HEY STUPID THE ECONOMY AIN’T ROCKET SCIENCE

Does everyone think the American citizens lack any intelligence what so ever? You would think so if you pay any attention to the “NEWS”.

 

We hear the problems that we have with the economy is a “credit crunch”. Well there is some truth to that, because someone that has no job cannot get or use credit. They cannot acquire a loan to buy a home, or car, or TV, or anything else.

 

Without a job they cannot pay the loans that they already have which means they will lose their house, car; everything. They cannot support the rest of the economy so the businesses that depended on the American worker also cannot meet their finical obligations.

 

The Government decided that the American worker should compete with any worker in the world with no protection. An American worker must compete with a worker in China that may be making a tenth of what it would require just to exist in America! When we all began to lose our jobs they blamed it on us! The only responsibility the Government has is to protect the people and look what they have done to us! ARE THEY CRAZY?

 

The Government is supposed to fix the problem buy borrowing money when they say our problems stem from our misuse of credit!        ARE THEY CRAZY?

 

The Government is going to create jobs for us by using our money! Well actually our credit! Of course when someone makes a buck they have to spend it on a product made in China! You can not find much of anything that is made in America and when you do it cost 10 times more that the same thing made in China and when times are tight one has to get the best buy for their money.

 

Let me see if I understand this great plan. The government is going to borrow money, which they tell us not to do, from China so they can create virtual jobs and the result is we will buy something made in China; therefore strengthening the economy of China! ARE THEY CRAZY OR JUST PLAIN STUPID?

 

IF NAFTA AND THE MOST FAVORED NATION STATUS OF All FOREGIN GOVERNMENTS ARE NOT REPEALED THERE IS NO HOPE OF THIS ECONOMY EVER RECOVERING. IF THE ECONOMY OF THIS NATION DOES NOT RECOVER THERE IS NO HOPE FOR THIS NATION.

 

HEY STUPID THE ECONOMY AIN’T ROCKET SCIENCE !!!!!!

 

THE SOLUTION TO THE ECONOMY AS I SEE IT.

When we examine the very basics of the economy we find that it consists of workers, customers, venders, and manufactures and each one depends on the others. It seems that the government doesn’t even understand the very basics.

 

It makes no sense to give business money for nothing. The government has become the only entity large enough to solve the problem. The government can either give business money for nothing, which will only delay bankruptcy, or they can become the largest customer of their goods.

 

The auto manufacturing companies can manufacture all kinds of military equipment and we just happen to need to replace equipment. They would have a customer and we would have jobs: plus the country would get something for our money.

 

They could also be made to manufacture cheap, fuel efficient, and good autos like foreign manufacturers do. Having a customer as large as the government could insure that we get what we must pay for; though we aren’t now, so there is not much hope for that. The government would have enough clout to set fair prices as well as setting standards. Well, that is if graft were controlled and it isn’t now.

 

If this sounds like communism to you then it should be obvious that we are all ready communists or perhaps we do not even have a system. It is certain that this system is not working.

 

The government caused this recession by giving all of our manufacturing jobs to any foreign business that wanted them. It is not a credit problem. If you have no job then no one is going to loan you money, so the banks are just sitting on the money that was given to them; with no accountability to handle it properly I might add. Eventually, without customers, the money will all be spent on expenses and they will want more.

 

To recover from the last “Great Depression” the government spent money on roads, bridges and many other projects that ultimately benefited the people. This government needs to come to its senses (if it has any) and use the wealth as a business would.

 

GET SOMETHING FOR IT.

 

The government could buy the vehicles that the auto companies can not sell, because no one can afford them. Then put the people back to work and have drawings for what they had no choice but to buy; at least we would have an income and some of the people would get something for all of the people’s money, and eventually the economy would recover.

 

Every time the politicians that we elect do not do as they promised we say that we will kick them out of office and elect someone that will do as they say. Well, we haven’t elected one yet. Those that we have just elected have the opportunity to produce, but by now I have no confidence in the system.

