The Forest and the Trees

So, we had a job summit in Washington yesterday. It's a great start, whenever you face a problem you should first seek to understand. The summit brought together academics, corporate executives, economists, financial experts and union leaders to discuss ideas for accelerating job creation during the worst labor market conditions in a generation. Suspiciously absent were The Chamber of Commerce, which by the definition of it's title, might be a key factor to job stimulation! Could it's open criticism of this administration's policies excluded it from the forum? Also noticeably absent were the representatives from manufacturing and small business, two keys to job growth. Again both of them have not been shy pointing out the short comings of this administration's economic policies.

Petty? Absolutely! If you want what's best for a nation you should consider all options and opinions. Not just ones that agree with you. One can't help but wonder if this was not a, "What's in it for me", type scenario. I'm suspicious they weren't scheming to take advantage of an unemployment crisis for profit. Time will tell.

Why did they seek outside input? After all they are very self contained in the White House! I propose the reason being, they don't have a clue! Only 8% of Obama's administration has ever held a job in the private sector, the lowest of any admistration. Never has there been a reason to meet a payroll or turn a profit as they've either been employed by the government or in the academic world. Either produces nothing but hot air, and last time I looked that was free so it's not a marketable nor a consumable product. Since real life business problems are nothing any of the advisors ever faced, it's hard to map out a plan for job recovery. They only know how to produce jobs by enacting legislation that needs employees to over see it, and our tax dollars to pay them. Garbage in, garbage out!

So let's review. During the worse economic time of our country, and while facing massive job loss, we are led and controlled by a bunch of theory using teachers who never applied their knowledge. Not just a bunch, but the lowest ever administration of never employed in the private sector, this nation has ever seen. I know I feel better! Just look at the results so far. They took their book knowledge and applied the stimulus package to keep unemployment under 8.5%, it's now 10.2%. How do they explain that debacle? Well VP Joe Biden says; "No one could have predicted the depth of the recession we were in.". Well, no one without hands on knowledge, that's for sure. Just a thought Joe...If you'd actually spent the money you stole from us for job creation, rather than sit on it to use to butter up the upcoming questionable district's political races so they vote in your favor, could it have prevented unemployment rising? $500 billion sits idle in a slush fund for this administration to dole out to districts they might lose in the upcoming elections. Over 2/3 of the 780 billion in stimulus has yet to be introduced into this ailing economy. You don't need a degree from Harvard to realize the closer to those elections that money is used, the better memory those teetering districts will have toward who donated those funds stolen from America, for improvements in their districts.

If you really want to improve our economy and lower unemployment. Pay the deficit down down using that stimulus money as a start. It'll strengthen our dollar. Lower taxes and freeze government spending, again giving our dollar the buying power worldwide it deserves. Quit the healthcare, cap and trade, and any other massive legislation that'll burden our taxpayers needlessly. Use our resources, they are the key to job growth and financial independence. To truly be an independent nation we have to in fact be independent, both politically and financially. We need to be self sufficient and the overflow used for foreign trade. This will balance our economy, create jobs and pull us out of this slump. Inspire entrepreneurial ventures by keeping the profit in the decision to move forward. The benefits have to outweigh the risks. That'll create jobs, growth , and prosperity!

God Bless
Capt. Bill