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A Democratic president (called him “Democratic”, mind you) is about to give you rich guys what you want. As usual. Only this time, there will be absolutely no more excuses or . . . what’s that word they like to use . . . “uncertainty”.
Money where your mouths are, scions of business; if your precious “Trickle Down” economics works like you keep attesting, then do something you idiots haven’t done successfully in 10 years now – PROVE IT.
Get to stepping. You mofos better whip up some damned jobs and whip them up FAST. You and the Greed Oily Predator party are on the clock once this crap sandwich gets extended. And guess what else – if job creation is the least bit miniscule (as in less than 130-150 thousand jobs per month on average to accommodate incoming-outgoing workers), as it has been for the past decade, you WILL be called on it.
Yeah. But . . . see . . . there’s just one eeensy-weeensy little problem with that.
Actually, there are several eeensy-weeensy little problems with that . . .
OK, you got your damned tax cuts. Tell me, how are jobs going to be “created” when there’s no DEMAND?
First, let’s talk about currently employed Americans. Judging by the pitiful overall savings rate, and the fact that many people have not received raises in going on three years now, your average working poor/working class/middle class citizen doesn’t really HAVE disposable income to buy anything other than necessities. They’re still trying to dig their way out of the Bewsh II/Wall Slots debacle, which (if they’re still lucky enough to be employed) likely took five to ten years of financial progress off their lives. They’re having trouble enough catching up to bills, utilities, mortgages, rent, gas, etc. Let’s not even count unforeseen incidents that set them back even further that they’ll have to cope with sans pay raise to deal with it all. And you wealthmongers think they’re gonna be headed out to Best Buy to same-as-cash them some TVs or Camcorders when all is said and settled? Actually, explain how the American worker is helped by buying products that haven’t been made HERE in a decade or two.
Now, lets move on to the several dozen million un/underemployed Americans – for those who haven’t been put out on the streets or into their cars by now, every single cent of income from UI (if they get it) goes towards survival. These people cannot even begin to think about things like “retraining” (which costs time and lots of money), “pulling oneself up by their bootstraps” (kind of hard to do when you ain’t got boots) or consumer debt of any kind. We’re an hour beyond “necessity” here – it’s now about eating and keeping roofs over heads. This used to be your working class. This used to be the engine that drove your economy and businesses to sustainability, and frankly, I’m not really seeing how cutting them off your agenda HELPS you. Are you Bentley-Jockeys gonna hire THEM back anytime soon? Let’s not pretend your oh-so-vaunted tax cuts are going to put significant disposable income in these people’s wallets just because it puts six figures more in yours.
Also – How are jobs going to be “created” when Corpmerica is still practicing ageism?
How are jobs going to be “created” when Corpmerica apparently only wants to hire those who are still employed?
How are jobs going to be “created” when Corpmerica is doing just fine stretching the existing workers for every ounce of soul they got, all in the quest for “greater productivity”?
Here’s another nightmare that’s really been keeping me up at night – What exactly are all of us going to DO for a living five, ten, or twenty years down the road? Anybody got any idea? The way that technology and the business practices that run it are going seems to be leading to multiple millions more being OUT of work rather than MORE work being created for humans to do. This looks about the same with industrial technology, medicine, pharmacology, journalism, entertainment, media and retail and about a hundred more facets of working life that are either going to fall victim to offshore/inshore outsourcing or automation. There’s a study that recently measured around 14-15 million jobs potentially falling victim to offshore outsourcing in 5-10 years and millions more to automation.
I’m not seeing any whiz-bang “killer apps” or “next-big-things” coming on the horizon to get us out of this mess. I’m not seeing any major investments or strides made in alternative energy sources, something we urgently need to get going on. Without any replacement industries for obsolete ones, all you’re getting is rehashes of old technology or stopped progress. I’m not seeing how any strides can be made in energy or infrastructure repair/upgrading/modernization with no tax monies.
To put it simply, make-work low-wage jobs aren’t going to solve your problem. Holding back significant raises on your current workers is definitely not going to solve the problem. Supply was never the problem – DEMAND is the problem. Always has been. No raise in wage, no demand. Too much necessity spending, which leads to no disposable income means no demand. Layoffs – no demand. Unforseen financial hardship – no demand. See how this works?
Pretending that tax cuts are some engine to prosperity is straight-up landfill garbage. More worker democracy and prosperity is the only way this is going to be solved.
Unless you rich guys and the GOP prove me and all of us wrong, that is.
But hey, good luck with that. Just ignore the laundry list of problems I just laid out for you, much of which was caused, in large part, by unbridled capitalism and the quest for profit at the price of your worker’s prosperity. Getting around those things shouldn’t be a problem, should it? I mean, seeing as how you GOP experts at finance and business seem to be so much smarter than common-sense progressive-ol' me, after all. What am I thinking; you guys have such an enormously successful and exemplary 30-year track record so far. That ol’ economic machine should be humming along ANY second now, or do you need another 10 years?
Still “uncertain”? Doesn’t matter. You’re on the clock. Startiiiiiiiiiiiing . . . NOW.
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