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American JOBS- Adams, Jefferson, Hamilton, tell us what to do?

Dec 5, 2009
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American JOBS- Adams, Jefferson, Hamilton, tell us what to do..??

We Americans got some good news recently, as the unemployment figures DROPPED from 10.2 %- to 10%.

I remain skeptical though, because in the business that I am in, I know this may only be temporary.

Yes, I saw a lot of new people being trained for new jobs. However, I know that come January and February, many of these “new faces” will be gone.

They are commonly called: Seasonal employees, who are picked up for the Christmas shopping season. Only a few, who show drive and determination, will remain in that job after the holidays.

Still, it is good news because the unemployment figures could have gotten worse.

Can we live with 10% unemployment..??

Can we live with one out of every ten people in America out of work..??

And let’s not forget, how many people are “under-employed”? How many people are working a job that they are vastly over- qualified for, but they settle for what they have because there is nothing else out there?

I still believe that JOBS and the economy are the most important issue that we face today. Hence, we march forward with our editorial series on JOBS.

We need to return “industry” back to America. We do not “make” anything, anymore.

When trying to find a solution to the economic problems that we face today, the debate usually unfolds like this:

(Here is an example debate between the liberal progressive and the conservative:)

“It was those dam democrats: Barney Frank and Chris Dodd who caused this crisis. They were in charge of banking.”

“Oh, yea; what about President Bush and the republicans? They were in charge of the government for 6 years and did nothing.”

Is that so, well it was the democrats during Carter and Clinton that PUT people in houses that they couldn’t afford.”

“Really, well it was Reaganomics that de-regulated everything and caused this crisis because banks went nuts giving out crappy loans that hurt people.”

“You suck, it was Carter who set the country on this socialistic path and taxes are so high that people cannot pay their bills.”

“You idiot, it was Nixon who...”

At this point, if you folks would like to go get a sandwich and maybe a beverage, you have plenty of time. I guaranty that this fight will still be taking place when you return.

Might I suggest an ice cold soda pop and a baloney sandwich?

Sounds tasty..!!

OK, let’s rejoin this debate between the liberal and the conservative, on what caused the current bad economy.

“You perverted fool, it was Jefferson who taxed people so that he could beef up his Navy.”

“Don’t call me a perverted fool you sick bastard, it was Adams who couldn’t decide if he was for a bigger government or a smaller one.”

“Oh, yea; well it was George Washington who...”

OK, let’s leave this debate between the liberal and the conservative. (You get the point.)

BOTH political party’s had a fair share in causing this economic crisis that we are in today.

And it will take both: conservatives and liberals to fix it.

In my last editorial on JOBS, we talked about the only solution that we can use to bring jobs back to America is with (taxes) tariffs.

We do not want to work for lower pay like in China, India, or Mexico.

We could relax environmental laws somewhat, but we do not want to pollute the air and water.

However, if we remove all taxes from products that are “truly” made in America, while raising “tariffs” on all imports; we could bring industry back to America.

One stumbling block to tariffs is the belief that:

“You cannot mess with the free market. If government screws with capitalism, we are doomed to fail as a nation.”

Well, that might not necessarily be true. Let’s start at the beginning.

American JOBS- Adams, Jefferson, Hamilton; tell us what to do?

From the beginning, the Colonies in the New World were supplied by European ships carrying goods from foreign lands.

Sure, we built our own houses and grew our own food; but we imported most other things. (Clothing material, iron works, mechanical devices, etc.)

It was apparent after the Revolutionary War, that America NEEDED it’s own industry.

Joined together in the fight for freedom; Jefferson, Adams, and Hamilton were united. After the war, they could agree on little.

Jefferson wanted a smaller federal government with powerful “states rights” and personal freedom.

Hamilton wanted a larger federal government with “laws and order” and a powerful Navy.

Adams was stuck somewhere in between and spent his time trying to hold America together by appeasing both sides.

George Washington didn’t belong to any political party and after the Revolutionary War, Washington just wanted to go home and do some fishing. (Smart guy..!!)

One thing that all these men could agree on was that the federal government would have to raise money. But how..??

The founding fathers knew that they couldn’t impose personal taxes, they had just fought a war to get away from that. Yet, they knew that the federal government could not survive by charity. (Politicians working for free, states- banding together to donate materials and labor to build Navy ships, etc.)

Being resourceful, the founding fathers always looked for ways to solve two problems with one solution. And America had 3 BIG problems to solve:

(One) The federal government needed funds

(Two) America needed industry. We didn’t “make” many things in America. (Sound familiar..??)

