sending __Jobs__ Overseas: The Cost to America’s Economy and __Working__ Families." // __Working__ America //. AFL-CIO, n.d. Web. 8 Feb 2012. <[]>. This cite goes into great detail about the United States problems today, and some steps that are being taken to __help__ solve them.

Helpful article: []

Griffith, Brian. "Student Project." Message to Craig Morton. 1-2-2012. E-mail. My email exchange with the center for immigration studies was helpful for putting me on the right track so I could make my project better

Ancient Rome:
First off, there were several ways you could become a slave in Rome. If you were in __debt__ to someone or the government, you would become a slave . If you didn’t pay your __taxes__, the government might have sent you into slavery. If you were a child part of poorer family, your family might have sold you to a richer family in order for them to survive. If you were captured by the army or you were a prisoner, you would __een__ taken to the slave __market__. It is known that Julius Caesar and his army alone captured over one __million__ slaves in the fight against Gaul. With the more expansion in Rome, more slaves were used in the field. Roman slaves began taking __jobs__ when the rich began using them for everything they needed, instead of Roman citizens. Slaves became teachers, __doctors__ and librarians. They also acted as private artists and musicians. Then, the rich began using the slaves as bodyguards,cooks, waiters, doormen, cleaners, gardeners, hairdressers, dressmakers and maids.

Today's Problems & Solutions:
Today, over 10,000,000 US __jobs__ have been taken over seas to foreign country’s like China and India. This is because many companies can make much more __money__ when they have __cheap__ labor like foreigners. Companies like __Apple__ also don’t care whenever they pollute a country like China because they don’t normally get in trouble or China will lose their __business__. Today, when people over seas are taking OUR __jobs__, that causes a major loss for the US and all their citizens. When people lose their jobs to foreigners, that causes more people to spend less __money__, and even have no __money__ at all. When that happens, the economy goes to almost nothing. Although the problem of foreigners hasn’t been solved yet, the problem of slaves was solved in about 1865. The problem of the slavery was solved through a variety of civil wars, revolts against slavery, and protests until the problem was actually solved. President Obama's State of the Union speech __started__ enthusiasm for a US manufacturing revolution, but a sobering __survey__ concludes that these are rational not national solutions. Now-a-days, companies aren't just sending jobs over seas for the lower wage and the lower __tax__, but companies are sending jobs over seas because the workers are better. Some of the other countries like India and China actually have a higher __education__ rate, AND will __work__ for less. This pretty much blows US citizens out of the water, and more and more companies are moving over seas. Some solutions for these problems include

Questions about Rome: 1. Were slaves getting paid in any way, shape, or __form__?2.Were their any reasons besides __cheap__ labor that slaves were used instead of Roman Citizens?Were Roman slaves similar to former US slaves?

Questions about today: 1. How does the problem with immigrants taking US jobs affect today's economy? 2. What are some steps or solutions that people like the Center for Immigration Studies or the government are taking? 3. What do the country's taking our jobs think of this problem? 4.What percentage of people that are __unemployed__ in the US have had their jobs taken by foreigners?

Possible Solutions for the Emperor: Like the United States has tried to do, you may be able call upon more jobs in the economy, jobs that slaves might not be able to preform because they are not citizens, or don't have the proper education or citizenship in order to preform these jobs. Then, the rich and wealthy would be forced to use normal, educated citizens, in order to preform these jobs. But then, you need a higher education level for your citizens, and that all comes back to the high price for education, which IS a problem you need to fix. Another solution, is creating, or expanding one or several jobs to make them into a huge profession that will create hundreds of jobs, and not for slaves, but for the everyday citizens of Rome. It would be a great idea for Rome to not only get jobs back from slaves, but to create lots of new jobs to help solve the unemployment problem.

Contact Emails and Receives: To Center for immigration Studies On Wed, Feb 1, 2012 at 8:49 AM, < craigmorton@student.foresthills.edu > wrote: > Craig Morton sent a message using the contact form at @http://www.cis.org/contact. > Hello, my name is Craig Morton and I am a seventh grader at Nagel Middle School in Cincinnati, Oh. Our class is currently doing a project to see if it would be possible to solve the problems of Ancient Rome. One of those problems is the problem of slaves taking Roman Jobs. I think that this relates a lot to today's problem, of immigrants taking US jobs. I was wondering if I could ask you a few questions about the topic. If you can, please get back to me at the above email. Thank you for your time. > ===<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 140%;">Received: === > > <span style="background-color: rgba(255,255,255,0.917969); color: #222222; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 140%;">Craig, > > <span style="background-color: rgba(255,255,255,0.917969); color: #222222; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 140%;">That's a very good question and it's commendable for you to be thinking out of the box at such a young age. > > <span style="background-color: rgba(255,255,255,0.917969); color: #222222; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 140%;">First, I need to temper any further comments by saying that I don't think that Roman slaves, or slaves from early U.S. history for that matter, are directly compareable. However, some of the effects on policy and industry might be the same. > > <span style="background-color: rgba(255,255,255,0.917969); color: #222222; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 140%;">One that comes to mind immediately is mechanization. I'm not a true expert on the subject, so you'll have to do some other research, but there is a correlation between mechanical innovation and slave labor or our contemporary situation of access to low wage labor. I don't know what the example would be in Roman times, but in the case of historical slavery in the U.S. the example would be the cotton gin (if you don't know what that is look it up on Wikipedia), which created less of a reliance on slave labor. The example with current low wage labor would be the mechanization of what farm labor would often accomplish (farm labor being the occupation that has the highest percentage of immigrant labor - legal and illegal), such as picking fruits and vegetables. > > <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 140%;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255,255,255,0.917969); color: #222222;">For more on the subject (note that this is an older publication): <span style="background-color: rgba(255,255,255,0.917969); color: #1155cc;">@http://cis.org/FarmMechanization-ImmigrationAlternative > > <span style="background-color: rgba(255,255,255,0.917969); color: #222222; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 140%;">If you have other ideas, let me know what they are and I will certainly give you my thoughts. Good luck on your project. > > <span style="background-color: rgba(255,255,255,0.917969); color: #222222; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 140%;">Brian Griffith > <span style="background-color: rgba(255,255,255,0.917969); color: #222222; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 140%;">Multimedia Director > <span style="background-color: rgba(255,255,255,0.917969); color: #222222; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 140%;">Center for Immigration Studies