Adam Smith Got Fat
Adam Smith Got Fat
Nobody’s Opinion; Have you ever noticed that something is on your mind, some subject in the news, or some job you might want, and magically something comes out of nowhere to coincide with exactly what you were thinking?
I had one of those propitious moments happen to me today. As I was watching President Bush, Vicente Fox , and Stephen Harper pose for the photo-op on the steps of an Aztec pyramid, I picked up a book by random called “Where Have All the Jobs Gone?” by George Vargish.
Mr. Vargish was the CEO of his own manufacturing firm; Vargish Knitwear, for fifty years. I’ve only read two chapters. Here is a quote;
“A few years ago, the Ford Motor Company closed down an auto assembly plant in the town of Mahway, New Jersey. The workers that were laid up ended up with jobs paying half what they had earned at Ford.”
Now, in itself, this statement doesn’t seem too strange. The strange thing is this book was written in 1992.
He goes on to point that we have the most liberal immigration policy on the planet, and that the philosophy of Adams Smith’s FREE TRADE is a fantasy practiced by our leaders and it has basically ruined us. Our State Department has given other countries outlandish breaks on imports, while the other countries have not let us sell our goods in a fair market. We therefore are flooded with their products. Whole industries have been whiped out.
Basically, all our manufacturing, the gross product that made us so great, no longer exists. Not only have the politicians not protected our borders, they took our very lives and played canasta.
This did NOT have to happen. But the men in Washington of both parties signed up to it and slowly over the years, all the blue collar jobs, and the management jobs have been eliminated.
A country without a manufacturing base eventually is owned by other countries that do. Sorry folks---a country based on “service” just does not cut it.
It doesn’t matter HOW much the kids study, or how many degrees they get, the jobs will be slim when they graduate. That’s why they keep raising the tuition. When the students come back to riot, the teachers will all be in France.
Now, we nobodies know this. We’ve seen it for years. What is amazing to me is that the media, from the left to the right, and all politicians every day talk about our great economy, and how well we are doing. When the truth is; there seems to be little hope for the middle class which is disappearing as fast as the muscles on our bodies.
That is why the Latinos will put the final hole in the coffin so to speak, because they will rise up from being waiters, to higher paying construction workers, then to the better jobs. And with affirmative action, they won’t have to pay for college or houses. They are the new blacks in town.
Most of the white middle class will down to the poverty level, and there will be NO affirmative actions for them. Vacations in Disneyworld will be a once in a lifetime thing.
Peanut butter and jelly sandwiches will be served for dinner instead of lunch.
How do the rich and powerful justify doing this to us? They figure even though we will be poorer, there are people in India eating dirt. We will have it much better then them.
And that is why I hate it when our Presidents (We seem to have so many running around acting like they are still President.) are so happy about the Chinese poor coming into the middle class. Because every Chinese that becomes middle class, is one less American who loses hope for his future.
God, I’m depressing myself.
I’ve got to get a GRIP! Is it all that bad! There are people actually making a good living still…Paris Hilton for one. And because I could see no way out of the damage that has been done for years from the dismantling of the America manufacturing base, which was done by our own government favoring other nations over her own---I put down the book and turned the news back on, where I got the happy fantasy of President Bush telling us that it is all going to work out---as soon as we get steroids out of baseball.
On a note here, I happen to like President Bush. It wasn’t on his watch, or his father’s watch that the system turned around. We were sold off by greed a long time ago. What I do blame them all for is this free trade global world America will just have to swallow and become a third world so the big boys and CEO’s can keep power crap.
Anyway, if you get a chance, pick up the book. You can read it taking a bath, or listening to the ball game. You will know very clearly, why when the Presidents of three countries now get together in a room they have to have CEO’s with them.
Adam Smith is getting much too fat.
Nobody Cares; A black senator was “touched” today by a guard, who insulted her beyond all measure by not recognizing her as the great black senator she thinks she is. For this horrible crime, she called a news conference in a matter of a few hours and had Danny Glover and Harry Bellefonte at her side in minutes.
How they got there so fast was beyond this blogger. Must have been by banana boat. I think the blacks are actually jealous that the Mexicans are taking away the limelight.
She was a senator from Georgia and I’m very happy to tell you I have no idea what her name is, I was doing the dishes at the time, but I could match her face in a lineup. Just call me.
88888
Howard Stern called his fans cheap bastards today for not signing up for his new satellite program. Howard, you need to sit ON the satellite and spread em.
Nobody Knows: Although it was reported that some students at the Ronald Reagan High School in Texas actually burned a Mexican flag in protest today, and were promptly punished for that terrible, outrageous, and malicious action, what was not reported is that IF they had burned the America flag, nothing would have happened to them. http://www.eastvalleytribune.com/62231.html
Evidently the Principal must have some good drugs, because the article did not mention that he was punish for putting the Mexican flag up in the first place.
Nobody’s Perfect; Secretary of State Rice said that they committed thousands of errors in the Iraq War. Good thing no one noticed.
