If you want to really lose your lunch or get "spittin" mad, view the link that I have posted below. It is an ABC News report that describes the building of bridges in this country using American Dollars but being constructed by Chinese firms using Chinese workers. Huh? Did I really hear that right? Yes, Americans are out of work and our money is going directly to China to rebuild our infrastructure. Can you think of anything more stupid? I sure can't.
If this is the type of reconstruction that we need, we don't need it! The Obama Administration should be ashamed of this and heads should roll in the Transportation Departments of the Federal and State governments. But they won't. Their excuse is that American companies could not get enough welders to do the jobs. Well, I know of several unemployed welders in the Detroit area who would love to work on this type of job. I am sure you also know people who would like to work. This is full blown BS!
Again, the incompetency of the Obama Administration, the Congress and State Administrations is shining through. I am not casting stones in any one direction, they all deserve to go to jail.
Before I explode, here is the link:
http://abcnews.go.com/WNT/video/us-bridges-roads-built-chinese-firms-14594513?tab=9482930§ion=1206853&playlist=14594944
If this is the type of reconstruction that we need, we don't need it! The Obama Administration should be ashamed of this and heads should roll in the Transportation Departments of the Federal and State governments. But they won't. Their excuse is that American companies could not get enough welders to do the jobs. Well, I know of several unemployed welders in the Detroit area who would love to work on this type of job. I am sure you also know people who would like to work. This is full blown BS!
Again, the incompetency of the Obama Administration, the Congress and State Administrations is shining through. I am not casting stones in any one direction, they all deserve to go to jail.
Before I explode, here is the link:
http://abcnews.go.com/WNT/video/us-bridges-roads-built-chinese-firms-14594513?tab=9482930§ion=1206853&playlist=14594944
Well, if Congress had passed the jobs bill, there are still a lot of roads and bridges elsewhere to repair in this country.
ReplyDeleteThe California Dept. of Transportation was acting within their legal rights under the Buy America Act so long as the cost difference was more than 25%. China can subsidize their companies to get over that hump. We need to get tough on China on trade policy, but that's been true for a long, long time.
--David
Jobs bill will not provide jobs except for those who already have jobs, construction workers while China gets the jobs. California may not have violated the law but it did break the spirit of the law.
ReplyDeleteThe construction companies laid off workers during the recession for lack of projects. Give them billions of dollars worth of new infrastructure projects, and they will hire back around 2 million workers to get the jobs done.
ReplyDelete"Mark Zandi, chief economist at Moody’s Analytics, is frequently the go-to guy for both parties when it comes to analysis of various jobs proposals. So, what did he think of President Obama’s speech last night? Here’s the report: “The plan would add 2 percentage points to GDP growth next year, add 1.9 million jobs, and cut the unemployment rate by a percentage point.”
http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/ezra-klein/post/mark-zandi-obama-plan-would-add-19-million-jobs/2011/09/09/gIQAAx9kEK_blog.html
And more...
http://blogs.wsj.com/economics/2011/09/08/economists-react-gauging-impact-of-obama-jobs-proposal/
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This is why the jobs bill was filibustered in the Senate.
--David