(Three) The Southern States had “slave” labor. How could any Northern business compete with Southern States that had very low labor costs? (Also, very familiar with our situation today. Low labor costs of goods made in China, Mexico, etc.)

The founding fathers solution was ingenious and simple:

Tax (tariff) all goods that arrive by ship.

This solution solved all three problems.

The federal government received the money it needed to survive. Yet, it didn’t tax individual Americans, personally.

The tax was high enough that it forced some European companies to move to America and set up shop. Also, enterprising Americans ventured into business on their own.

And, the South couldn’t bombard the North with cheap goods made from slave labor because these goods arrived up North, from the South, by ship; thereby receiving the shipping tariff. (It was almost impossible to ship large amounts of goods over land in those days.)

The tariff was the solution that solved our problems in those early days. The tariff ranged from a low 5%, all the way up to a high of 50%, in 1828.

You could almost tell who controlled congress by how high the tariff was.

When southern democrats (“Democrat- Republicans” as they were called back then) controlled the congress, they would lower the tariff to “help the southern states compete in the global market.”

When a northern member of the “Whig Party” controlled congress, the tariff would rise to “protect northern states from unfair advantages that ‘other’ countries have over America.”

The tariff fluctuated like that until President Lincoln and the abolishment of slavery. Now, the south didn’t have an unfair labor advantage. President Lincoln had to impose a 49% tariff to fund the Civil War. After the Civil War, with the south no longer demanding the lower tariff, the tariff remained high.

With this HIGH “protection tariff” in place, American industry became one of the best in the world.

By the 1900's, the British newspaper: “The Daily Mail”, declared: “We have lost to the American manufacturer. (We have lost) electrical machinery, locomotives, steel rails, and agriculture machinery, the pride and backbone of the British engineering industry.”

America had become an industrial giant.

However, greed has a way of poking it’s ugly head into our lives.

American politicians (and large companies) began to believe that if America lowered it’s tariff, (and other countries lowered theirs) American manufacturers could make EVEN MORE MONEY selling goods overseas.

Enter- The era of Free Trade and low Tariffs

President Woodrow Wilson believed in low tariffs. With the advent of the “income tax”, the federal government no longer needed a high tariff to run the country. Income tax provided the government with plenty of money.

America experienced a great industrial boom.

This is where, (I believe) the notion was formed that: “trade MUST be free from tariffs, for American industry to grow”.

It is important to remember that Europe went through WW1. The “Old World’s” industry was devastated from this war. American goods would have been bought by foreign nations REGARDLESS of the tariff rate. Other nations had little choice. WW1 and WW2 crippled these nations.

Now, I’m NOT saying that we should have taxed “the crap” out of people who were suffering. I’m saying that “Free Trade” wasn’t the only catalyst for our economic growth.

None the less- free trade, low tariffs, and world trade policies became the normal for democrats and republicans alike.

Enter- globalization, the new world order, and “It’s a small world after all.”

America chugged along pretty good after WW2. That is, until...

American labor unions demanded HIGHER pay for it’s workers.

Americans demanded cleaner air, clearer water.

We wanted safer jobs.

And WHY NOT..!!

(We deserve it.) We work hard..!!

And, from the safety of our front porches, we all watched as the textile industry left American shores. We do not make clothing material here, anymore.

We all watched as the steel industry left America, and set up shop in some foreign land.

We all laughed at the first Japanese made TV sets. They were made with plastic shells. “Who would buy one ..??”, we said. American made television sets were framed in wood. They were BIG, heavy, scary looking things and it took four guys to move one. Today, you cannot find an American made TV.

We scratched our heads when we saw the first “small” foreign cars zipping by on American highways. Today, foreign cars make up nearly 45% of the vehicles sold in America.

We do not “make” anything, anymore.

We sell things. We service things.

But we do not make anything, anymore.

Some argue that “free markets” are what built America.

Others debate that “protectionism” allowed America to become strong.

I argue that it was a delicate balance between the two, that made America strong.

Protectionism of the 1800's allowed American industry to become strong and excel in the “free markets” of the 1900's.

The key is knowing when to “protect” and when to “free” the markets.

If ever there was a time to protect our industry, it is the present.

We need to learn from the founding fathers, for they went through the same thing that we are experiencing today.

We need to lower or remove all federal, state, and local taxes from anything “made” in America. And raise taxes on all imported goods. This will force industry back to America.

