Government programs and policies - A farce

Recently, I listened to Donald Trump attempt to instill fear into the American worker regarding the auto industry threatening to move facilities to Mexico.

For years the auto industry has threatened to go to Mexico as a tool to negotiate with the Unions. Not that they actually planned on doing it. City services also threaten to privatize services every year as a negotiating tactic with the Unions. I'm not just guessing but worked in the thick of it.

Mr. Trump would benefit from actually knowing about the auto industry in Detroit and the parts manufacturing in Toledo. I lay odds he is not aware that Mazada built a plant next to Ford in Detroit - mainly due to the fact the parts for both were interchangeable. The Ford Probe used the same engines and parts of the Mazda RX7 for example. It's not just the auto workers who get stabbed it's parts manufacturers too and when they leave all small business goes to hell in a handsack.

Trump has proposed that if an auto manufacturer moved to Mexico, people would lose their jobs and he would tax and tariff every vehicle coming back over the boarder and use it for inner city schools, while the former plant employee not only lost his job, he can no longer afford a car and their pre-emptive wages are being donated elsewhere. It does not land back into the hands of the out of work auto employee. It takes a bad situation and makes it worse. Basically taking more from the taxpayers backs. Jeep, a staple of American auto is now owned by Mercedez in Germany.

The government cannot create jobs. The only part they play are infrastructure programs -roads, bridges and harbors, water mains, which are bid out to other private business. Only the private sector controls the hiring and firing of the people in the programs.

I worked with government contract work and found only one city that has a plan to attract business. They put together a consortium of utility companies, waste collection, tax incentives and other things as to what each could contribute to attracting jobs. That city is Findlay, Ohio. Still working with regulation guidelines and current environmental regulations. It would behoove them to go and see for themselves. Conversely, Lima, Ohio is over run with blight- the exact opposite.

All too often promises are made to our veteran care, disabled and other sectors and services. Everyone touts it in their campaigns - what they fail to tell you is they increased the wage of these individuals to be $5.00 over the limit of qualifying for them for serves. So, when you see them singing and dancing over having their agenda passed - such as an increase in Social Security, the necessary programs are never used.

When someone promises a policy do not take it at face value "because believe me," rather do a little investigating. As a voter it's your duty to understand what, exactly, are they saying and actually doing.