Jobs, China, Healthcare, and Banks.

Here we are.  2 weeks into the new year, and those same Republicans who claimed to care about the middle-class should be introducing legislation that would hinder any U.S. corporations from exporting jobs to China.  Instead, they're more concerned about paying back their coffers to make sure they can remain in office and have plenty of contributors to their next election campaign.

When in the hell are Americans going to wake up and realize that if something isn't done soon to get our jobs back, we are all going to be competing with the Chinese people for $300 a month jobs?  First and foremost it should be the job of the lawmakers to make it financially impossible to ship jobs overseas.  Get back those tax paying jobs that were lost, and maintain what we have today.

Corporate profits seem to be the utmost concern for CEO's and lawmakers.  Hey people, I've got a newsflash for you.  CEO's and lawmakers only care about themselves, and feel anyone else is just a means to get their desires met.  Let's take for example, those banks who felt the need to rip off our soldiers.  Not only is it revolting that they get bailed out for their irresponsible behavior.  Then, they take money from those who've gotten shafted by the S.O.B's that these same banks payrolled to put in office.

And then here's the kicker.  To help out my daughter I agreed to co-sign her school loan consolidation.  Now mind you, she was told that the interest rate could be from 4.25% - 9.00% depending on my credit rating.  Well, my credit rating is excellent, and the best the bank could do is 7%.  WTF?  We bail their asses out, and the best they can do for an interest rate is 7%.  And then I think of all the bullshit she went through with teachers who couldn't even speak decent english trying to teach advanced level calculus, and other bullshit courses that didn't even pertain to her degree.  And for what?  A huge debt that she'll probably never have a decent enough job to pay off in any short period of time.  The state of affairs in this country is just sad.  I'd hate to be a kid growing up today.  At least 30 years ago, there was something to look forward to.  Now, it's a joke.