It worked for the founding fathers. There is no reason why it will not work again, today.

Written by AR Babonie for The Angry Republic

This concludes our 4th editorial on American JOBS. If you are interested in this topic and you missed the first 3 parts, I have links below.

The next editorial on American JOBS will deal with the next level of business for returning jobs to America.

We know what the problem is, we have a solution, and we have looked at the constitutionality of this solution. (Hell, the founding fathers did it, so it MUST be legal.)

Next, we need to start to implement this solution. I will need your help and your impute. We need to find politicians who also believe that American JOBS are the most important issue of the day.

I do not care if this politician is an independent, republican, or democrat. The issue of American JOBS rises above political parties.

If we cannot find a politician who supports the issue of American JOBS, then we will create one. (After all, these politicians work for us.)

But, that is for our next editorial, called:

American JOBS part 5- Taking the First Step

Past editorials on American JOBS

American JOBS part 1- What went wrong

American JOBS part 2- Safety First

American JOBS part 3- The Solution

American JOBS part 4- Adams, Jefferson, Hamilton, tell us what to do

(You just read that one)

American JOBS part 5- Taking the First Step

(Due out in a couple of weeks)

Thanks for reading

The Angry Republic

American JOBS- The Solution

Nov 11, 2009
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American JOBS- The Solution

First, I would like to thank all of the men and women who serve in our military.

Without you, I would NOT be FREE to write this stuff.

Thank you for your service..!!

American JOBS part 3- “The Solution” (Dream, the impossible Dream)

This is part three of a series of editorials on American JOBS. In the last two editorials, we talked about “what went wrong” and WHY we need to return jobs to America.

THE PROBLEM

America has become a country that doesn’t MAKE anything, anymore.

We service things, and we sell things.

But very few products are actually made here in America.

As a result, many Americans are “underemployed”, and 10% of the American workforce is unemployed. They have no job.

In just a few years, because of republican AND democrat party leadership, we have dropped from 5 % unemployment, to 10% unemployment.

If this trend is allowed to continue and the unemployment rate doubles again; we will be closing in on the 29% unemployment rate of The Great Depression.

It MUST stop now.

Democrats and Republicans are fighting over “words on paper.”

2,000 pages of words on paper, called: “Health Care Reform Act.”

Health Care might be important to some.

Education is at the top of the list for others.

But American JOBS and the economy should be important to all.

I do not claim to have the answers, I only have a single solution.

You may agree or disagree with my solution. However, we should agree that the economy and jobs should be the number one priority for every politician in Washington.

For, without a solid workforce, without a strong economy, there will be no tax money for education, or health care, or newly paved roads.

American JOBS- The solution

To come to this solution that I have, I had to drop a couple of “beliefs” that I held dear.

It wasn’t easy.

(Belief One) Religious-

“..If you give a man a fish, that is very noble, he can eat. However, you will have to give this man a fish tomorrow.

If you teach a man to fish, he can feed himself..”

In essence, that is what we did. We taught the “third world” how to fish.

Ever since I was a child, I remember hearing about the starving people in Asia, Mexico, Africa, and the likes. America has sent billions of dollars in foreign aid to starving nations, only to have to send more the next year.

By allowing our manufacturing to head overseas, we gave the third world a “fishing pole” so they can feed themselves.

However, with our current economic situation and lack of good paying jobs, there should be a third line in that old parable. A line that reads:

“..If the man that you taught to fish begins fishing IN YOUR POND and takes all of your fish, causing you to go hungry. It is time to kick that man in the ass..”

(OK, my “third line” of that parable may not fit into most religious text. But the point is made.)

Yes, God wants us to help the poor.

But God doesn’t want us to be stupid and hungry.

There are many ways to help the poor. But we cannot help anyone, if WE are poor and hungry.

(Belief Two) Strict Conservatism

“..The government cannot interfere in the ‘free Market’. What about the constitution? Every time that the government messes with capitalism, they screw the whole thing up..”

This is a tough one. You hear it on every conservative show. All of the “talk stars” subscribe to the notion that “you cannot mess with free enterprise.”

This idea is simply not true. The free market in America has NEVER been “truly” FREE, and has been “screwed with” by the government, ever since the founding fathers. Sometimes it works very well. Sometimes, it doesn’t work at all.