 

Anyway, if the people’s money (actually credit) were to be handled correctly the basics of economy would be fulfilled. The people would have income to pay for housing, food, and the taxes that will have to be paid, the businesses of the country would have a buyer for their goods and therefore could keep or hire employees, the venders would have something to vend, and the government would demonstrate some responsibility with the people’s money.

 

Of course these unfair “free trade” agreements have to be stopped. It is not fair when other countries subsidize trade and we do not. It is not fair when we must protect the environment and other countries do not. It is unfair when our living expenses are out of sight when compared to those in foreign countries. It is unfair and even illegal to pay an American worker the low wages that are paid in other countries; not to mention he can not exist on those wages.

 

If the government will not stop this then maybe dock workers or those who are responsible for berthing the ships could slow everything down. If they can’t unload the goods then they can not sell them and unfairly compete with the American worker. Somebody has to do something other than just giving our future to the rich.

 

If these agreements are not stopped there is no hope of recovery. Americans or anyone for that matter will buy at the lowest price. That is what got us here. It is not the American workers fault. It is the fault of those who allowed the unfair trade. If jobs are reinstated for the American worker and unfair trade continued to be allowed we will never recover, as we all buy at the lowest price; especially when we have no steady income. It is a shame that the government is not doing the very basic task for which it was formed. The basic job of government is to protect the people that it governs: not the whole world.

 

BUT THEN MAYBE THAT IS JUST TOO DAMN SIMPLE.

 

THIS IS REALLY WHAT HAPPENED TO THE ECONOMY II

I wrote this post some time ago: just before the crash (10/07). It was and still is true. The reason that I am reposting it is that I am sick and tired of all the politicians telling us they are going to fix the problem. The only way the damage can be reversed is for import tariffs to be reinstated and even then it would take a long time to improve. No one is even suggesting this!!!

 

There is much talk about small business needing loans when what they need are customers. Who needs a loan to purchase stock when no one has a job and therefore can not buy what is stocked? We do not have a credit problem. We have an employment problem. Those who claim small business need credit either are ignorant of how a small business is supposed to work, or are just plain dishonest with their claim. Also who is going to loan money to someone who wants to buy a house when their income will not allow them to pay for it? Or a car?

 

The economy has become a gigantic game of Monopoly.  We are sitting on Park Place with no money and the game is over for us. That is how the game is won or lost. The one with the most money puts the squeeze on those who find themselves in a situation where they need what the other has: gas, food, shelter, etc. We have paid until we can no longer do so. Unlike the game we can not just get up, have a good laugh, and go on with our good life, but as those who have put the squeeze on us are finding out that they can’t either.

 

Politicians have gotten us into this. It is the responsibility of the government to protect the citizens of that government. It is not their responsibility to create jobs or any other scheme that someone can think of. The business of government is not business. If you have cancer, then do you need more cancer for a cure? If your government is that cancer do you really think it will cure you?

 

If all of the banks are either incompetent or immoral enough to loose so much money that they do not even know how much, then the logical remedy is to give them more money and of course do not demand any accounting for it, or even a contract demanding repayment. They will pay us back when they recover, but there is no contract to make them do so! From their record it is obvious they will not! I am a nobody, but even a nobody is not that stupid. A monkey has more sense than those in the government. Well, just to be fair to monkeys, they are not capable of immorality.

 

There is much talk about the middle class of this country. The middle class were the people that had manufacturing jobs that paid well. Look around, they are now either the lower class, or about to become so. They are history and only a figment of political imagination. And China hasn’t even begun to import automobiles yet. ARE THEY CRAZY?

 

 

 

THIS IS REALLY WHAT HAPPENED TO THE ECONOMY.

Go get a bullet to bite on because this is painful.

 

I am not a stock broker, politician, or any one else that has a reason to pull the wool over your eyes. I am just a poor slob that can see what happened and I am disgusted enough to tell it.

 

Let’s say the problem started with NAFTA (North American Foolish Trade Agreement), after all we have to start somewhere and I don’t have enough time to go all the way back to the Revolutionary War.

