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Unemployment Rate Holds Steady At 9.7 Percent In February Reproduced for fair use from The Huffington Post 03-05-2010 Obama & Pence:  Where are the jobs you promised?  gth Rep. Pence:  Where are the jobs you promised with your tax cuts for the wealthy? gth It Is Time To Put Our Foot Down: Ten Steps We Can Take To Stop Closing Factories And Eliminating Jobs by Dave Johnson "The economy is still getting worse more slowly. We lost "only" 36,000 jobs last month. We need to create 11 million new jobs just to get back to where we were before "free-market" conservatives took over our government and dismanted the protections and regulations that had protected us from this. Reproduced from Huffington Post for "fair use."                 The New Poor Millions of Unemployed Face Years Without Jobs By PETER S. GOODMAN, February 21, 2010, The New York Times When I was the Democratic nominee opposing Rep. Burton in 1988, my main issue was "jobs." Since the great depression of the 1930s America has  seen politicians using  "tax cuts" to increase employment.  With President Reagan, his eight years in office were based on "tax cuts" in order to stimulate the economy.  As is well known, when taxes are "cut", there is a tremendous loss of tax revenues, thus creating "deficits" in our annual federal budget. Reagan promised that his "tax cuts" would put more monies for investments and jobs into the economy by creating more jobs.   More jobs would increase more "tax revenues" which would help decrease the national debt. Reagan promised to cut income taxes by 30% over three years.  Our great country was nearly 200 years old and the national debt, in 1980, had not gone over a trillion dollars. (It was 980 billion dollars.) Within eight years, when Mr. Reagan left office in 1989, our national debt had grown to almost  $ 2.9 trillion. Reaganomics, instead of deceasing the national debt had actually tripled it.  Jobs were being sent  to Mexico and unemployment was growing.  People needed work. "Jobs" became my # one campaign issue! At the end of fiscal 2001, the national debt had grown to $ 5.08 trillion.  George W. Bush took office in 2001; he and Congressman Pence promised to lower our taxes and to help pay off our growing national debt, through the creation of more jobs via "tax cuts."    Today, after eight years of "Scanonomics" of George W. Bush and Rep. Mike Pence, our national debt has grown to twelve trillion dollars and unemployment is @ 17%. "Tax Cuts" do not create jobs, only more wealth for the wealthy. Neil Irwin of The Washington Post has written, Jan.2, 2010 "Aughts were a lost decade for U.S. economy, workers" some excerpts,"There has been zero net job creation since December 1999. No previous decade going back to the 1940s had job growth of less than 20 percent. Economic output rose at its slowest rate of any decade since the 1930s as well. Middle-income households made less in 2008, when adjusted for inflation, than they did in 1999 -- and the number is sure to have declined further during a difficult 2009. The Aughts were the first decade of falling median incomes since figures were first compiled in the 1960s. And the net worth of American households -- the value of their houses, retirement funds and other assets minus debts -- has also declined when adjusted for inflation, compared with sharp gains in every previous decade since data were initially collected in the 1950s." Mr. Irwin's article should dispel any of Rep. Pence's claims that "tax cuts" create jobs. Today, there is a greater disparity in wealth than at any time in our country's history. Tax cuts are "socialism" for the rich! The rich have become richer and the poor have become poorer!                   'At No Time In Post-World .ar II America Has It Been More Difficult To Find A Job' 'The Recession's Over, But Not The Layoffs'... 'Why Won't Obama Give You A Job?' Editorial   "Jobless Recovery"   The New York Times The Worst is yet to Come: Unemployed Americans Should Hunker Down for More Job Losses Nouriel Roubini | Nov 15, 2009     From the Daily News: An excerpt: "Think the worst is over? Wrong. Conditions in the U.S. labor markets are awful and worsening. While the official unemployment rate is already 10.2% and another 200,000 jobs were lost in October, when you include discouraged workers and partially employed workers the figure is a whopping 17.5%". No Armistice In War on Poor "The proof of no peace is in the fact that the president and congress keep talking about recovery and jobs bouncing back...but there's no real structural change on the table, no new economic tools, no regulation -- certainly no reparations -- in sight. The losers are weak and the winners are stronger than ever." "The US economy has lost some 10 million jobs since the recession began. Do you really think those 10 million jobs are coming back? It seems to me, the war is far from over and the spoils are just beginning to mount." by Laura Flanders  Published on Thursday, November 12, 2009 by The Nation "If elected, I promise to turn foreign made into American made, foreign trade into American trade, and  foreign aid into American aid."   George Holland's  Campaign Promise of 1988!    "Where are the Jobs, Congressman Burton?" - George Holland's challenge to Congressman Dan Burton in 1988. "Where are the Jobs, Congressman Pence?" - George Holland's challenge to Congressman Mike Pence in 2006. Where are the jobs, Senator Bayh and Rep. Pence?  George Holland's challenge to Bayh and Pence in 2008. I  hold both parties, Republicans and Democrats,these "free traders" responsible for "free trade," "globalization," "de- unionization" and the loss of manufacturing jobs, a lower standard of living, record unemployment and home foreclosures. What can we do?  