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"Today, big corporations are shipping as many jobs as they can out of the country. An average of 23 manufacturing facilities were shut down every single day in the United States last year. Yep, keep on taxing them to death and see if they want to come back. Also, we have lawsuits like crazy in the USA and that happens almost nowhere else in the world and makes the USA again a horrible place to do any business.
Even though our population is rapidly increasing, there are 10 percent fewer middle income jobs in the U.S. today than there were a decade ago. And we need to fire a ton of the make work government jobs that were created since the 60s. No reason to have 11% of the population working for the government compared to 1/2% or so in the 60s.
Until this trend gets reversed, the number of American families living in their vehicles is only going to increase.
Did you see the report on families that are living in their cars that Scott Pelley did for 60 Minutes the other night?
At one school in Florida alone, Pelley met 15 children who had been living in their cars. This is the home of the Metzger family. Arielle,15. Her brother Austin, 13. Their mother died when they were very young. Their dad, Tom, is a carpenter. And, he's been looking for work ever since Florida's construction industry collapsed. When foreclosure took their house, he bought the truck on Craigslist with his last thousand dollars. Tom's a little camera shy - thought we ought to talk to the kids - and it didn't take long to see why. Pelley: How long have you been living in this truck?
Arielle Metzger: About five months. Pelley: What's that like? Arielle Metzger: It's an adventure. Austin Metzger: That's how we see it. Pelley: When kids at school ask you where you live, what do you tell 'em? Austin Metzger: When they see the truck they ask me if I live in it, and when I hesitate they kinda realize. And they say they won't tell anybody.
There are shelters, so it is their choice to be in a truck. Plus many are not citizens in this situation.
You can view the entire 60 Minutes report below....
Did you ever think that this would happen to America? Yes, due to a massive move toward socialism and entitlement benefits we could never afford to pay for.
Allow drilling for energy sources in America.
Shrink government and keep government more so out of the private sector and you will see a reversal.
Need a national balanced budget amendment IMO as well.
Allow drilling for energy sources in America.
Shrink government and keep government more so out of the private sector and you will see a reversal.
Need a national balanced budget amendment IMO as well.
Why do you people always bring up drilling as a panacea? Do you enjoy benzene in your drinking water? The oil conglomerates have hundreds of thousands of acres at their disposal to drill and often the hydraulic fracturing that accompanies it pollutes the ground water. Why don't you suggest alternate fuels, which are a much more intelligent choice.
"Many of the nearly 270,000 oil and natural gas wells drilled in the West since 1980 have employed hydraulic fracturing, a process that involves the underground injection of tens of thousands to six million gallons of water per well.
The water is laced with toxic chemicals and sand or other material known as “proppant.”
hydraulic fracturing is used in 90 percent of all oil and natural gas wells drilled in the U.S. (IOGCC Carrillo 2005).
Hydraulic fracturing has recently been associated with water contamination and human health problems.
benzene is injected underground in hydraulic fracturing, and the extraction process also causes naturally occurring deposits of benzene to surface.
Why do you people always bring up drilling as a panacea? It's been over forty years since we've built ONE refinery for oil. Obamy just turned down tens of thousands of jobs with the pipeline from Canada. We have a ton of oil, we get some and we lower the cost of oil and make jobs.
Do you enjoy benzene in your drinking water? We get stuff in the water from anything in the ground and in CA we are polluting our water supply now directly because Democrats made it law that additives went into our gas, and that toxic additive is now getting into our water. Thanks again clueless Democrats.
The oil conglomerates have hundreds of thousands of acres at their disposal to drill and often the hydraulic fracturing that accompanies it pollutes the ground water. So build reservoirs elsewhere, we don't want to live by candle light like you.
Why don't you suggest alternate fuels, which are a much more intelligent choice. Electric is a fraud, you plug it in and gas, oil and coal charges them, and the batteries are far more toxic that other stuff cars used to have.
"Many of the nearly 270,000 oil and natural gas wells drilled in the West since 1980 have employed hydraulic fracturing, a process that involves the underground injection of tens of thousands to six million gallons of water per well.
The water is laced with toxic chemicals and sand or other material known as “proppant.”
hydraulic fracturing is used in 90 percent of all oil and natural gas wells drilled in the U.S. (IOGCC Carrillo 2005).
Hydraulic fracturing has recently been associated with water contamination and human health problems. Wow, sounds like we are back to drilling off shore.
benzene is injected underground in hydraulic fracturing, and the extraction process also causes naturally occurring deposits of benzene to surface.
Solar doesn't work.
Corn prices and food have skyrocketed since it was also used for fuel.
A horse craps all over the floor and windmills all die out or break down fast.
Looks like YOU should go back to the cave or something.
The rest of us like oil I guess.
It's time to kick ass and get the FED out of politics, get money out of politics.
Arrest the corrupt banking and insurance criminals.
Vote everyone over 2 terms out of office.
This won't happen of course... but it feels good to know that something could have been done.
Start making things in your hometown.
Agreed. I am disgusted by Congress. The fed and TBTF banks. Media is even worse with their corporate bs agenda. People are getting pushed to the limit here....
Solar doesn't work.
Corn prices and food have skyrocketed since it was also used for fuel.
A horse craps all over the floor and windmills all die out or break down fast.
Looks like YOU should go back to the cave or something.
The rest of us like oil I guess.
Wasnt the spill in the Gulf enough for you to get it?
Sorry, but I sure as hell dont want that happening again....but you probably live nowhere near the Gulf, so why should you care?
Boo hoo.......!!! Billions of people in the world live on less than a dollar a day and American poor are whining with their $75 French manicures and cell phones. LOL.....pathetic!
You're waaaaay out of touch. The American poor aren't having $75 French manicures - not even close.
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And, at the same time illegal aliens are dying to cross the border to get the jobs the 'American poor' are just 'too good' to do and besides they are too busy getting welfare checks and whining with envey because the Government is not giving them Bill Gates salary on their checks.
Plenty of them would do the jobs the illegal aliens are doing. The problem is that it costs much less to employ illegals.
So where were you when the Republicans gave these corporations their blessings and an "attaboy" for seeking short term profit$$$ by shipping American jobs across the border and over to Bangladesh?
Why would America vote in another Republican? That's like appointing a fox to guard a chicken coop.
Where were you when Clinton signed in NAFTA and he and Hillary were taking all those trips to China, selling out the American people?
So where were you when the Republicans gave these corporations their blessings and an "attaboy" for seeking short term profit$$$ by shipping American jobs across the border and over to Bangladesh?
Why would America vote in another Republican? That's like appointing a fox to guard a chicken coop.
Blame it on Comrade Barrack Houssain bin O'bummer, who hates Amarican Capitalism which is the backbone and support of the working people. Blame his fellow comrades, the Labor Union bosses for make Amarica so difficult for business they have to outsource their labor in order to survive.
Plenty of them would do the jobs the illegal aliens are doing.
No, they wouldn't. If they were willing to do so, there would be no illegals left.
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