 

When those in the government passed NAFTA they assured foreign workers an advantage over Americans. They did this under the guise of free trade: that free trade was fair to all. However workers in South America do not have the same standard of living enjoyed in the US. So anything that is made in the US can be made cheaper in South America. I might add that OPEC is a monopoly and would not be legal in this country, so there is really no such thing as free trade.

 

Just after NAFTA was passed our exports to Mexico and South America increased dramatically: they were buying machine tools and equipment in order to build manufacturing plants. These facilities, when complete would manufacture goods cheaper than plants in the US. In other words they were only buying from us what they needed to take our jobs.

 

You have to ask yourself why your own government would pass such a bill; at least I have to ask myself. Was it complete incompetence? Or was it because those who were suppose to protect Americans, had investments in manufacturing business that could benefit from much lower labor costs. Whatever caused the government to pass the bill it is obvious that it was not in the interest of the people of the United States.

 

If that was not bad enough they gave China “Most favored Nation” status. China is a socialist government that is trying to become the largest super power in the world. China would like nothing more than to ruin our economy: and they have.

 

You see it is really very simple. There is nothing made that can not be made cheaper in China. So in passing just two bills our own government has totally destroyed the middle class of the US. If you work in any manufacturing job in the US and haven’t lost your job yet, you will; it is just a matter of time as anything made can be made cheaper in China. (I told you to bite a bullet, didn’t I?)

 

You want a laugh? We are supposed to compete with those who make a few dollars a day and yet manufactures in the US must pay minimum wages! The bottom line is, though we must compete, it is illegal!!! Well, it is a laugh, but a bitter one.

 

We are just beginning to see the result of what I would call a criminal act. The housing industry can not sell a house because no one can buy a house working at a fast food restaurant and those kinds of jobs are all that is left. Nor can the car manufactures sell cars, for the same reason. It should be apparent that interest rates mean nothing to someone who has no job. Who is going to loan money to someone with no job?

 

Is it any wonder the stock market is in turmoil? You don’t get something for nothing so the logical result of a stronger “world economy” is a weaker US economy.

 

My friends I don’t have a solution to the problem. Everyone keeps telling me that if I don’t like the government to vote, but we just get a new set of politicians and they do the same things the others did. This government is of the people, by the people, and for the people and “those people” would be the ones in charge, not poor slobs like me.

 

NOW THE REAL REASON THAT I REPOSTED THIS ARTICLE IS AS I WAS THINKING ABOUT THIS AS A GAME OF MONOPOLY I HAD A THOUGHT THAT CAUSED ME TO BURST OUT LAUGHING. THE WINNER OF THE GAME IS THE ONE WHO ENDS UP OWNING EVERYTHING.

 

HALLELUIAH – HALLELUIAH – HALLELUIAH – GOD WINS !!!!!!!

 

 

THEY ARE GOING TO BORROW THE 700 BILLION DOLLARS!

I keep hearing that the government is going to get this 700 billion dollars from the tax payers, but it should be obvious that we can not come up with that kind of money. So the government will borrow it from some foreign government; if they can.

 

Can you see the grand scheme? The rich politicians that have borrowed us into bankruptcy already, are going to (If they can) borrow enough to get themselves out of trouble; knowing all of the time that we can not repay such a debt. They get the money and we get foreclosed: what a deal for the American people that they keep saying they must protect!

 

If all of the banks fail before the rich can get their money out they will loose it. But if they can supply the banks with 700 billion dollars they can reclaim their wealth. What goes in the front doors of the banks will flow right out the back and into their hands. Then they can invest it in foreign nations and remain rich at our expense. Not only will we have to pay the 700 billion (If we could), but we must pay interest on top of it. After the rich remove their money the banks will be broke again and the crash (for us) can continue.

 

In my opinion any foreign Country that would loan us a dime is “Nuts”. We are already broke and with no manufacturing jobs there is no way that we can pay the debts that we already have. Politicians have given all of the high paying jobs to any foreign country that wants them and that is what has destroyed our economy. There is no tax base when there are no jobs so we can not repay any loans. They did this so that the companies which they owned could generate higher profits by having the products manufactured cheaper; with no regard for the American worker. If the rich politicians can not get the loan it would not surprise me if they do not just sell us to China: if they haven’t already.