Nobody’s Opinion; Have you ever noticed that something is on your mind, some subject in the news, or some job you might want, and magically something comes out of nowhere to coincide with exactly what you were thinking?
I had one of those propitious moments happen to me today. As I was watching President Bush, Vicente Fox , and Stephen Harper pose for the photo-op on the steps of an Aztec pyramid, I picked up a book by random called “Where Have All the Jobs Gone?” by George Vargish.
Mr. Vargish was the CEO of his own manufacturing firm; Vargish Knitwear, for fifty years. I’ve only read two chapters. Here is a quote;
“A few years ago, the Ford Motor Company closed down an auto assembly plant in the town of Mahway, New Jersey. The workers that were laid up ended up with jobs paying half what they had earned at Ford.”
Now, in itself, this statement doesn’t seem too strange. The strange thing is this book was written in 1992.
He goes on to point that we have the most liberal immigration policy on the planet, and that the philosophy of Adams Smith’s FREE TRADE is a fantasy practiced by our leaders and it has basically ruined us. Our State Department has given other countries outlandish breaks on imports, while the other countries have not let us sell our goods in a fair market. We therefore are flooded with their products. Whole industries have been whiped out.
Basically, all our manufacturing, the gross product that made us so great, no longer exists. Not only have the politicians not protected our borders, they took our very lives and played canasta.
This did NOT have to happen. But the men in Washington of both parties signed up to it and slowly over the years, all the blue collar jobs, and the management jobs have been eliminated.
A country without a manufacturing base eventually is owned by other countries that do. Sorry folks---a country based on “service” just does not cut it.
It doesn’t matter HOW much the kids study, or how many degrees they get, the jobs will be slim when they graduate. That’s why they keep raising the tuition. When the students come back to riot, the teachers will all be in France.
Now, we nobodies know this. We’ve seen it for years. What is amazing to me is that the media, from the left to the right, and all politicians every day talk about our great economy, and how well we are doing. When the truth is; there seems to be little hope for the middle class which is disappearing as fast as the muscles on our bodies.
That is why the Latinos will put the final hole in the coffin so to speak, because they will rise up from being waiters, to higher paying construction workers, then to the better jobs. And with affirmative action, they won’t have to pay for college or houses. They are the new blacks in town.
Most of the white middle class will down to the poverty level, and there will be NO affirmative actions for them. Vacations in Disneyworld will be a once in a lifetime thing.
Peanut butter and jelly sandwiches will be served for dinner instead of lunch.
How do the rich and powerful justify doing this to us? They figure even though we will be poorer, there are people in India eating dirt. We will have it much better then them.
And that is why I hate it when our Presidents (We seem to have so many running around acting like they are still President.) are so happy about the Chinese poor coming into the middle class. Because every Chinese that becomes middle class, is one less American who loses hope for his future.
God, I’m depressing myself.
I’ve got to get a GRIP! Is it all that bad! There are people actually making a good living still…Paris Hilton for one. And because I could see no way out of the damage that has been done for years from the dismantling of the America manufacturing base, which was done by our own government favoring other nations over her own---I put down the book and turned the news back on, where I got the happy fantasy of President Bush telling us that it is all going to work out---as soon as we get steroids out of baseball.
On a note here, I happen to like President Bush. It wasn’t on his watch, or his father’s watch that the system turned around. We were sold off by greed a long time ago. What I do blame them all for is this free trade global world America will just have to swallow and become a third world so the big boys and CEO’s can keep power crap.
Anyway, if you get a chance, pick up the book. You can read it taking a bath, or listening to the ball game. You will know very clearly, why when the Presidents of three countries now get together in a room they have to have CEO’s with them.
Adam Smith is getting much too fat.
Nobody Cares; A black senator was “touched” today by a guard, who insulted her beyond all measure by not recognizing her as the great black senator she thinks she is. For this horrible crime, she called a news conference in a matter of a few hours and had Danny Glover and Harry Bellefonte at her side in minutes.
How they got there so fast was beyond this blogger. Must have been by banana boat. I think the blacks are actually jealous that the Mexicans are taking away the limelight.
She was a senator from Georgia and I’m very happy to tell you I have no idea what her name is, I was doing the dishes at the time, but I could match her face in a lineup. Just call me.
88888
Howard Stern called his fans cheap bastards today for not signing up for his new satellite program. Howard, you need to sit ON the satellite and spread em.
Nobody Knows: Although it was reported that some students at the Ronald Reagan High School in Texas actually burned a Mexican flag in protest today, and were promptly punished for that terrible, outrageous, and malicious action, what was not reported is that IF they had burned the America flag, nothing would have happened to them. http://www.eastvalleytribune.com/62231.html
Evidently the Principal must have some good drugs, because the article did not mention that he was punish for putting the Mexican flag up in the first place.
Nobody’s Perfect; Secretary of State Rice said that they committed thousands of errors in the Iraq War. Good thing no one noticed.
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