The unemployment crisis in our nation is staggering and those of us, who care, are asking is there a foreseeable solution, and if there is a solution, who out of our nations elected leaders will make a courageous attempt to work together to attack this problem head on?
In a free labor and free market society our citizens are not forced to work, but it is the greater majority often forgotten , middle class, law abiding, union supporting or not, working Americans , who are the heart and soul of our country, and they assure our nations posterity is secure and have done so for decades.
Our politicians from the White House on down to the community activist all say the same thing, "we need to find and offer better jobs for our nations unemployed citizens", this has been the mantra of both parties especially since the most recent unemployment rate stats showed a jump from 9.1 percent to 9.2. so question for both parties " Where are the Jobs?"
Democratic Agenda for Change
In 2008 presidential candidate Barrack Obama made mention of the need to build new infrastructure jobs right here in the United States, he forged ahead to concentrate on green jobs that will be the wave of the future he has in many ways made a concerted effort to fulfill his campaign promise but he seems to constantly be distracted with Washington grid lock.
President Obama believed that he was able to build some bipartisan agreement between both parties, but as of yesterday Republican Speaker of the House John Boehner made it clear there will be no working together with the president for raising of the debt ceiling and as of now a jobs bill does not seem likely before the 2012 elections.
I’m sure Obama or his young administration never dreamed that the Republicans would oppose him on such a monolithic scale that elder Republican statesmen from served under the Nixon, Ford, Reagan, Bush1 and Bush 2, administrations don't recognize this new( Throw the baby out with the bath tub) conservatives.
You can’t blame the president for trying, after all he is an optimist, (almost to a fault) according to some progressives and Democratic leaders. He campaigned on Hope and Change but that was not what Washington wants for it’s citizenry.
Republican Ideological Agenda for Change
In 2010 with the Tea Party controlled Republican Party beat out most of their Democratic rivals on such large scale that it was a national game changer and put the Republicans in charge of the House of Representatives, now some are having buyers remorse.
Many in America thought it would be a good idea to have both parties share in the responsibility in running our nations government, but, to our great disappointment the election of 2010 turned out to be more of the same old chicken and gravy and sound bites for the camera.
House Majority Leader Speaker John Boehner promised that he would work on Job growth, yet up to this day we do not have a jobs bill from the Republicans, even after Boehner chided Obama by asking “ Mr. President where are the Jobs”?
They are however passing laws against Planned Parent Hood, Acorn, Workers Unions, Black, Latino, elderly, and young college age voters, text books, gay marriage, the minimum wage, Medicare and Medicaid, Social Security , Head Start, Pell Grants, Legal Representation and any other organization or person who does not fit into their warped Christian Americana ideological thinking.
Bipartisan Compromise ( Never )
The problem with the White House and its spokes people is the nation is not buying their talking points and as a result it is causing great doubt in rather the Obama administration could actually deliver on their promises.
This does not mean that they are not making an effort, it just means they have to amp up the sounding board, When was the last time there were more Democrats or progressive spokes persons then Republicans or tea party members on a Sunday political talk show or cable network.?
President Obama once said “Why do we keep doing things the same way and expect a different result”; Obama continues to meet with the Republicans in hopes of finding some type of compromise on their part that will help our nations citizenry, but, unfortunately he seems to think he is working with a Republican party of the seventies or the eighties.
A great majority of the new GOP leadership appear to believe that (Obama) is the anti-Christ so they will not compromise with the spawn of Satan. Any thing he wants is against Gods law and as far as they are concerned he is not a real American, and does not believe in true Christianity.
Since both political parties’ are latent with millionaire senators and representatives it is no wonder it is hard to get them to put away their limited ideological views for the betterment of our nation.
One party has made it clear that they are only concerned about tax subsidies for the top two percent multimillionaires and billionaires who in their opinion won’t help the working class if congress takes away their tax right offs on their personal planes and yachts.
The other party keeps taking their base for granted assuming they will except any deal regardless of how many citizens it may hurt, the administration is perceived as weak when it comes to the art of negotiations and that will be an Achilles heel for the current administration in 2012 campaign.
Bottom Line
Who Cares about the back bone of our nation those citizens who worked for years at the same company only to find their jobs have been phased out or shipped out to another country where the labor market is considered more cost effective for the company, not to mention the share holders who can reap millions of dollars in dividends in one year or quarter when will we see them on television telling their stories instead of millionaire congress men and women who seem to care very little.
Both parties take there constituents for granted and they continue to prove that lying and deceit is par for the course in Washington DC and our whole nations needs come secondary to their lust for wealth and power bottom line many Americans feel they just don't give a damn !
Kevin G. Thomas
