the false republican job market

abcnews.com has online forums for readers. sometimes i participate, other times i just read. today i was reading a threat for a topic called "Where Are The USA Careers?". one post in particular, from someone named "gtbdave" summed it up perfectly:

Republicans like to blame Unions and Social programs for the dismal job market, but what correlates with the development of a dismal job market is globalization, rotten trade deals, and the Feds policies of raising interest rates when job growth develops plus the Feds policy of raising interest rates when GDP growth exceeds 3% or so. It is in the republican parties interest to have a labor surplus in order to manipulate the labor market to provide for a continuous supply of cheap labor, and to reduce any pressure for higher wages and salaries. They are in favor of flooding the labor market with immigrants, legal and illegal, to accomplish this. A local news item (OKC) suggested two areas for non-college grads, that was cooking school and auto mechanic, cooking school grads are likely working at MacDonalds and mechanic grads are likely at Walmart, changing oil. College grads still have the service fields for jobs the other 75%, who are not college grads, have slim pickings indeed. The only solution I see is that if you work for a wage or salary, make it an issue next time you vote and vote for a democrat.

thanks gtbdave! i couldn't have explained it better myself.

what a coincidence the last huge recession/shitty job market was 1990-1993, when GWBush's pinhead dad was in office. remember that recession? just as shitty as this one, but with more media coverage. so what's changed? —could it be that we hear less about the current crappy job situation because now ALL the media outlets are owned by huge conglomerates run by republican pals of this right-wing, narrowminded, power-hungry administration? hmmm...

and what about oil prices? do you feel pinched at the pump?....did you vote republican? if "Yes", then you shouldn't be surprised—W and Dick are both oil industry friends, with their interests and wallets lined up straight away with the greedy, self-absorbed oil industry. their making more money than ever!!! and chortling all the way to the bank about the stupid, braindead middle class morons who voted them into office. think about that the next time you're staring at your faded Bush/Cheney bumper sticker while filling up for $3 a gallon you fucking Republican moron.

if you didn't vote for Bush and Dick you probably get that dazed feeling as we all watch these maggots suck the very lifeblood from this great country to fulfill their destructive agendas, while waiving american flags over the victims of their selfishness. i just hope that some of the lugheads who fell for this administration's sucker punches will wise up before 2008. so if you're one of them and make less than 100K, please...be honest with yourself: do you really think things are getting better? has your quality of life improved? or has it worsened?