jobs, jobs jobs

I love the idea that everyone agrees on jobs as the most important challenge for the economy going forward. the dems got murdered because they did not deliver jobs and the republicans got elected because they promised to deliver them. here is my problem: the middle of the country, the rust belt, for the most part has lost all their jobs. we are not going to get manufacturing jobs back. the technology sector which influenced all business has made it possible to quantify and articulate the specifics of most tasks so the tasks have been outsourced overseas to lower cost entities. those jobs are not coming back and most people over 50 will be seriously challenged to find any work, let alone doing work they were educated to do.

so here are the solutions: cut taxes so companies will invest more. why should they? they make plenty of profit now and a tax reduction will only make it larger. cut spending? like on what? the kind of spending that does create jobs? government spending. the american corporation has all but abandoned the concept of research and development for the sake of short term profit. if the government does not spend on R and D in places like health care, NASA, science and a variety of industries, who will?

i can't wait to hear what jobs the republicans will generate, and i mean the type of jobs, the specific of jobs, not just the word, jobs, when they want to cut expenses and lower revenue by cutting taxes on the very companies that are cutting jobs by the millions. it does not add up. they keep asking does the president "get it". fortunately for the republicans they can count on the american people not getting it and continuing to allow the republicans to get elected on empty promises.

the election

I find it interesting that the GOP is now saying not everything can be done overnight and that they are sure the two parties can work out solutions to the economy. i did not hear that for the first 24 months of Obama's presidency.

i will be intrigued to see how they find jobs. the corporations they are being financed by have all the money and are the ones that ship the jobs overseas. will they now bring them back?? i doubt it, unless of course they get another huge tax break to repatriate the dollars they have out side the country.

side walks

side walks are for walking, which is why they are called side WALKS. they are not for bikes. all of a sudden we have huge numbers of people riding their bike or skate boards on the side walks. i understand the roads are not all the safe, however running into people coming out of stores is not healthy for the rider nor the walker. as a matter of fact it is a violation to ride bikes on sidewalks in Santa Monica.