On Immigration

Some say that immigrants take away jobs from Americans.

How many American nurses and computer programmers are out of work because of cheaper immigrant labor, and how many American doctors are unemployed because of Indian doctors? And how many American gardeners and laborers are jobless because of Mexicans or Vietnamese?

In most cases the answer is negligible.

Is it better to have immigrants here doing jobs in America, paying taxes, shopping at American stores, building American economy or we should export jobs to keep out immigrants? Is that not like cutting our nose to spite our face?

We have failed to create high demand jobs. Other countries have created affordable career education directly linked to international industry demand patterns, therefore foreign nurses, doctors and computer programmers in America - and that's why more job exports because now the same trained work force is available in cheaper currencies in their native countries.

The answer is not fighting immigration. It is creating a competitive work force right here in America by making education affordable. If the States dealing with millions of unemployment claims got proactive about educating the unemployed ONLY in in-demand careers situation would improve but they are not, that is why we are not seeing a reduction in the unemployed ranks. Which State is going gung-ho on programming, nursing, project management, SAP, Oracle training? None, and those training courses are priced out of reach of most, but in India they are not, so we are pricing education out of reach of most Americans, and blaming Immigrants on our woes. Silly, isn't it?

As far as undocumented workers are concerned they are an easy target. If they went away would Americans take up $7 jobs, or want more because they are worth more? Not taking a cheap job and not being able to get a higher paying one is our problem, and no Immigration bill will fix it. Affordable education, taxes on imports and companies exporting jobs will fix it.

America read this

If you must read 1 story, and subscribe to 1 blog then this is the one:

http://theeconomiccollapseblog.com/archives/the-american-people-dont-need-more-handouts-what-they-need-are-good-jobs/comment-page-1#comment-7746

It may sound obsessive, but with 10 million Americans out of work, a huge trade imbalance that no one is addressing, and no clear solution in sight to stem job erosion its time to get obsessive, so get obsessed about saving our country by fighting to save our jobs.

Mosque at Ground Zero

Some in the name of economic opportunity sold us like in our jobs and our future to China and India and now the same type in the name of freedom and America support a mosque on the site where America was attacked by savage, dogmatic, fanatic, murderous Muslims killing 1000s of innocent.

It's time we fought these people, unless the fight has gone out of us, and we've become lilly-livered pansies used to mutely being raped. That they even dare suggest a mosque shows their disregard and disrespect for American sentiment. They bombed us, hit our ship, blew up our embassies, did 9/11, tried to bomb Time Square again and now want to build a mosque? It's like a rapist flashing his victim.

Militant Muslims and supporters of their Mosque at Ground Zero need a solid kick in the ass, and be put where they belong - in jail, or on a ship to Pakistan where they can blow each other to bits - these hate mongering, freedom suppressing animals and their American supporters.

No mosque on ground zero is my motto my mantra. 

Why do we not do what we must??

So Obama is extending unemployment benefits. Great - really for those who need it it's a must have as no one sits on their ass doing nothing thriving on unemployment benefits, you can't thrive on pittance, though pittance puts some of the food on the table - I know it from experience, so thanks Mr. President, but this isn't enough, nor is the Wall Street fix bill, what's needed is JOBS, so why do we as a people not boot out, boycott those who are the reason for our misery, those who export jobs and import goods which shut down American factories?

In its boom time in 50s-60s America was an industrial nation producing most of what it consumed and Americans were able to afford to buy Made in America because they earned wages according our standard of living. Now the greedy have shifted jobs abroad so they do not have to pay good wages and benefits to Americans and to do business with such people who rob us of our jobs is plain stupid.

Ask those campaigning for November elctions why are they silent on job exports (have they been bought by the enemies of the American people - the very rich powerful people and corporations); vote out anybody who supports globalization and job exports, stop doing business with banks and other businesses which have shifted call-centers (we can answer our own phones in this country) abroad, cut your Made in Abroad by 30% and designate 1 day every week to buy ONLY MADE IN AMERICA.

It makes total sense, so why do we not do what we must?

Asking Americans ...

Did you buy American today? If so, that was the smart, patriotic deed of the day. Let's all repeat that again tomorrow to create jobs and rebuild our country and lives.

If not then when will you stop the practice that creates trade deficit and job erosion, decimates the manufacturing sector and innovation in America?

God bless America, and may you be a part of those blessings. Listen to Andy Grove, he tells the truth as is.

Americans with blinders on blunder along ....

The current economic situation is directly linked to the loss of jobs to foreign nations, which is directly correlated to the reduction in the number of small American business which has directly decimated large chunks of American middle class.

When I came to the USA there were thriving small businesses on thriving Main Streets of thriving small cities. Then the big box stores opened and destroyed smaller hardware stores and nurseries by flying in roses from Columbia and tools from China, and large video store chains ate up mom n' pop video stores, and gigantic grocery stores killed smaller butcher and fresh produce stores. And all the displaced people were not absorbed by technology companies - many went from being secure Americans to mired in debt Americans.

Now we have a chance now that we have a President who seems to have a heart and the balls to do something about America and Americans. And that chance is to create small businesses which made us the richest people on earth - not funky, weird stuff like MLM but real businesses like fruit stands, egg ranches, jam and jelly factories, clothing companies (American Apparel proves it can be done profitably in America).

It's time to reinvent the economy by being directly involved in it by creating businesses and jobs. Like dinosaurs died current Wall Street business model will perish too because it is anti people, anti American, its a model which makes health-care costs soar, destroys American middle class and jobs, and makes most American poor by making a few Speculator Americans rich.

It's time we manufacture what we can buy and it's time we boycott those who do not sell Made in America. In a Nation where Consumer spending accounts for 72% of the economic activity WE THE AMERICANS have a huge clout. Let's wield that clout now. Let's make things here and lets buy what's made here and let's bankrupt those who are against us.

And it's time we took off our blinders and stopped blundering and instead rebuild the nation with the courage and enterprise with it was originally built. We are the free and the brave so now let's create an economy in which we are not the slaves but the owners.