 

You are not going to hear this any place else, because those who control the news also understand this situation. They know the banks must be temporally shored up in order for them to remove their money also. That is what they all mean when they say something must be done and done quickly. It really is their own money that they want protected.

 

This is not a plan to help the common man. Without jobs we are all going broke and our elected officials are doing nothing about that.

 

Before you start throwing rocks at politicians you have to remember that you supported the system that put them in power. Our Heavenly Father has told us not to put our trust in man and that is what Democracy is. Don’t blame God or other men: it’s our fault.

 

A FEW FLAWS IN DEMOCRACY

All my life I have heard how great democracy is. Well, as I got more mature (That sounds better than I got older) I began to contemplate the virtues of the system and to my surprise I found problems with it that I could not reconcile.

 

First it was founded by rebels that would not pay the taxes that were imposed on them. They were rich men that would not pay any tax imposed by England and after not paying for some time they came up with the slogan “Taxation without representation” in order to recruit the common man.

 

Now no one wants to pay taxes; then or now, but to refuse to pay taxes and form a rebellion against the government would not be viewed as correct today and it should not have been back then either. However the Founding Fathers are held as heroes for just that.

 

England only wanted taxes on a few things and when the colonist would not pay them every one of them was rescinded except the tax on tea and the colonist used that tax to start a war. It is common to say England was repressing the colonists, but a little study using truth as a guide will refute that idea. Just as a side bar, the middle class pay 41% of wages as income tax and then we have property tax, and sales tax, and even hidden taxes. Boy we really showed them didn’t we!!!!

 

Well, to continue, the second thing wrong, as I see it, is those who are unqualified to be in a position are supposed to be able to determine the ability of someone else to do the job!!! That just doesn’t make any sense. If a business let those who worked on the assembly line choose the president of the company they would choose someone that paid the most and demanded the least and that company would be history in no time.

 

Then we have the election process where the candidate makes all kinds of promises that he or she will not have the power to fulfill if they are elected. We call them “Campaign Promises” and the truth is the liar that you believe, knowing that he is lying about some of the things he says, if not all, is the one you vote for. It’s no secret that we all know that    if a politician told the truth he wouldn’t have a chance of being elected. That also does not make sense.

 

All most all elected politicians are rich and they make decisions that benefit themselves and their friends. Their answer to everything is money and their means of generating money is raising taxes. They have shot themselves in the foot this time as they have given most of the manufacturing jobs away and there is no longer the tax base that we had. The goods that are imported from countries that do not have to worry about clean air or any of the regulations that U. S. companies must keep are not taxed. So the Country basically receives none of the taxes that were the major supplier of income. Not only the man that used to have a good paying union job is out of work, but all of those who supplied him with food, clothing, and housing also no longer have a job. Kind of makes you wonder how we are going to repay all of the loans from foreign countries doesn’t it! Maybe one of them will loan us the money, like using one credit card to pay another. The bottom line is “The goose that laid the golden egg is dead”.

 

The rich have realized that they can use the system to get the taxpayer to fund their private enterprises. If a sports business wants a venue in which to manufacture their product (Read stadium), because it is worth millions to them they can afford to spend what ever it takes in advertisements, bribes, or anything else to trick the poor taxpayer into paying for it. The poor taxpayer does not have the resources nor can he justify spending a great amount to stop such a tax, because it is only a few dollars out of his pocket if the tax passes. The more taxes imposed on the taxpayer the harder it is to make a living and the less time he has to protect himself. Just as a case in point look at the school system and your property taxes. If money produced educated people we would be a country of geniuses and yet there is no end of new school tax bills! If they do not pass the first time they just try again until they do.

 

When an elected politician passes a bill that we can plainly see is not in the best interest of the people we say “I will not vote for him again”, but the damage is done to the people and it is never rectified. The next politician comes with his own wants and desires and when he takes advantage of us we say “I will not vote for him again”, but the damage is done and it is never rectified. Well, I could go on and on but the truth is we have run out of resources to fulfill their wants and desires.

