Earlier today on TV, I heard an interview with
Rep. Poe from Texas. The question was asked about
rebuilding and we are going to pay for it. The
reporter asked about rolling back the tax cuts.
Poe's response was... "No, we don't want to do
that because we know that tax cuts create jobs".
In the past, before our economy was eviscerated by
'free trade', it was true that tax cuts did create
jobs because all investments were in our
country. Investments in this country created
jobs. In a global economy and with all incentives
being given for foreign investment rather than
domestic, all the tax cuts do is to accelerate our
demise because it accelerates the outflow of
capital to foreign markets.
There is a very simple analogy for how this
works. Picture our country as a dam and our
economy as the water in the dam. Free trade was
equivalent to blowing a hole in the dam releasing
the water. With nothing to hold it, water seeks
the lowest level. The same is true of economic
activity - it seeks the lowest level - the
location of least cost for maximum profit.
The tax cuts are the same as fresh water flowing
into the dam, but as long as there is a hole in
the dam, the water will continue to flow out. In
our economy, the economic activity and jobs will
continue to flow out to the least cost, maximum
profit locations.
The loss of economic activity and the loss of tax
revenues will cause us to cannibalize our
institutions and our infrastructure will crumble
because there won't be money to pay for it.
The real economists - the corporate economists
know very well what they are doing to our
country. They are the ones who pay for propaganda
campaigns... 'shortage of labor' and 'jobs
Americans won't do' and 'our schools are
failing' because it is highly profitable for them
to do so (least cost, maximum profit). They use
government economists like Gregory Mankiw (fast
food is manufacturing because burgers are made in
an assembly line) and university professors who
will say anything for grant dollars to try to
dazzle us with 17th century theories of
economics. Even if one does not think they
understand economics, if they have even a quarter
of a functioning brain, they have to realize
that 17th century economics would not apply in the
world of the 21st century.
So what is the real purpose behind the corporate
propaganda campaigns - 'shortages' and
'lazy Americans'? They are trying to substitute
quantity for quality. As our economy is being
exported, the massive importation of people -
legal or illegal keeps up the image of a
functioning economy by fueling the building
industry. It's a Ponzi scheme that uses people
and obviously, it is not sustainable. Eventually,
the bubble will burst and we will be left with a
huge new population of 'immigrants', a devastated
infrastructure, a bastardized culture and no real
economy to support them. This is a recipe for
revolution and chaos.
The stress of massive inflows of people at a time
of economic decline is accelerating the demise of
our institutions and infrastructure as well as the
decline in our standard of living. Consider
this... it takes 10 minimum wage jobs to replace 1
job in a technology field. The importation of the
10 people keeps the tax receipts at roughly the
same level, but the increased use of resources and
the institutional costs for the increased
population far exceed any possible economic
benefits. For example, the National Governor's
Association's plans for the
redesign of high schools is a palliative
measure to accommodate the increase in
population.
The marketed image meets the expectations of
American parents because the pitch sells the idea
of quality education leading to post secondary
education and students well prepared to ‘compete
in the global economy’. In reality, the redesign
is the implementation of the transition of our
high schools into schools that provide a basic
education - probably to around the 8th
grade level and
vocational training complete with a program of
free labor (on-the-job training) for employers
which leads to a certificate of mastery in such
sterling careers as cosmetology and the
manufacturing of burgers at McD’s. The time a
child spends on the job is a cost reduction to the
school because it is less time in the classroom
and it is a taxpayer subsidy to employers.
Idaho provides a good example of the bait and
switch tactics being used to sell the public on
education reform. It was recently announced that
the Board of Education has a plan to
redesign Idaho’s high schools. A quick scan
of the
glossies gives the impression that this is
Idaho’s plan for reform and that it is geared
towards preparing the children for college. A
slow and careful read tells the real story:
“What students learn in high school must be
relevant to the workforce after high school and
what they’ll be expected to know before entering
college. One of the ways to add relevance is
requiring students to have a postsecondary plan.
This will help students plan for the future now!
It also ties what students are taking in high
school to either their college or worforce
goals.” ( Notice on page 6, it references a
document from the
National Governor’s Association which includes
steps that Governor’s can take to implement this
program - including a way to circumvent a state’s
constitutional educational governance mandates).
“Developing statewide pathways to industry
certification” (that cosmetology certificate)
“Enhance the 4-year learning plan by requiring a
Postsecondary Readiness Plan at the end of the 6th
grade” (choose your career path when you are
12 )
“Essentially, the longer students stay in school
in America, the less they learn” (lmao - get
them out of school as quickly as possible because
America’s future economy won’t require educated
people because our economy has been exported to
cheaper markets for production).
School reform ostensibly to help us compete in a
global economy is just one of the schemes that
buys time and gives lawmakers the image of doing
something to save our country. The truth is that
nothing will help us compete in a global economy
because there are far more people in the world
than there are jobs for people. Since
corporations are psychopathic, they don’t care who
or what they kill as long as the profits keep
rolling in. If globalization destroys our
country, to a corporation, that’s just business -
Indian consumers are just as good as American
consumers and there are a lot more of them.
The only remedy for the mess we are in is to plug
the hole in the dam so that the water can’t run
out. We need to go back to reality based
economics with a focus on what is best for America
and American citizens. If we don’t do that, our
country and our way of life will be lost forever.
Say It Loud! Say It Often! Say It Proudly!
PROTECTISM IS GOOD! PROTECT AMERICA NOW!
Anybody who says otherwise is either ignorant or a
traitor. There can be no compromise if we are
going to save our country.