I can only give a couple of examples of what I am talking about here, and we have to move on:

In 1904, a Socialist named Upton Sinclair was paid $500 bucks to write a fiction series for a newspaper about American workers. Sinclair focused on slaughter houses and the Meat Packing industry in Chicago. In the 1900’s, people were dying from tainted meat. The meat packing industry in America was sickening.

The meat packing plants were unsanitary. Meat was left out in the open for too long, and people were dying.

The goal of Sinclair was to show Americans that capitalism didn’t work, and socialism could protect you.

Sinclair’s work, later packaged as a book called: “The Jungle”, was mostly fiction. (It was never proved that someone actually fell into a meat grinder and was sold for food.) However, Sinclair’s book had just enough truth in it, that it become popular.

The goal of the socialist movement and Sinclair’s idea failed with the American public. Instead of adopting socialism, our government created the “Food and Drug Administration”, which began inspections into America’s food industry.

No one reading this can deny that WE MUST have an independent government agency to watch over our food and drugs. If left unchecked, private business could become “The Jungle”, that Sinclair penned, long time ago.

The second example I wanted to give, before we move on, is based on Thomas Edison.

Back when America was “getting wired” for electricity, Mr. Edison was NOT going to run power lines out to rural areas and farmers.

I will paraphrase what Edison said:

“..I’m not spending hundreds of dollars to run power lines and telephone poles out to some farmer, so I can get a couple of bucks back selling electricity..??”

Power companies were not going to run power lines out to the rural areas.

It took the government to create the REA, which ran power lines, and then bought electricity from existing companies to sell to the farmers.

FACT: There are 6 billion people in the world today, only half of the world’s population has electricity, even today.

The government CAN do some things very well. They can also screw things up.

Unfortunately, we will need the government’s help to return JOBS back to America.

Here is what we CANNOT do

When trying to figure out what we need to do to return jobs back to America, it helps to rule out what we cannot do.

Lower payroll

We cannot ask American workers to work for the same pay as their Mexican and Chinese counterparts. Rule that one out.

Ending OSHA and the EPA.

We all want clean water, fresh air, and safe jobs. So, there is not much that we can do here.

We can pull back on some of the outrageous EPA rules: “the Delta Smelt” cutting off the water supply to California farmers, EPA restrictions on wood burning heaters (our only TRUE renewable source heater), etc.

A “Buy American” campaign

Back in the 1970’s and 80’s, you could have a successful “buy American” campaign because you could still find American TV’s, clothes, and such, to choose from.

Today, you will not find an American made TV sitting on a shelf next to a Japanese made TV. You are not going to find an American made shirt sitting next to a shirt made in India. Even if you wanted to “buy American”, you could not. It has gotten that bad.

The above was a list of things that we cannot do. Let’s move on to:

American JOBS- The Solution

Taxation.

That’s the solution.

(Really, it’s the only thing that we can do to bring back jobs to America.)

Today; American made products are taxed higher than foreign made product ONLY because the government can tax American made products- more.

In America, we can tax a product many times during the manufacturing process and the distribution. Then we can tax that product again during the sale of it, to you.

A foreign made product is taxed when it comes into the country, and again on the resale to you.

(That’s a bit simplified, but you get my drift.)

When you add taxation, and high labor costs, with EPA laws, and OSHA concerns, it is amazing that anything is still “Made in America.”

I propose the removal of ALL taxes on American made products.

All Federal, State, and Local taxes will be removed from any product that is “truly” Made in America.

To compensate for the loss of revenue to the government, an import tax (tariff) shall be placed, therein, or raised, if applies.

Now, I am not an economist. So, I cannot tell you how high the import tax would be. A really good “bean counter” would have to go over the federal budget and figure out “how high” to raise this import tax. (And, I’m sure that this economist would tell me that it is impossible to remove ALL taxes from American made products.)

A very low domestic tax, coupled with a higher import tax, should level the playing field.

The downside: No company is going to move to America “the minute” that this new tax policy is implemented. Companies would wait a year or so to see if we are serious about it.

Which means, the cost of buying goods will be very high, for all of us.

The upside: We grow “most” of our own food. So food cost shouldn’t be effected. We use American lumber to build houses, so housing shouldn’t be effected. We may have to make an exception for heating oil and gasolene.

The downside: China will be pissed off at us..!!

If we were to do this, we would piss off most of the world. We would be breaking trade policies, and we would be kicked out of the “One World Order” club.

The upside: We would be kicked out of the “One World Order” club.

Hey, what’s China going to do? Kick our ass..??

