Look across the American unemployment landscape to see 15 to 20 million Americans without jobs --- then look at the 15 to 20 million illegal immigrants
then ask yourself - what's the problem? On Jan 15, 8:43 am, Travis <[email protected]> wrote: > Congress Understands Immigration And Outsourced Jobs? Op-Ed Contributor > > Published on January 14, 2010 > > *by Frosty Wooldridge* > > LOUISVILLE, CO > > Look across the American unemployment landscape to see 15 to 20 million > Americans without jobs, without hope and without a way out. Witness 35 > million Americans subsisting on food stamps. Millions of U.S. teenagers > cannot 'buy' a job. Watch accelerating home foreclosures for millions of > Americans. > > Then watch what the U.S. Congress continues: outsourcing of millions of > jobs, insourcing of millions of jobs and offshoring of manufacturing jobs. > On top of that, as we outsource millions of jobs to Asia, we import 100,000 > immigrants legally every 30 days, month in and month out, year in and year > out. Congress engages hundreds of thousands of H-1B and H-2B visas for > foreign labor annually with no let up in sight! > > Does any of that make sense to any American with an ounce of common sense? > In a column by economist Mike Folkerth, more intelligent than any you will > read from Time or Newsweek Magazine, he wrote, "But, the Chinese Can Make it > Cheaper; Well Duh!" You will find him atwww.kingofsimple.com. I spoke with > him and obtained permission to interview: > > "There are certain blatant issues that seem so apparent that we often think > that everyone must be fully aware of their dastardly consequences," said > Folkerth. "But on the other hand, I consider that perhaps, Alfred North > Whitehead was correct when he said, "It takes an unusual mind to undertake > the analysis of the obvious." > > "Our trade deficit for November was once more on the increase, a hefty 10% > increase at that. In plain English, this means that we are buying > considerably more of the items that we use in our daily lives from foreign > nations, than foreign nations buy from us. We crossed that line of imbalance > in 1970 and our government has been working on the problem every since. Hey, > these things take time. > > How about Americans making products for America? > > "On that subject, I was just listening to a financial expert say that > American exports need to pick up," said Folkerth. "America needs to make > more of what the world wants to buy." > > "I know that my solution is ridiculous, but how about this; why not have > America make more of what Americans buy every day? Wow, what a breakthrough > in international trade balance and I did it with 3rd grade math. > > "Think about what I just said. We have purposely shipped our critical core > industry to China, Japan, India, South Korea, Singapore, Sri Lanka, and a > hundred other places that I'm not sure I can spell, in order that these > foreign nations can then send it back for the unemployed Americans to > purchase. Am I missing something here? > > "And now the financial experts say that we need to increase our exports so > that we can pay for our imports? "HELLO, earth to Americans, all we have to > do is export to ourselves." As in, out of the American factory and on to the > American shelves. It's an ancient tradition that was used to build America. > It's called a full circle economy. > > "Isn't it amazing what propaganda and indoctrination can do? News media to > the average American citizen, "We live in a global economy you know?" > American citizen to news media, "Uhhhhhh...okay." American citizen to the > next person that they meet, "We live in a global economy you know?" Next > person responding, "Uhhhhhh...sure, I knew that." > > "All of this leads up to the complex burning question of, why? Why do we > import more than we export when we have 27,000,000 unemployed/under employed > Americans that want to go to work? Why not make these goods ourselves? I'm > told that such activity creates jobs. I'll do some research on that rumor > and get back with you. Okay, I'm done and it works. > > "Why would the greatest industrialized nation in the world allow their > population to stagger to their unemployed knees while having a communist > foreign nation provide us with our basic manufactured goods?" > > The big question remains "Why?" > > "Why import products from half way around the world that we have > historically produced for ourselves when millions of our fellow Americans > are unemployed?" said Folkerth. "Why allow such institutions as > The-China-Connection-Wal-Mart to exist when America is on the brink of > collapse? > > "So am I an isolationist? I'd say yes, and proud of it; charity and > employment start at home. I'm also a realist and I can do the revealing math > in my sleep. > > "There is no such thing as the Easter Bunny or the Tooth Fairy. There is no > such thing as a service and information economy. There is no requirement to > globalize and this is NOT a global economy outside the devious minds of > government and big business. > > "Through effective propaganda, we've been led to believe that Americans are > bad people who charge too much for their labor. That's right; the unions are > at fault, not the high paid management that agreed to the union contacts. > > "We've been conditioned to believe that we can't make the products that we > use daily, because the Communist Chinese can make them cheaper! Well duh, > why do we think the Communist Chinese live in abject poverty? You don't > suppose there is a connection do you? > > "If it takes higher cost goods to support our way of life, so be it. Pay > more, get higher quality, and buy less. The alternative is to sink to the > level of those who are currently taking our jobs and our way of life; at the > behest of our government and big business leaders I might add. > > "The immediate solution to unemployment is simple; we need to revert back to > supporting ourselves and our local communities rather than supporting > multi-national corporations whose total goal is profit at any cost. That > cost was Middle America. > > "But then, that's not what we are doing at all; instead, we also import 1.2 > MILLION foreign workers annually to compete with the unemployed Americans. > Truth is far stranger than fiction." > > After talking with Folkerth, my burning question remains this: why do we > suffer a $700 billion trade deficit annually, with 15 to 20 million > unemployed Americans while and 35 million Americans on food stamps? Why do > our Congress critters think cheap Chinese products remain a 'good thing' > with so many of our citizens unable to buy them because they do not enjoy > jobs? > > Mark Twain said, "Suppose you were an idiot; and suppose you were a member > of Congress...ah, but I repeat myself."
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