Published unemployment numbers are skewed by not counting the folks that gave up looking. People that receive food stamps, medicaid or other forms of assistance are at record levels. The number of people living below what is called the poverty line is way more than it used to be.
On average each US household owes about 30K to the national debt. Count out the households on assistance and that amount grows dramatically. Our children's financial future is unstable at best.
Many companies have cut employees hours from 40 to 32 due to obamacare. And this program that was sold to us as paying for itself now has a price tag of close to $1,000,000,000.00 and is expected to triple over the next ten years unless discarded or it receives a major overhaul.
Government waste is at an all time high - and its been gross for decades.
Illegal immigrants are flooding in and are eligible for federal and state benefits - soon to include the already broken social security system.
The list goes on. I'm not saying that obama and the left are solely responsible. The GOP has failed miserably also.
We live to suffer by the misadventures of politicians and misguided and sometimes greedy leaders. Genesee county and Batavia not excluded from that (Self-serving BID and GCEDC with it's big price tag CEO and pitiful job creation rate, etc etc...).
Want to know what would make it impossible for illegals to work here? If able bodied Mercans were willing to work for what they get. the illegals would have to go home. The company I work for just hired a bunch of guys @ $28/hr plus benefits. The Batavian posted a link just yesterday:
Yes, there are problems with corruption, crony capitalism, government overspending...etc. Those problems need to be addressed, which means that the 60% of people that DON'T vote, need to get out and make a difference. Learn a trade skill, don't be a lazy loser. If you don't put forth any effort to be a better person, you're just going to be a burden your entire life. We read about them in the news all the time. There are a lot of people that started out in a chump job, and turned it into something successful. Go to work, stick it out, and don't be a F'up.
Bob- According to http://www.brillig.com/debt_clock/ , at the time I accessed that website (2:48 Grenwich Mean Time), the debt broke down to over $56, 000 PER PERSON - not per household. Got a wife & 4 kids at home, then your share would be over $350, 000. Betcha' feel better now, huh?
Most people have no clue how far or fast the U.S. is sinking under debt.
When we were growing up, there were few billionaires. They were the ones who, as the saying goes, "built America". The Rockefellers, Vanderbilts, etc.
Then you had SOME millionaires - maybe a couple movie stars, NO quarterbacks, hoopsters or hockey players. The average well-paid blue collar workers were LUCKY to have earned 1/4 of a million dollars over a lifetime.
Nowadays, we (collectively) don't bat an eye if we read that the gov't is allocating 5 billion for this project, 11 billion for that one, etc.
This country WILL NEVER dig itself out of debt. MAYBE, just maybe, IF we had retained our manufacturing base (the largest in the world, at that time), we could've. Not so, anymore. Too many people, not enough (manufacturing) jobs, and competition from abroad, have taken hold.
Wall Street is doing well.
Wall Street is doing well. Not so on Main St.
Published unemployment numbers are skewed by not counting the folks that gave up looking. People that receive food stamps, medicaid or other forms of assistance are at record levels. The number of people living below what is called the poverty line is way more than it used to be.
On average each US household owes about 30K to the national debt. Count out the households on assistance and that amount grows dramatically. Our children's financial future is unstable at best.
Many companies have cut employees hours from 40 to 32 due to obamacare. And this program that was sold to us as paying for itself now has a price tag of close to $1,000,000,000.00 and is expected to triple over the next ten years unless discarded or it receives a major overhaul.
Government waste is at an all time high - and its been gross for decades.
Illegal immigrants are flooding in and are eligible for federal and state benefits - soon to include the already broken social security system.
The list goes on. I'm not saying that obama and the left are solely responsible. The GOP has failed miserably also.
But hey! The price of gas is down!
We live to suffer by the
We live to suffer by the misadventures of politicians and misguided and sometimes greedy leaders. Genesee county and Batavia not excluded from that (Self-serving BID and GCEDC with it's big price tag CEO and pitiful job creation rate, etc etc...).
"I'm not saying that obama
"I'm not saying that obama and the left are solely responsible. The GOP has failed miserably ..."
Wrong!
Congress as a whole, regardless of party, that is responsible. Both sides are just as equally inept, and dysfunctional.
Want to know what would make
Want to know what would make it impossible for illegals to work here? If able bodied Mercans were willing to work for what they get. the illegals would have to go home. The company I work for just hired a bunch of guys @ $28/hr plus benefits. The Batavian posted a link just yesterday:
http://thebatavian.com/howard-owens/significantly-more-jobs-available-s…
Yes, there are problems with corruption, crony capitalism, government overspending...etc. Those problems need to be addressed, which means that the 60% of people that DON'T vote, need to get out and make a difference. Learn a trade skill, don't be a lazy loser. If you don't put forth any effort to be a better person, you're just going to be a burden your entire life. We read about them in the news all the time. There are a lot of people that started out in a chump job, and turned it into something successful. Go to work, stick it out, and don't be a F'up.
Bob- According to
Bob- According to http://www.brillig.com/debt_clock/ , at the time I accessed that website (2:48 Grenwich Mean Time), the debt broke down to over $56, 000 PER PERSON - not per household. Got a wife & 4 kids at home, then your share would be over $350, 000. Betcha' feel better now, huh?
Most people have no clue how far or fast the U.S. is sinking under debt.
When we were growing up, there were few billionaires. They were the ones who, as the saying goes, "built America". The Rockefellers, Vanderbilts, etc.
Then you had SOME millionaires - maybe a couple movie stars, NO quarterbacks, hoopsters or hockey players. The average well-paid blue collar workers were LUCKY to have earned 1/4 of a million dollars over a lifetime.
Nowadays, we (collectively) don't bat an eye if we read that the gov't is allocating 5 billion for this project, 11 billion for that one, etc.
This country WILL NEVER dig itself out of debt. MAYBE, just maybe, IF we had retained our manufacturing base (the largest in the world, at that time), we could've. Not so, anymore. Too many people, not enough (manufacturing) jobs, and competition from abroad, have taken hold.
Dire words for a dire situation.
Smoke and mirrors
Smoke and mirrors
Meaning what Doug?
Meaning what Doug?
I would love to work hard for
I would love to work hard for $28 bucks an hour! Where do I apply Doug!?!??????!!!