These foreign countries already know that America’s foreign trade laws are screwed up. They laugh at us.

The ratio:

For every (1) children’s toy that is made in America and shipped to China. China makes 1,000 different toys that are shipped back here.

For every (1) GM car that is sold in Japan, Japan sells 400 cars to America.

Folks, these people are laughing at us. And they are getting rich. And we are losing work.

I believe that after a year or two, when companies see that we are serious with this new tax system, they will be moving to America, and hiring American workers.

The timing is right

Many American companies moved to foreign lands in the 70’s and 80’s. Which means that their buildings are going on 30 or 40 years old. They may be thinking about expanding or re-tooling their factories. If we catch them in time, why not build here in America? Get a BIG tax break. Instead of putting a new plant in India or Malaysia..??

We really are not talking about something that is “that” radical. We do this all the time, between the states. One county will offer Wal-Mart a 5 year tax break if they build their new Wal-Mart here, instead of another county, somewhere else.

The State of Pennsylvania will offer a Hollywood movie company BIG incentives to film a movie here, instead of some other state. (Which means another “killer zombie” movie will be made near Pittsburgh Pennsylvania; “Night of the living dead”, “Dawn of the dead”, etc.)

So, this tax plan is not really radical.

Some products are partially made in America. Parts for this product are made somewhere else and shipped here to be assembled. “That’s not good enough.”

I suggest a “Pride in America” label.

This label, (dressed up with a pretty flag) will tell consumers “how much of the product is actually Made in America.”

If 50% of the product is actually made in America, then they get a 50% reduction in tax. This would place an incentive to make MORE of their product here.

Take a car, for example: it would be impossible to make 100% of a car here, right now.

However, let’s say that TODAY: 60% of a Chevy is made in America. You can bet that Honda will advertise 70% of their car is made in America. (And they will display it WITH PRIDE on the “Pride in America” label.) This will cause Ford to relocate a factory from Mexico, up to Detroit, or Cleveland, and advertise 75% “Made in America.” And so on.

I have racked my brains for this editorial, and this series of posts on American JOBS. I wanted to provide solutions, not just talk about it.

We do not want to lower our wages. We do not want to pollute the earth. Our only choice to bring back American JOBS is through taxation.

I truly believe that if we remove ALL taxes from American Made products, and raise taxes on foreign products to compensate for lost government revenue, we can entice manufacturing back into America.

We CAN provide Americans with JOBS.

This concludes the third editorial on American JOBS. I am placing links below, incase you missed the first two editorials.

The forth editorial in this series is really special.

For those of you who still believe that the American government CANNOT interfere with the free market…

Well, we are going to learn exactly what the founding father did, when faced with a similar situation, as we have today.

Also in the next editorial, we will talk about how to implement this new tax policy. (How to get congress on board.)

But, that will be our next editorial. Due out in a week or two.

American JOBS part 1- (What went wrong)

American JOBS part 2- Safety First

American JOBS part 3- The Solution

(You just read that one)

American JOBS part 4- Franklin, Adams, tell us what to do?

(Due out, in about 2 weeks)

Written by AR Babonie for The Angry Republic

Thanks for reading

The Angry Republic

American Jobs- Safety First

Oct 24, 2009
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American Jobs- Safety First

(What’s in my chicken..??)

For years, many of us have worried about the job situation in America. It was difficult to bring the issue to the forefront when the unemployment figures hovered around 5%.

5% unemployment is about the best that you can do, right..??

It’s hard to “cry wolf” when most people are employed, and no one wants to listen.

“..What about the under employed? People working less than 40 hours a week, or those making much less than their skills..??”

These cries were not heard.

Today, the unemployment figures are closing in on 10%. In some cities, the unemployment rate is around 13% and for American youths, the rate is 25% unemployed.

1 out of 4 young Americans are out of work.

If the unemployment rate can double from 5% to 10% in a little over a year, it could double again next year, if we do nothing to stop it.

20% unemployment is unacceptable, and we cannot let it slip to that level. Hell, the Great Depression saw unemployment at 29%.

The time to act is now.

Republicans are clearly stuck somewhere between “liberal lite” and conservatism. Many republican politicians seem to think that they can “talk tough” on Fox News about how “conservative” they are. Yet, they head off and endorse a socialistic compromise in congress.

Democrats are stuck in campaign mode. They haven’t stopped campaigning since the election.

The “cure- all” for the democratic party is health care. Health care: that will not take place for 3 years, (which could be too late.)