 

It has been a great system for politicians. If anything happened to go right they took credit for it and if anything went wrong it was the voters fault for electing the wrong man! Ah, but there is always the next election!!!!

 

Just as another side bar, housing is not what brought the economy to its knees. NAFTA and the “Most favored Nation” status of China along with the great amount of money our government (Read politicians) borrowed to fight wars we should never have started is what caused the problems. China and Mexico were given the opportunity to import anything with no import tax because we borrowed so much from them. Import duties were there to protect American jobs and when they were removed so was all of the protection. If we still had jobs then those who got such ridiculous housing loans could still be paying them.

 

Now if I haven’t been clear enough let me say this, this system was invented by criminals that would not pay their taxes. They destroyed property that belonged to a German company in order to start a war where many were killed. It is a system controlled by those who lie to get power and are chosen by those who were unqualified to do so and they have put their own interest first; not the interests of the people. How could you possibly expect such a system to last?

 

Sorry, I have no earthly remedy for our predicament. The only thing that I see that we can do is pray, but if God does not answer we can not really complain about it. We (Man) set this system up and we participated in it, so we are guilty; not God. Having said that, it still is right to admit our sins and ask for forgiveness. If He will not save us from this mess that we created then we are lost indeed, because no one else can, or perhaps because of their own interests they will not.

 

God and His Word (The Bible) are proven right again (Psa 146:3 NIV) Do not put your trust in princes, in mortal men, who cannot save. (Jer 9:4 NIV) “Beware of your friends; do not trust your brothers. For every brother is a deceiver, and every friend a slanderer.

(Jer 12:6 NIV) Your brothers, your own family– even they have betrayed you; they have raised a loud cry against you. Do not trust them, though they speak well of you.

(Micah 7:5 NIV) Do not trust a neighbor; put no confidence in a friend. Even with her who lies in your embrace be careful of your words.

 

When all is said and done (John 14:1 NIV) “Do not let your hearts be troubled. Trust in God ; trust also in me (Jesus).

THIS IS A PLUTOCRACY, NOT A DEMOCRACY.

Well actually it is a Plutocracy-Kleptocracy-Kakistocracy under the guise of a Democracy.

It is only the natural evolution of a government that is by the people. Everyone is somewhat corrupt: some more than others, but still all men sin. (The man that says he doesn’t just added to his sin, because he knows better) All men have their own wants and desires, so there are times when decisions are made that are more in favor of those desires than for the public good. That would be a sin as the elected official takes an oath to carry out the duties of the office, which includes protecting the citizens: even from himself.

There are many problems that a Democracy contains, but one of them is that only the rich can afford to run for office. The working man must spend his time making a living. There is no time or money to campaign for office. So it is only logical that the rich become the majority that hold political office.

This leads to Kleptocracy as the rich never have enough (Eccl 5:10 if you are blind to reality and need a Biblical verse) and when they have the power to acquire more the temptation is great and some yield to it.

Of course it continues as a Plutocracy because the rich will not give up power, so the government becomes a Plutocracy-Kleptocracy.

Then of course Kakistocracy rears its ugly head as those in government become even more unprincipled in their attempt to obtain more wealth. Then the government becomes a Plutocracy-Kleptocracy-Kakistocracy, but it is called a democracy, because then those in charge can blame the people and the people actually think they are in control and can change the course of history, so it makes it somewhat easy.

How often I have heard “We’ll vote those so and sos out of office and replace them with someone that will do the right thing”, but we still have NAFTA and no one is calling for change and you still have the taxes and laws that were imposed by those who were not doing “the right thing”. Are you ever really successful in choosing someone that does right?

Actually that is where the blame lies. We have all put our trust in man and not God. We have a system where man chooses his own leaders. This is a government of the people, by the people and for the people. Not a country of God, by God, and for God as it should be.

Take me for instance. I am supposed to vote for the “right candidate”. I have asked myself what my qualifications are for this responsibility. I only know what the candidate says about himself, which is always good and what his opponent says about him, which is always bad. It is said that I can check the candidate’s record and determine the best man for the job, but candidates do not always have records and there is not enough time to check all records; or the accuracy and authenticity of those records. Even if this were possible I have never found a candidate that agreed with me on every important issue.