What actions does George Holland support? Please read:  To Create Jobs on Main Street, We Need to Kill Jobs on Wall Street Les Leopold  The Huffington Post, Nov. 19, 2009 Then read: Why Billionaires Should Pay for the Jobless Recovery   Les Leopold  Author of "The Looting of America" Posted: October 24, 2009 06:18 PM  Huffington Post The contents of the above should be our goals! In 1988, the Reagan-Bush policies of "free trade" had already begun to destroy our "tariff based" economy.   Remember, "tax cuts" were supposed to create jobs, which would create more tax revenues.  Every year of the Reagan presidency created the loss of more jobs, larger and larger trade deficits and larger budget deficits. .   This loss of manufacturing jobs was my first issue; and that, my friends, was twenty years ago.I didn't even win Madison County which was home to thousands of jobs in the auto industry.  Today, those jobs are gone! Please read:  The Permanent Destruction of Jobs in America Global Research, October 6, 2009 Washington's Blog - 2009-10-05 An excerpt:  "The number of people not on temporary layoff surged 220,000 in August and the level continues to reach new highs, now at 8.1 million. This accounts for 53.9% of the unemployed — again a record high — and this is a proxy for permanent job loss, in other words, these jobs are not coming back. Against that backdrop, the number of people who have been looking for a job for at least six months with no success rose a further half-percent in August, to stand at 5 million — the long-term unemployed now represent a record 33% of the total pool of joblessness. " In 1980, the income of a C.E.O. of a major corporation was 40X that of the income of the average worker in his corporation.  Today, the income of a C.E.O. of a major corporation is 160 - 400 X that of the income of the average worker in his corporation.  So who has benefited from "free trade" and "free markets" and deregulation?  The average worker or the corporate elite? Last year, ABC Nightly News with Brian Williams recently reported that almost 4 million manufacturing jobs have been lost in the past decade! 12-13-09 "The US economy has lost some 10 million jobs since the recession began. Do you really think those 10 million jobs are coming back? Today Nov. 11, 2009 unemployment of American workers is at a 26 year high at 10.2%!  Can I call Rep. Pence a liar now, because he said the Bush-Pence tax cuts, (welfare for the wealthy) would produce jobs? Please read:  Thom Hartmann's  "When Americans No Longer Own America" for a very comprehensive understanding of what has happened to our great America! An excerpt: "These policies have kneecapped the American middle class. Our nation's largest employer has gone from being the unionized General Motors to the poverty-wages Wal-Mart. Americans have gone from having a net savings rate around 10 percent in the 1970s to a minus .5 percent in 2005 - meaning that they're going into debt or selling off their assets just to maintain their lifestyle." Folks, America must return to a "tariff based" economy if our economy is to improve. NAFTA, CAFTA AND WTO must all be repealed! On 02-12-08, Yahoo News carried the following AP release.   "GM posts biggest annual US auto loss." Here's what really caught my attention; "The Detroit-based auto maker said it was offering a new round of buyouts to all 74,000 of its U.S. hourly workers who are represented by the United Auto Workers.  GM won't say how many workers it hopes to shed, but under its contract with the UAW, it will be able to replace up to 16,000 workers doing non-assembly jobs with new employees who will be paid half the old wages of $28 per hour." Perhaps these new 16,000 jobs paying $14.00 per hour, half of the current hourly wage of $28 per hour are the new jobs that Zionist Rep. "Neocon Mike" Pence boasts about when he claims that tax cuts for the wealthy, including himself of course, create new jobs. Now, do you the reader and voter understand why Rep. Mike Pence is a coward when he refused to debate me?   How can he defend these policies? Zionist Rep. Pence would have everyone believe that tax cuts for the very wealthy ($130,000 for a person with an income of $1 million) create jobs.   IF THIS IS TRUE, THEN TELL THAT TO THE WORKERS AT DELPHI, VISTEON, PFIZER, KODAK, G-M, FORD, CHRYSLER AND CITICORP! Again, this is so much political B.S. Every industrial nation has to export in order to have a viable economy! The more exports, compared to imports,the stronger the economy.   The U. S. economy has been worsening. Wages and the standard of living is steadily falling for America's families! American Incomes Head Down, Threatening Recovery in Spending "Wages and salaries, which drive recoveries in spending, fell 4.7 percent in the 12 months through June, the biggest drop since records began in 1960, according to Commerce Department figures released today." By Shobhana Chandra  Bloomberg.com Friends:  Median family income fell from 52M+/a year to 50M+/a year.  That's a 4% decrease!  Things are only going to get worse! More American families are living in deep poverty! On Feb. 25, 2007, Yahoo News carried the following: 'In U.S. record numbers are plunged into poverty: report.'  