How many of those who have lost their jobs in the past 10 years have lost them due to their job being moved to a different country? Too many. And it doesn't matter what side of the aisle the lawmakers are on, they continually vote against anything that would benefit the American worker.
Instead of repealing Obamacare, why don't they repeal NAFTA? That has caused more pain and suffering for the American people than any other major piece of legislation in the past 20 years. I've said this before, and saying it here again. If they aren't going to repeal it, then let's start levying tariffs on those imports that are coming in to our country from companies that have outsourced the production of those products? Any company that outsources ANYTHING should have to pay a larger amount of money towards unemployment compensation, and should be taxed at rate that would make it less lucrative to outsource their jobs.
Yes, I know. Some will say, "If we do that, we'll no longer be able to compete with other countries". Well, I say false. Here's why. The government has done this in the past, and they could do it again. In the early 80's, Harley Davidson was on the verge of extinction, and they blamed the imports from Japan that were a lot cheaper than their motorcycles. So, a 75% tariff was placed on those motorcycles coming in from Japan, and that tariff would gradually come down over a set amount of years. Did it help Harley Davidson? Yes. Did people still buy motorcycles from Japan? Yes. Did the increase in tax revenue help the government. Yes. So, it was a win, win, win.
I just think it's such a simple solution to today's deficit problems. The deficit is increasing because the government is spending more and more. And, the only way the government makes money is through taxes, and the only way people can pay taxes is if they are working. And the only way they can be working is if something is done to help save their jobs, instead of doing everything possible to ship jobs overseas. Personally I think what's happening is that corporate honchos aren't satisfied with the compensation disparity between themselves and their "worker bee's". They don't like seeing the average American taking trips like they do, or buying new cars, or living in nice homes. They figure they're the only ones worthy of the finer things in life, and their hope is that enough people will start losing jobs that we'll go back to pre-World War I days where we were just happy to have a job, and possibly a house and an old car. No vacations, no unions, no decent benefits.
I laugh too when it comes to illegal immigration. To me, this problem is caused by the very assholes that are trying to push to stop the influx of illegal immigrants, not realizing they, and their corporate donors are the ones to blame. Think about it. Do you do anything to cause people from Mexico to come to the U.S.? If there weren't jobs being given to illegal aliens, would they still come here? If we started imposing huge huge fines on companies or people who hired illegal aliens, I think we'd see a drastic reduction in the numbers of those crossing the borders. I know of companies and farmers here in Wisconsin that knowingly employ illegal aliens because by the time anyone would find out, they money they saved on wages would far outweigh the measly fines they would be assessed if they did get caught. A lot of simple solutions for such a complicated bunch of lawmakers. Or is it more a case of just doing what their coffers are directing them to do?
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