Then you must consider that I am not qualified to occupy the office. I don’t know how to do the job, but I am supposed to be able to choose the most qualified! Tell me how that is supposed to work. How long would a business last if the workers chose the CEO?

Wouldn’t they choose the one that paid the most and demanded the least? Or how long would a country last if the privates chose the Generals? Would that army ever go to war? Democracy is the only system that I can think of where the unqualified and ignorant are supposed to choose their leaders. If it were not already a system of government it would make a good plot for a science fiction story.

When I consider myself trying to accomplish the work of a leader I have to take into account that no one knows the future. Who really knows if some bill will succeed with its intended purpose or if it will cause some other problem worse than the first? Or who knows if an honest candidate will change when they are in office and become dishonest?

Today we are faced with a great recession. I believe because the political party that is in charge seized the opportunity to look good and started a war, but in order to hide the cost of the war and so to still look good, they borrowed from China, Mexico and others. It seems that they will do anything to keep the lenders from demanding repayment. That would give the game away. So anything the lenders want is granted. Which includes requiring American workers to directly compete with foreign workers and of course we can not. We must pay American prices and American taxes and that can not be accomplished with Chinese wages.

I may be wrong about what led up to the Government giving our manufacturing jobs to any and all foreign countries, but they did and I see no hope of recovery. Our problems are not because loans were to easily acquired, or the interest rate rose too much, but because all of our manufacturing jobs were given to any foreign country that wanted them. So much for protecting the citizens: every foreign worker from every foreign country was given a huge competitive advantage over all American workers.

Because the government borrowed to finance this war we not only must pay for the war, but we must also pay interest on it. Makes me wonder how we are going to pay the necessary taxes when we don’t even have a job. “O”, wait a minuet, they will just raise our taxes! There is a limit, even if one has a job, that taxes can be raised and the people still exist and we were very close to it when we had jobs.

We are supposed to exist by working at fast food restaurants, but even they will fail when no one can buy a hamburger and if you have no job you can’t. Service jobs are created and continue to exist because of the revenue generated by manufacturing jobs: eliminating manufacturing jobs leads to the termination of service jobs.

You do not build a fast food restaurant in the middle of nowhere and expect factories to be constructed around it, but the opposite is true and if the factories are closed the service facilities must close shortly thereafter.

I see two Biblical principles that have been ignored: do not put your trust in man and the borrower is servant to the lender.

God doesn’t stop sin. He allows it so that we may to prove to ourselves beyond a doubt that we are not perfect and that we need a savior, and He even provided the Savior. In this case He has just given us enough rope to hang ourselves: and we did.

We reap what we sow. Repent and place your trust in God. It may not save the country, but it will help with your own salvation.

THIS IS REALLY WHAT HAPPENED TO THE ECONOMY.

Go get a bullet to bite on because this is painful.

I am not a stock broker, politician, or anyone else that has a reason to pull the wool over your eyes. I am just a poor slob that can see what happened and I am disgusted enough to tell it.

Let’s say the problem started with NAFTA (North American Foolish Trade Agreement), after all we have to start somewhere and I don’t have enough time to go all the way back to the Revolutionary War.

When those in the government passed NAFTA they assured foreign workers an advantage over americans. They did this under the guise of free trade: that free trade was fair to all. However workers in South America do not have the same standard of living enjoyed in the US. So anything that is made in the US can be made cheaper in South America.

Just after NAFTA was passed our exports to Mexico and South America increased dramatically: they were buying machine tools and equipment in order to build manufacturing plants. These facilities, when complete would manufacture goods cheaper than plants in the US. In other words they were only buying from us what they needed to take our jobs.

You have to ask yourself why your own government would pass such a bill; at least I have to ask myself. Was it complete incompetence? Or was it because those who were suppose to protect Americans had investments in manufacturing business that could benefit from much lower labor costs. Whatever caused the government to pass the bill it is obvious that it was not in the interest of the people of the United States.

If that was not bad enough they gave China “Most favored Nation” status. China is a socialist government that is trying to become the largest super power in the world. China would like nothing more than to ruin our economy: and they have.

