JOBS AND COMPETITIVENESS?

JOBS AND COMPETITIVENESS? (Frazer Chronicle)

As America's job market continues to swirl in the sewer system of the country, President Obama's Council on Jobs and Competitiveness seems to be the stick that stirs the concoction. The vast majority of the appointed membership has not a clue of how to create jobs, and even less of an idea of exactly what is going on with the economy.

Many of the members have been millionaires for years, multi millionaires, which does not make for understanding when some poor out of work laborer that used to make $18 an hour is now flipping burgers and making $7.25. The guy still has the same dreams, still has the same kids, only now they are entering teen-hood, which is a battle in and of itself, probably has more bills and is facing foreclosure on almost "everything."

How in hell can a high powered executive understand the poor S.O.B's problems, when there is a  possibility that one of the presidents council members might have inadvertently eliminated the guy's job? The short answer.....he can't, the long answer, dido.

When in hell are our elected officials going to stumble upon the truth, big business industry does not make jobs, they eliminate them through cost cutting, and re-create them in cheaper job markets, usually in evolving countries. Do you know how much a petroleum company can make a day if they raise gasoline by a single cent, millions.

Do you know how much an American business can make if he can lower it's wages to say, "oh I don't know," from $18 to $2 an hour..... quick, do the math, that's right, $16 per employee. Divide that times several thousand, "you get where I'm going," in a year, "ca zillions" can be saved. Why in hell would anybody not want to get into the "ca zillion" zone of making money, "while your thinking," I can answer that question, "they wouldn't."

Some of the people on the presidents "jobs council" have been eliminating jobs on the one hand, and not  creating them on the other. Some of the members, officials of the council, are also high ranking officials of companies like American Express, Comcast, Intel, Xerox, Boeing and Eastman Kodak, "to name just a few" have cut back employees by more then ten thousand jobs in the past several years, again, that's 10,000 jobs.

To top it all off, some economists are now saying that corporate America "might not be creating jobs," brilliant....."DO YA THINK SO." I wonder if these jokers are on the government "dole?"  This country needs a quick fix, and right now, or the next generation won't have the preceding generations bills to pay, there won't be a country and an organization to pay.

As long as Democrats and Republicans continue to fuss and fight over everything, we the people will suffer. TAX the rich, create jobs, government jobs, private sector jobs, does it really matter where they come from. Short term, long term, screw which problems we have as a nation, we need jobs right now.....let's get started!