Parity is unequal

There are a few facts that no one has addressed in regards to the “bail-out”, The first is in regards to parity. Parity with the foreign company wages should not happen until the US has a national health care and low cost or free public transportation like the foreign companies enjoy. Our companies have to provide the healthcare which wraps into the wages here. Is that going to be factored in? I don’t think so!!!
Another factor is the American market. There are thousands of “efficient” cars, both domestic and foreign, sitting on the car lots. Why? 1. Americans don’t want those vehicles! They want the trucks, and SUV’s. They want the vehicles that our government is trying to regulate. Foreign governments do not legislate all of the ridiculous controls that ours does. 2. The loans that are supposed to be easier to get since the financial system was bailed out, are not available to the worker who is being asked to make all of the concessions for both bail outs.
To force parity on the workforce is to break the union. Isn’t that what the Republicans currently in office have been trying to do? Isn’t that the whole purpose of why the current Republican-rich Senate wouldn’t pass the legislation in the first place? They created this mess by deregulating the financial industry and over-regulating the automotive industry. They created the situations to make George Bush look like a hero in the eyes of the American public. How stupid do they think we are? How long will the workers of this nation continue to let this happen.
It is time to stop allowing our government to continue shoveling this crap to our feet! We need to start looking at the people we put into office. It is time to start PAYING ATTENTION to where we put our trust and money!

Todays Youth

I work with alternative ed students. Not many of them care about anything except their next party, much less show any emotion. So when Brandon (fictitious name) made the statement that he hated the newbies at the school, I asked why.
"They don't give a shit about anything!!!" He blurted. "I mean it! They just don't care about a thing! I HATE them!!!"
So I asked him if he cared about anything. He said "yeah, sure! I care about my friends!"
So I asked him if he cared about tomorrow. He just looked dumbfounded, a usual look amongst his peers! " What do you mean?" he asked.
"I don't mean the future, I mean Wednesday, tomorrow! Do you care about tomorrow?"
"I dunno." he replied, just like the rest of his classmates who were finally listening. We were supposed to be talking about the economic state of Michigan due to the precarious situation with the auto companies and how this affect their decisions regarding their career choices.
"What are your plans for tomorrow, Brandon?" I asked.
"I dunno."
"Are you coming to school tomorrow?"
"I dunno."
"Do you care if you come to school tomorrow?"
"No." Brandon replied.
"Then, to me, you are no different than the newbies."
He sure didn't like the comment, but I now had the attention of the rest of the students.
"A decision that will determine the future of Michigan can come tomorrow. This decision will decide if we become like a third world nation or if we will have a chance to make it through this depression." Boy, I had them now. I had to explain what a third world nation was and this was a World Econ class.