You see it is really very simple. There is nothing made that can not be made cheaper in China. So in passing just two bills our own government has totally destroyed the middle class of the US. If you work in any manufacturing job in the US and haven’t lost your job yet, you will; it is just a matter of time as anything made can be made cheaper in China. (I told you to bite a bullet, didn’t I?)

You want a laugh? We are supposed to compete with those who make a few dollars a day and yet manufactures in the US must pay minimum wages! The bottom line is, though we must compete, it is illegal!!! Well, it is a laugh, but a bitter one.

We are just beginning to see the result of what I would call a criminal act. The housing industry can not sell a house because no one can buy a house working at a fast food restaurant and those kinds of jobs are all that is left. Nor can the car manufactures sell cars, for the same reason. It should be apparent that interest rates mean nothing to someone who has no job. Who is going to loan money to someone with no job?

Is it any wonder the stock market is in turmoil? You don’t get something for nothing so the logical result of a stronger “world economy” is a weaker US economy.

My friends I don’t have a solution to the problem. Everyone keeps telling me that if I don’t like the government to vote, but we just get a new set of politicians and they do the same things the others did. This government is of the people, by the people, and for the people and those people would be the ones in charge, not poor slobs like me.

WHAT HAPPENED TO THE HOUSING INDUSTRY

Well, in a nut shell, two things. The government did not enforce the law and when it didn’t the Housing Industry opted to make a quick buck instead of demanding that the government enforce the law.

There already were laws that prohibited hiring illegal aliens. These laws were enacted in order to protect the jobs of the American people. That is supposed to be the main interest of the government, but it is obvious that the main interest of the government is how much those who run the government can benefit by what the government does, or does not do.

When one company in any local job market hired illegal aliens the others in the same field of endeavor had two choices. One was to monitor the hiring practices of the rouge business and demand that the government enforce the law. The other choice was to copy the rouge businesses illegal practice.

It was obvious that they could get away with it because the government was not doing its sworn duty, and it was just as obvious that there was a quick buck in it. No one thought any farther than that, so no one realized that if American workers lost their jobs there would be no buyers for their houses.

The illegal workers were sending as much of their wages as they could to their home in Mexico, because that is where they intended to return to. They were not going to buy a house here and those who might have bought a house here no longer could (No job, you know).

Anyway the immigration problem is solving its self. The Housing Industry can not sell a house, so it can no longer afford to build them. If no houses are being built there are no more jobs, even for illegal workers. If there are no jobs most of the illegals will return home as that is where they always planed to go anyway. Maybe they can be hired to put wheels on all those houses, so they can take them to their own country; where all the money went.

Well, that is not the entire problem the North American Foolish Trade Act and the Most Favored Nation (over our own) are the main problems, but no one is doing anything about any of the problems. I mean no body, not the News Media, not the Government, not the economists,                   

NOOO    BODDDYYY.

By the way, I see that the Ford Motor Company made a profit last quarter, by selling cars in other countrys. WELL  DUH.  

IF YOU DON’T HAVE A JOB, THANK A POLITICAN

Politicians passed NAFTA and politicians voted China the status of “Most favored Nation”, so it was politicians that ruined our economy. Yes, it is ruined and personally I don’t see any hope for recovery. If you used to have a job in manufacturing, or if you used to work in any trade that depends on others having even a moderate amount of money you know what I mean. How about a little analogy to explain just what I mean.

Bob and Bill are competitors in the same kind of business located In the USA. They both manufacture widgets. Each widget cost both business $2 to make. They compete by sales promotions of one kind or the other. Both business are stable and hire many employees.

Then the politicians pass the North American Free Trade Agreement. Bob sees that if he moves his business to Mexico it would be possible to drastically lower his cost of manufacturing. Labor costs will be much lower, there would be little, or no government regulations, such as OSHA. It is almost a win win opportunity.

So Bob does move to Mexico. Now he has a distinct advantage and he can undercut Bill by a large margin, but of course he only undercuts him enough to take all of the business and pockets the rest (That’s the name of the game).

Bill sees what is happening and he realizes that he must also move to Mexico. To remain where he is would only lead to bankruptcy.

So what just happened? All of the employees just lost their jobs.

Why, do you say?  So the business could make more money.

Didn’t the politicians know what would result? The truth is they didn’t care (then).

All politicians are rich. They are the ones that own the businesses, or stock in the businesses.

Anyone, with even half of a brain, can see that this would and did happen to all of our manufacturing businesses. We are told that our economy is changing to a service orientated type. That is definitely true as there are no more manufacturing jobs.

The problem with that is service jobs generate no income for the country and because service jobs require parts and equipment there is a constant drain on our wealth.

We had import duties which kept this from happening before NAFTA. Those who should have put the American workers needs ahead of their, and foreign countries interests, did just the opposite.

Our “Most favored Nation” designation of China is even worse than NAFTA.

Now I have a few questions that this generated.

Who is going to buy widgets when they have no job?

Who is going to buy anything when they have no job?

Who is going to pay the taxes necessary to support our country?

By the way, all politicians are responsible for the downfall of our economy. Democrats started it and Republicans have done nothing to stop it. What do you expect as they are all rich.

Buy the way, by the way, if you think this is not your problem, or it will not effect you then you are about to learn all about economical recession in the real world (your world).

What I have said is only common sense, but you don’t have to take my word for it. Jump in your car and take a ride through the retail section of your town or city (If you can afford the gas) and notice how many businesses are gone. They are gone because people no longer have money to buy what they were selling.

You don’t even have to go to that much trouble. If you are reading this you are on the web. Just check out the news about the housing industry, and the automobile industry.

Very few are buying because very few have a job and those who did buy when they had a job are losing everything.

The only thing I could suggest is to pray to God to get us out of this, but to be truthful I don’t know why He would.

WE DO NOT HAVE AN IMMIGRATION PROBLEM!!!!

We really have a problem with the government. The Mexican people that have come here came for jobs that paid better than the jobs available in their home country. These are basically honest people that only want to work for a living.

We have laws against hiring illegal aliens, but the government is not enforcing them. If the government enforced the law then there would be no jobs available for illegal aliens and they would go home of their own accord.

Those who are in power are all well to do. They have investments in business in this country and when those businesses make more money the stock holders make more.

If the cost of labor is reduced and the cost of the product, or service is kept the same the profit is increased. Not only will the illegal work for less, but because he, or she is illegal they pay no tax, which further lowers the cost of labor.

The average American worker does not realize that income tax is about 19% of his wages. Then another 11% is taken out of his pay for social security, and then another 11% is taken by requiring the employer to pay it. That 11% is hidden because the worker never even sees it. That is a total of approximately 41% (Boy we really came a long way sense the founders of this country wouldn’t pay tax on tea. There wasn’t any tax at all on what a man made back then)

Big business owners are smart enough to third party the hiring of illegal aliens. This is accomplished by using another company to supply the work force. That way when any action is taken for breaking the law some poor dumb slob takes the fall and then the business just finds another slob to supply workers.

Then we have imports of goods with no import duty. No American company can compete with a foreign company that has lower labor costs and does not have to obey all the restrictions that are imposed on American business. Because of this most American manufacturing companies are either out of business or have had to have their products made in another country. In all fairness it is either have the product made and imported or go out of business altogether.

The end result is Americans no longer have jobs in manufacturing. Jobs in manufacturing pay much more than service jobs. They also create other well paying jobs (truck drivers, other manufacturing jobs, etc).

Now you are wondering if what I said is correct. Let me ask you a question. Can someone who is working at a fast food restaurant buy a house, or a new car? Is the housing industry selling new houses or many houses at all? Are the auto manufacturers able to sell their cars?

Let me ask you another question. If only a few people are paying income tax and there is no tax collected from imports how the heck are we going to pay for all of the military actions that we are taking?

If China was trying to ruin our economy they could not have found a better way and it only works because of greed. I believe that it is obvious that those who are in power do not care about the citizens.

I’m including this in religious tags so you can see this is not a Christian Country. The God this Country trusts has “In God we trust” printed right on it.