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Why the stimulus is not fixing the economy!
Written By: Rusty Wade
Correspondent
The American economy is not recovering because it is consumer driven not manufacturing driven. That's what we are told by the media anyway. But the real reason, that slavery has never supported an economy of any scale is never mentioned.
The truth is not all that hard to see, and does sometimes appear in pieces in the media on the internet anyway. One good item I have seen in the last few day is a cogent discussion of the China trade and debt problem at:
http://www.minyanville.com/articles/EEM-USO-fcx-FXI-UDN-uup/index/a/23803
The article describes our trade imbalance but does not address the underlying evil that has brought this about. That evil is greed. The greed of CORPORATE MULTI NATIONAL leaders to increase profits no matter what the results.
Profits are not evil, but profits from slave labor are. We fought that issue over a hundred years ago, and have continued to this day to deal with the after effects of that system of labor as it was practiced here. The problem did not go away, it lay dormant with some colonialist practices hid safely at a distance, only to raise it's head again in the "global economy." Today the corporations are trying desperately to hide the catastrophic results of their evil practices on the American Economy behind a cascade of media pronouncements that the entire economic collapse of the American house of cards is a fault of the debt growth economy.
No one in the board rooms bothered to think how many people would be left behind in their blind ambitious rush to use enslaved distant people for labor at low cost and convert their American presence into distribution, command and control of distant assets, and other "services" instead of actual wealth creation by asset transformation (manufacturing) as was done in the hey day of the American economy.
The cascade of job losses by the middle class has accelerated and finally passed over the tipping point. The economy is crashing into flames fed by debt loads middle class people can no longer support because their income from jobs they can find once their manufacturing jobs are lost will not support that debt. The number of distributer, and service employees cannot replace the massive number of blue collar "wealth creation through transformation" workers who were involved in manufacturing.
Yes the problem was exacerbated by criminal loan writers who under lax regulation continued to drive growth by writing loans without real economic reason. The contractors who replaced their American workers with low wage illegal workers didn't think they would hasten the collapse but they did, by removing the wage earning ability of the very customers they were building for. But the real driving force that blew the ankles off that standing colosis statue we call the American Economy was the massive shift of manufacturing from American small and large businesses to contractors in slave labor countries.
There is only one answer to the crisis we find ourselves in, refuse to buy slave made goods. Our pressure will worsen the situation for a while before the corporate leaders abandon their attempt to rule the entire planet. The defeat of entrenched fascist governments is never easy. But it can be done if the American citizenry realizes the true problem they face and fight back with their purchasing decisions. Defend your neighbors liberty by refusing to replace his value with the efforts of slavery to replace him.
Read the label, if what you are thinking of buying is made in some distant land by low paid slaves and you buy it, you are contributing to the collapse of America.
Before you dismiss this opinion as the ramblings of a kook, read one other article and think about the two articles cited here and my opinion, then feel free to comment in our discussion area at http://thepeoplesjournal.com . That article has a large detailed paragraph on mass layoffs and unemployments effects on the American economy you can read it at:
http://www.examiner.com/x-6012-State-of-the-World-Examiner~y2009m7d28-Massive-Layoffs?cid=examiner-email .
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Where am I?
Written By: Karen Owens
Correspondent
I remember riding around in the bunk thinking "I live in America. I am married. I am a truck driver. How did this happen?" I was looking at my life from an almost detached perspective, and wondering if it was all a dream. Sometimes I would wake up and feel the need to audibly say "I live in the USA." I deliberately chose at each point of decision. Altogether, it was one big overall package offered to me when I still lived far away, with a totally different profession. Could I leave all that I was and everything I had, to change every part of that in a new land?
Most drivers would never have this kind of thought progression, but for me, this was my first year in the USA. Ten years later, it's all still true! I still live in the USA, drive a truck and we just celebrated our tenth wedding anniversary. And life is so much more natural for us together in our truck, with the addition of the littlest fury traveller.
As my relationship developed with Dean in Australia, he made the decision to move back to the USA, and very much wanted me to join him for life. He flew me over the Pacific to introduce me to his family, and show me every place he had lived since and including where he was born, in Marietta Georgia. He wanted me to understand what our life together might look like. So he took me to an old time truck stop, ordered southern home-style food for me to try, after which he procured a shower key in order to show me a shower room. He also let me look inside the truck he was driving. I remember coming back from my trip to the south, announcing my plans to my mother. She nearly fell on the floor from laughing so hard. The proposal was in every way a radical change from the life I had then. I found out later that she became increasingly distressed as I took each step toward my new life, and even after I had been living here quite a while. Later, she visited with us and stayed in our Tennessee home shortly after Christmas. It was a very cold and snowy time. During her stay, I had her ride in the big truck with me for a week. After this, she was so much more settled about our decision. She experienced the life we had together at home and on the road. The picture became real for her, and she accepted it.
People often ask me, how are things different, or which country is better. One could argue that comparing countries is unfair, but I will address this. I love Australia, my countrymen, the brilliant flora and fauna, and the awesome unique geographical features of the only island/continent/country in the world. Life is more difficult there because of water restrictions in a harsh climate for most of the area, and physical isolation from other countries and their resources. Goods are either made in Australia, or brought there at a high cost. The population is smaller than the USA, so there is a smaller market, which means there are fewer choices of products. When I first came to the USA, I was almost overwhelmed just standing in Costco looking at the array of products.
There have been giant, unexpected differences which lead to a big revolution in my thinking. I used to think that Australia and the USA were comparable in democracy and freedoms, little knowing the ever increasing imposition of government on every aspect of life in Australia. In my opinion, this is now being duplicated in the USA. This is the reason Dean moved back to the USA - the government in Australia had taken over the internet, his source of business. The government did not offer him a job to compensate his loss in their takeover. There was no way for him to compete when there was only one source of internet, which we now lovingly call the "Big Swamp". My previous thought process was that the government only did good for their people, and it was helpful for things to by systematized through one source. People up there knew best how to help us function in our lives. Now I see so differently about the dangers of this socialist thinking. I do not want the government involved in my life unless absolutely necessary. The Constitution of the USA is very clear about the limitations of government involvement. Our own decisions, our own consequences, and our own responsibility are to be cherished, not given away to a bureaucrat or a politician with their agenda! The basis of the USA government is a representative republic, not a democracy, and certainly not a democratic socialist monarchy (as it is in Australia)! Now we need to try to choose the representatives which will do exactly that, and not be run over by the party to which they align themselves.
In my mind change, I spent many hours talking with my husband, and listening to talk radio. I was being educated in rabid conservative patriotism with the teachings of Maha Rush (Limbaugh), Sean (Hannity), Dr (Mark) Levin, and the west coast mad scientist (Michael Savage). Each had their contributions as well as detractions, and this was a source of lively discussion for us. See, Ann Coulter, liberals CAN change, but only if they want to, and they are willing to abandon everything they hold as normal, and find themselves freed forever from their own mental tyranny.
Now I was ready to go back to my calling - a Special Education teacher. Schools are often places devoted to indoctrination in socialist thinking. Now that I had a new mindset, how would I cope? Fortunately for me, I taught in a school where most of my co-workers were also conservatively minded. There was agreement about ways of thinking, especially with my closest colleagues. With shrinkage of the job market in the county, the position ended. But thankfully, I had options. So Dean and I bought a truck, and we have been on the road again. This is such a blessing to be with him. So many drivers are away from their nearest and dearest for giant chunks of time. The current economic environment has been devastating for so many, and we are so thankful that we continue in our business, and continue to meet our commitments.
So how has YOUR thinking changed? Please tell your story of how you came to be a truck driver. Who influenced your decision? What did you sacrifice?
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