Triple assault on the Middle Class
August 5th, 2007Ralph Nader used to joke that each Congressperson should have to wear their corporate sponsors on their suits, just like NASCAR drivers. I don’t think that would be such a bad idea.
Lou Dobbs often asks a Congressperson or Senator what have they done for the Middle Class lately. They often either sit there with that deer in the headlights look, or give some bullshit answer about how them helping corporations will trickle down to the Middle Class. Yeah, we’ve all heard that before.
The average salary for men today adjusted for inflation is significantly lower than their father’s salary. Ironically, men are significantly more educated than their fathers. No, it’s not because of women. It’s because the Middle Class is being assaulted on three fronts - oursourcing, illegal immigration, and special Visas to undercut Middle Class people.
There is no such thing as job security any more. Corporations don’t give a flying fuck about Americans. They have the audacity to ask Congress for tax cuts as they export our jobs overseas. And guess what? Congress gave it to them. Imagine that. You get your job outsourced, and your company got a tax cut for it. Have you ever heard more blatant bullshit than that?
You’d be surprised how many Middle Class people have handy skills. A lot of us, myself included, would join a construction team when in between jobs. You still can, but the money now sucks because companies would rather hire illegals because they can pay them less (and illegals don’t give them any lip because if they do, they’ll call Immigration on them).
The third assault is the foreign visa. In my industry (software), the government passed the H1-B visa to import foreign workers. At first, it was a good idea because there simply weren’t enough Americans. Now, it’s flip-flopped. Corporations prefer H1-B visas to American because they can pay them less, and if they get lippy, they can get rid of them easily.
What you can do
Pay close attention to your Reps. We all know President Bush loves illegal immigrants more than Americans, because that ass clown is in the pockets of corporations. Recently, Senator Obama called out Hillary Clinton for favoring Indians to Americans (she sold her soul to corporations long ago). Props to Obama for calling a spade a spade. I told you that we can’t trust Hillary.
Check out where candidates stand on the issues here. Make sure your favorite candidate has you in mind, and not corporate interests.
Its just simply bullshit
i think ralphie boy is onto something there…..
Canada places a high priority on any/all immigrants and while my humane (read sappy) side always falls for a good sob story, I know there are an infinite number who abuse people like me just to stay and get benefits.
I’m Canadian so it doesn’t affect me quite as directly (it will though - whatever y’all do - we usually follow suit a few months later so I watch you closely) and I adore Obama. Even being the Witch that I am - I have a feeling that he’s very openminded as a person which makes for really decent politics at times.
“There is no such thing as job security any more. Corporations don’t give a flying fuck about Americans. They have the audacity to ask Congress for tax cuts as they export our jobs overseas. And guess what? Congress gave it to them. Imagine that. You get your job outsourced, and your company got a tax cut for it. Have you ever heard more blatant bullshit than that”
Amen brother!!!! Damn conveyed the exact point that I’ve been trying to get across to one of my friends.
Oh, and I totally agree with you on Hillary, she is a snake in the grass. I might like to see a woman president in my lifetime, but certainly not her!
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My Mom and I just had a huge fight over this last week. She thinks the sun shines out of St Bush’s ass. She KNOWS Bush and our wonderful Republican Gov. Pawlenty would NEVER sell us out to big business!
I tried to tell her that BOTH parties are guilty of this, to no avail.
My Girlfriend’s Hot - It is. But we can take this country back.
Lime - He’s smarter than people realize. He, like Lou Dobbs, wants Americans to have opportunities.
Jean - Several of my favorite bloggers are big time Obama fans. I don’t know enough about him yet, but he seems alright.
Yes, ’tis true that Canada often follows suit after we do something dumb.
Moni - I’d be all for a woman President if she’s the best candidate available.
Tshsmom - Yeah, I know how frustrating it is. My mother’s crazy about Hillary even after I told her how she’s so crazy about giving away the middle class to India. So we got the opposite problem.
I agree with you. I disagree with you. I applaud you. I boo and hiss. That could just make you the perfect blogger! Thanks for the link to great website. Thanks for brain stimulation as we approach 2008 with fear and trembling.
Wow. You all are right in your own ways. I dont get into the politics as much. I usually try to advoid them when all at cost. I dont like any one any better than the other. Sometimes I just wish we could have a few select people choose the next president but that is not how it works. J brought up an interesting point when we were seeing our guy from WI go to the White House back in November. He said they tell us what we want to hear before they get in and then sometimes they change there minds after they get in. Its so sad to know that. They have us thinking they are actually going to help us and then bam they go another direction. Its part truth I believe. But maybe not all.
I wish we’d emulate the Canadians in that they only get election crap for 3 months (or something like that) while we get it for YEARS! I think that’s one reason so many people don’t vote, they’re so damned tired of hearing about “the issues” and listening to all the backstabbing that they just tune out and don’t vote.
Granny - Would love to know what you agree with.
Tweety - J is right. They promise one thing, then do something else. That’s one reason there’s so much voter cynicism.
Kathleen - I don’t know. I think why we don’t vote is we’re lazy.
I disagree ZS. Whenever I don’t vote, it’s because both the candidates are crooked and I’m not about to boost their sense of entitlement with MY vote!
Tshsmom - that’s when I do a protest vote. I’ll vote Libertarian, Green, or for my dog.
I’ve done that too. Last time I voted for my favorite write-in candidate…None of the Above!
I’m up in Erie, Pennslyvania this week attending a work related class. The company giving the class sale equipment to the hospital I work for and is about to lay off the last 20 people of what was once I’m told was a manufacturing plant that employed close to 4000 people. The plant was moved to Mexico and from my limited knowledge of this area there are many more companies have moved their manufacturing plants to China, Mexico, and other locations around the world. I suppose our glorious overpaid leadership, cleavage and all, is expecting Wal-Mart and McDonalds to take up the missing job slack. I often think of expatriating just to get away from banal Brittany, Paris and the likes that have infected our culture but I or my children may have to do it to find work that does not involve the crital skills of flipping burgers of stocking shelves.
I’ll vote for Kucinich. If he’s not an option,I’ll vote for the dog.
Tshsmom - You know what would be cool? I’d love to make a law that None of the Above is actually an option on all ballots, and if None of the Above wins, you have to throw out all the candidates and get completely new ones. Imagine that.
Beach - I 100% sympathize. I had a dream job, and it got sent to India. I actually liked the job so much I enjoyed going to work. I’m not kidding either.
And yeah, McDonalds and Wal-Mart not only don’t have the jobs to cover the unemployed, their benefits leave much to be desired. My condolenses for anyone who gets sick.
United - I did an actually positive piece on Kucinich. There are a few of his stances that I agree with him 100%.
I like that idea!!
That would make our system similar to Canada’s.
I already told Zombie about this book, but for those of you interested in how our brain dead elected officials are selling out American workers for corportate interests, I suggest you find a copy of Take This Job and Ship It by Senator Byron Dorgan. It is a real eye opener.
Tshsmom - Yeah, but, do we really want to be like Canadians?
Neal - I’ll have to pick that one up.