hello america! it does not give me any satisfaction in saying i told you that obama was wrong for this country & these times. & pretty soon you will reap all the rewards that will come from your not heeding my warning. my problem with that is, i have to reap them also.
by now you've either heard or seen obamas trillion dollar bill that congress is ready to start working on. it's supposed to 'help' the economy &, will come without any guarantees it will work. it is also supposed to come without any 'earmarks' attached---those will definitely be coming very soon after. you can bet the house on that.
so, let's talk about that bill for a minute. first of all, it's a waste of money & effort. america, it's a smoke-screen & i'll tell you why. this bill is supposed to create "infrastructure" jobs & the "greening" of public buildings. well, regardless of how much money is spent on those projects, it's going to take years before it's fully implemented & proves to be worthwhile. what obama is not telling you is, at best, this would be a very short-lived project. so ask me, why do you say this knowitall? well, how many people could be hired & for how long? once the repairs & greenings are accomplished, what happens to all those workers that will no longer be needed? when you hear talk about this bill creating millions of jobs stop...ask yourself this: how many people does it take to accomplish the mission? surely not millions. & when they finish the work they're hired for, they'll be released. just like macy's will hire extra people for certain holidays (AS DOES OUR POSTAL SYSTEM) & then lets them go after the holidays. a lot of businesses do this. not 1 of them will keep the workers on if there's no work there for them. would you?
i am opposed to this bill because it comes without any guarantees it will even come close to doing what it's supposed to do.
to implement this plan, one has to look at what all is involved---that's the part they don't want you to know...
1. you'd have to have people in charge that know the job-you & i don't qualify to run this
2. you'd have to set up a pretty tight background check system-you & i don't qualify to run this
3. you'd have to advertize the jobs-you & i don't qualify to run this
4. you'd have to set up a place for the staff-you & i don't qualify to run this
5. you'd have to 'hire' the staff-we may get lucky here
6. you'd have to set up a place for the applicants to be interviewed-???
7. you'd have to buy or rent computers, tables, chairs, etc-you & i don't qualify to run this
8. you'd have to provide utilities-you & i don't qualify to run this
9. you'd have to provide training for the accepted applicants-you & i don't qualify to run this
10. you'd have to provide insurance-you & i don't qualify to run this
the above is just the beginning before any real work is even started. chances are, the feds will give the money to the states who will distribute it as they see fit &, award contracts as they see fit. here in allentown, pa, you see the same companies doing the same work year after year & these companies have their own workers &, very few of us will get in.
"CHANGE"---i don't think so. this will be business as usual with the fat getting fatter & favors being doled out.
let america take care of america & tell your government officials that they need to clean up their own acts before tackling yours.