If you press the democratic party on the economy and American Jobs, their answer is to use taxpayer’s money on “stimulus jobs.”

“Stimulus jobs”.

I saw some “stimulus jobs.”

They came through my town and fixed all of our cities sidewalks and curbs. There was about 100 people fixing curbs.

The sidewalks and curbs are all fixed now. What will these people do next year..??

Maybe next year, we could take MORE tax money and have these “stimulus people” trim bushes and pick up trash..??

This is a band-aid on a broken arm. It looks like we did something because there is a cute little band-aid on there, but the arm is still broken.

We need permanent JOBS. Not a temporary fix.

American Jobs- Safety First

In my last editorial on American Jobs, I talked about a system that has broken down which would allow a “chicken” to be raised in China, butchered, placed on a ship; to sail across the ocean, to then be sold in American stores. AND IT WILL BE CHEAPER than raising the chicken here, in America.

The system is clearly broken, and we have known that for years. Yet, we cannot get the republicans and democrats to do ANYTHING about it.

We the people, are going to have to do it ourselves.

Before we get into the solution, I wanted to talk about safety.

How “safe” is it to rely on other countries for FOOD..??

Currently, we buy fruits and vegetables from Mexico because the labor is cheap, and they have a longer growing period then we do.

We also buy “farm raised” fish from China. Why..?? Because the labor is cheaper and the cost is low because some of these Chinese farms feed the fish a collection of “stuff” that I do not even want to list here. (I will NOT eat this fish.) However, the fish meat from China passes the US- FDA because the meat shows up as being: acceptable.

Soon we will be eating chicken that was raised in China.

You will never know that you are eating this “Chinese Chicken” because the restaurant is not going to list on the menu where it came from. When you buy chicken in the grocery store, the package is not going to say: “Raised in China.”

You will never know.

We know the facts: Baby toys that contained lead in the paint. Poison pajamas that caused people to have allergic reactions. Canned soup that contained e- coli. Babies milk that was contaminated. All products from China.

It is one thing to import a DVD player, however…

Importing food..??

America has some of the most fertile land that the world has ever seen..!! Why are we importing FOOD..??

Food safety is a major concern.

However, there is a deeper, more dangerous concern, as well:

When talking about national security; how “safe” is it to rely on other countries FOR FOOD..??

At any time, China, Russia, and the Arab world could boycott America; for any reason. They could STOP products from coming to America.

If we import 60% of our oil, most of our manufactured goods, and now FOOD…

A boycott against America would bring this country to a standstill.

Sure, the Europeans would help us. Canada and Mexico would too. But if China held back manufactured goods and food, if the Arab world held back oil, and Russia provided the “muscle” to enforce this boycott; which one of our friends would cross this “blockade” to help us..??

Safety is a major concern when talking about American Jobs, and that is why I wanted to use one editorial talking about safety.

What is the “safest” product that you have ever owned..??

It is the product that you made, yourself.

Because you were there when it was formed from steal and wood. You watched as it was shaped and molded and transformed into a viable product. You know its weakness, and strength. You know, because you were there.

American Jobs are very important to put people back to work. But you cannot discount safety.

Facts are stubborn things..!!

It is much easier to inspect a factory in America, then it is to inspect a factory in China.

In China, we must get an OK from the Chinese government, which could take days, maybe weeks. By then, the factor will be “cleaned up.”

In America, the only thing that we have to do is get proper documentation from the FDA and a judge, and we can inspect that factory on the same day. We can catch them in the act of doing (whatever it was that they were doing.)

This pretty much concludes this editorial on American Jobs- Safety First. If you folks have anything that I forgot, please comment below.

In my last editorial on American Jobs, I forgot to list “taxes” as playing a major roll in “what went wrong” with American employment. Nobullthinker pointed that out, and I hope that you will add comments on this editorial, as well.

It is real tempting to just roll right into the solution for American Jobs. But I am trying to put together a web site that is fun, entertaining, and interesting; so I am holding “the solution” back, for the NEXT editorial on American Jobs. (Besides, you folks who are reading this are very wise. You already know the solution.)

As I have said before, my site takes a look at current news and politics, and we talk about it with humor (and a tad bit of anger.) However, we also pick a topic each year and focus on that topic.

One year, we focused on “radical Islam.” Last year, because of his idealism, we focused on stopping Barack Obama from becoming president. (Which didn’t work out so good.)

This year, we are focusing on American Jobs.

The editorials that we have lined up are: