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randall_burns writes "Neither major party is accurately describing or combatting the Jobs Crunch that Americans are facing. Bad immigration policy-and bad trade deals are combining to decimate the middle class in America."
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Does Kerry/Edwards remind anyone of the old "me too" sterotype of AOLers back in the day?
Bush has his policy, Kerry says it sucks, but I'm make a very minor revision to it.
FYI: This is minute 4 of the 5 minute hate.
First of all I am pretty sure that a person without a job in Europe is much better off then a person without a job in the US.
Maybe, but that is still one guy who might be workin g in the U.S. He did say 9.7% right? And since you used the word "Europe" unemployment can be MUCH higher than that, double digets. Europe's average was 11.3% wonder what they say to our 5.4 or 5.5 %?
Finally I really don't care how much worse Europe is. Do you? Does it really help somebody who lost a job to say to them "well other people have it worse then you".
I Kinda care when people start trying to make our country use thier system (socialized everything). I'd like to point out everything is a trade off.
-- "of course thats just my opinion, I could be wrong." --Dennis Miller
For the first time in my life, within 4 weeks of one another, my sister lost her job, my friend lost his job, and his wife lost her job.
These are NOT good times...although Bush would have us believe otherwise.
And the problems with these times are a carryover from the Clinton administration's disastrous policies. There is only so much recovery one president can do in one term, despite how good Bush is.
I can guarantee you if a Democrat gets in again you'll be sliding deeper and deeper.
RST
There's a difference between "I can't find a job," which is what many unemployed people say, and "I can't find the job that I want," which is what they actually mean.
People seem to have grown so accustomed to getting everything their way that they have forgotten that the world isn't the rosy little wonderland they want it to be. The only people sitting at home unemployed in this economy are the ones without the balls to find a job and succeed at it while waiting for the right opportunity.
And the problems with these times are a carryover from the Clinton administration's disastrous policies.
Yeah, that damn tech boom really sucked for me -- this job as a contractor in Iraq is so much better!
Libruls, don't lose your head blaming Bush!
Speaking of which, rebeka thomas (673264), your comment seems a bit muffled -- is it because your head is so far up your ass, or is it just because it's so far up Bush's ass?
Opinions on the Twiddler2 hand-held keyboard?
What Kerry says, essentially, is "I AM GOING TO TAX THE AMERICAN COMPANIES SO THAT THEY CAN'T OPERATE AT A PROFIT ANYMORE, SO THAT THE JAPS WILL WIN THE COMPETITION !"
Stopping outsourcing just ain't the solution, my dear.
We need to go back to the ROOT CAUSE of WHY there is a NEED for oursourcing. We can no longer afford the SIMPLE-MINDEDNESS that we are so used to.
Company outsource not because they like to, but they had to.
Why ? Because out of the 60,000 biggest companies in the world, our American companies are at a VERy DISTINCT DISADVANTAGE - our cost is SIMPLY TOO HIGH.
And why is that ?
Because WE PAY OUR AMERICAN EMPLOYEES TOO MUCH !
Yes, if we come to the root of it, it is US, the AMERICANS, who are at fault. Not the companies.
The companies, like other entities, just want to survive. They can't afford to pay UNION WORKERS U$80-200 per hour indefinitely, while they can hire HIGHER SKILL PEOPLE outside of America for one tenth of the cost !
The market today ain't USA anymore, but THE WORLD. If our American companies have survive, we have to survive not only in America, but also in France, Hongkong, Zimbabwee, and Peru.
Everywhere you go, you see the Japs and Gooks company EXCEL AT WHAT THEY DO.
From SHIP CONSTRUCTIONS to ELECTRONICS to TEXTILES, you see them - the Samsung, the Sony, the Hyndai, the Toyota - leading.
And while we American can compete now, we are losing, and losing fast.
We are just not fast enough. Outsourcing is just ONE of the way to UNBURDEN part the load the American companies have been carrying all along.
No, I am not pro-companies. I am just being realistic.
If we force the American companies to pay through their noses to hire Americans at EXUBERANT COST, one of these days the American companies are going to shut their doors, and when that happen, it will be the Japs and the Gooks who will take over, and when happen, do you think them Japs and Gooks are gonna pay us whatever price we ask ?
Be realistic, and stop being an idiot.
Kerry is an idiot, and anyone follows him is an idiot too !
Muchas Gracias, Señor Edward Snowden !
You, in my judgement, are aiding and abetting economic treason, and you are therefore a traitor.
I call for economic treason to be punished according to rule of law, like any other form of treason.
eat shiat and bark at the moon
Yes, follow the link above and read Kerry's plans. They are simple and easy to understand.
If more than 50% of America said in today's poll that they liked what Bush did, Kerry will do that too, but he will do it better than Bush. If more than 50% of America said in today's poll that they did not like what Bush did, Kerry will do the extreme opposite of what Bush did.
Of course, you will not know what Kerry's positions will be on election day until he gets a chance to read the poll results the night before...
(Sorry, but someone had to bring up the flip-flopping. See my next post for my tear-down of Bush's following of a vision whether it proves to be right or not!)
Slashdot? I thought this was Little Green Footballs.
They own your children's bodies for the purposes of warfare.
When will you start taking what is yours back again?
Funny, you could change that to read:
"They own your children's bodies for the purposes of welfare.
When will you start taking what is yours back again?"
And then it accurately reflects my feelings on the left and their misguided idealism.
All I can say is this: The unmotivated hippy stoner living in his RV across the street from me has a Kerry/Edwards poster in his window. But, when I drive through the insanely rich neighborhood a few miles from here, they have Kerry posters too... Hmm...
However, the small business owners, middle class types, and generally the people I know and respect for their can-do, hard-working attitudes all vote Rebublican.
Sorry man, Kerry's a rich pig to0 - his wife alone is one of the 400 richest people in America.
He's been in politics a hell of a lot longer than Bush, but haven't heard of anything impressive done by this great warrior of the proletariat..
Your hybrid is not saving the environment. Its purpose is to make you feel good about buying something.
You sound like a southern plantation slave owner arguing against a northern industrialist prior to the civil war.
You're immoral and an idiot.
Seastead this.
It would be interesting to hear what you think a "uniter" would be like.
I don't see how that person could be a Democrat. For years Democrats have been telling blacks that whitey is out to get them. Since 1984, they've been telling old folks that, if they vote wrong, their Social Security will be taken away and they'll have to start eating dog food. They hate the rich, hate corporations, and look down on church-goers, SUV owners, and Walmart shoppers. They also want to take money from one group and give it to another group. Needless to say, that divides the 2 groups.