Here are some excerpts: ----"The gulf between rich and poor in the United States is yawning wider than ever, and the number of extremely impoverished is at a three decade high, a report out Saturday found." ---"the McClatchy Newspapers analysis found that almost 16 million Americans live in 'deep poverty' defined as a family of four with two children earning less than 9,903 dollars-one half the federal poverty line figure." --- For individuals the deep poverty threshold was an income under 5, 080 dollars a year." ---"The McClatchy analysis found that the number of severely poor Americans grew by 26 percent from 2000 to 2005," ---That's 56 percent faster than the overall poverty population grew in the same period."  "Worker productivity has increased dramatically since the brief recession of 2001. but wages and job growth have lagged behind. ---At the same time, the share of the national income going to corporate profits has dwarfed the amount going to wages and salaries," ---That help explains why the median household income for working class families, adjusted for inflation, has fallen for five straight years.   Friends: There is an old saying that whenever your neighbor loses his job, it's a recession, but when you lose your job, it's a depression! Home foreclosures increased 75% in 2007! Home foreclosures in 2008 have increased by 54% over 2007! Home foreclosures for 2009 are setting new reords. Americans have no one to blame but themselves for their job losses, etc.  Here in Indiana, Congress has remained in Republican hands for over twenty years! However, the Democrats have done nothing to prevent these job losses. Please remember that President Bill Clinton was responsible for the passing of NAFTA, something that George Bush couldn't do! Rep. Pence, Senators Bayh and Lugar and President Obama, believe in CAFTA, NAFTA, GATT and WTO and globalization!  All would have Americans believe that "globalization,"outsourcing and "offshoring" create jobs!   U.S. Trade Deficit Hit All -Time High in 2005 by Vikas Bajaj)   Those countries who have huge trade surpluses with the U. S. are able to take those profits and (1) buy up more and more of our national debt, and also (2) use that money to buy more and more control of American companies. What has happened to our once great country with a booming economy and thus prosperity?  One of the most practical papers explaining this is; When Americans No Longer Own America by Thom Hartman.  This is a must read. What has been the driving factors in the outsourcing and offshoring of American jobs and globalization and a lower standard of living?   Four words!  Cheaper Labor -CORPORATE GREED!   Remember, 4 million manufacturing jobs have been lost in the past decade! Now is any one stupid enough to believe Zionist Rep. "Neocon Mike" Pence or Senator Bayh or President Obama when they  say that tax cuts, (for the wealthy) create jobs? In February, 2007, Chrysler announced 13,000 job cuts, that's 132,000 jobs lost in the auto industry since May, 2005! (2) On March 27, 2007 Citicorp announced it may cut as many as 15,000 jobs! (3) March 26, 2007 on Yahoo News, "Intel plans $2.5B chip factory in China." (4) Kodak Corporation had cut 25,000 to 27,000 jobs since 2004 and last year announced another 3,000 lay offs. (5) Pfizer Corporation recently announced 10,000 job cuts, 2200 of which are to be U.S. sales positions. (6) Citigroup, the nation's largest financial institution announced on April 11, 2007 that it was cutting 17,000 jobs. I have included two papers to help make this point. "American Axle to unions: deal or new work goes overseas" by Terry Kosdrosky "Dell to Hire 5,000 People in India" by Rahesh Mahapatra) This would make 15,000 Dell Corporation jobs in India. What has happened at the Delphi and Visteon plants in Anderson, Kokomo and Connersville, is simply a continuation of the destruction of the American  working class family. "Delphi Seen Asking Judge to Cancel Deals" by Dee-Ann Durbin) GM, WHILE DOWNSIZING HERE, IS PLANNING NEW FACTORIES IN ASIA. What happens because of the huge trade deficits, the dollar keeps falling and more American jobs are lost and more American families are impoverished!! "Economic Armageddon Predicted" by Brent Arends Americans are swimming in debt, with the average family paying about three thousand dollars annually, in credit card debt interest.   How cautious should Americans be?  ("Savings Rate at Lowest Level Since 1933" by Martin Crutsinger) which states "A negative savings rate means that Americans spent all their disposable income, the amount left over after paying taxes and dipped into their past savings to finance their purchases". Is there any hope for our economy to benefit from high tech jobs?  In past years, I have thought so, but now I do not.   The future for the benefits of high tech jobs is in Asia.   (Tech Companies Focus on Asia To Expand Jobs) Technology companies are seeing a rebound in business, but top executives have said any  jobs added to meet growing demand will likely be in countries where labor is cheaper than the United States. In closing on this section on the economy, I have used third party material in order to document the seriousness of our economy.  Rep. Mike Pence has been in office for eight years and like Mr. Bush and President Obama, he has turned his back on America's working class families, being a  supporter of "globalization."   The Sixth District voters apparently want to stay the course   and watch the "offshoring " of jobs to China, Mexico and India.   The Economy (jobs) can be improved only by "changing course" back to a tariff based economy, by changing Congressional representation, but the voters have rejected this by re-electing Rep. Mike Pence.  So to the workers at Delphi and Visteon,; you have sown the seeds of your job loss  by either supporting Rep. Pence or your apathy and indifference to your job situation.  In 2010, will you, the voter, help me restore  good jobs for America by supporting my candidacy and voting for me?