Ol’ DamSpot doesn’t write too much these days, but it only takes the most ironic of news reports to set me off.
The recession is over, except for the fact that banks are still closing, housing foreclosures are climbing and unemployment benefits are up to 79 weeks in some areas.
79 weeks. And…..the recession is over?
I will not sit here and blame Obama. It has taken a lot longer than 8 months to create this mess and he is trying to work on everything at once, which actually is a mistake.
But, until a manufacturing base can be re-established, and I’m talking real wage jobs, not $30.00 an hour to screw on lug nuts.
Let’s be realistic. During the hey days of real jobs, the unions pulled contracts out of their ass’s that make Bernie Madoff’s crap seem like child’s play.
Caterpillar was on strike for 5 years, lost all their jobs after they were already making ridiculous saleries.
Harley is going to move to Canada for the same reason.
So where are the jobs going to come from?
Nowhere, until we hit rock bottom. Pick this time in 2010 until 2012 and many of us will be dumpster diving or living in one.
When we finally hit the bottom, and the American companies that supported NAFTA and moved to China can no longer sell to those with no money, then and only then will it get through everyone’s thick skulls that in order to survive, it will all have to be made here as it once was.
In less than 50 years, we went from a proud manufacturing country to a group of drive thru window clerks.
So, what is ‘ol DamSpot going to do? He’s going to hope his wife’s job holds out long enough to watch the boneheads everywhere finally come to their senses.
Of yeah. War does not make jobs, so fuck Israel and every other sack of shit country that wants our money and technology.