We The People - Jobs - 17 May 08 - Part 1

We The People is a new series examining the issues weighing heavily on US voters in the lead up to one of the most hotly contested presidential elections in years.

By traveling the country and meeting the people whose lives are most affected we look forward to the post election nation.

In the first episode we go to Dayton, Ohio, a state that has lost thousands of well paying manufacturing jobs.

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[Nearonamous]

Terrorist organization, ehunter2? Do us all a favor: unplug your computer, throw it out the window, and return to watching Fox News....

[Renegen1]

I agree, this video doesn't exactly invite an over pouring of love. I think a lot of americans have been caught off guard, totally unprepared, so it shouldn't be completely their fault. But the world is changing, and the people have to adapt too. Maybe they should vote for better politicians for one thing, Bush himself has said that outsourcing is good.

[phantomsuccour]

@jh23871 well you are quite lucky to have made it but you forget that there are plenty of American's who made these decisions based on their situation at the time and assumed they would have the jobs for at least another decade or so. Losing a job has a terrible effect on your finances, it siphons your savings at an alarming rate, yet you are paying bills that you had easily calculated you could afford when you had a job. You need to be more empathetic and put yourelf in people's shoes

[jh23871]

"20 minutes to work" - I comuted 2hrs to Law School. I moved over 2000 miles for my first Legal position. You do what you have to do.

You dont drive a 3lt engine car if you cant afford it. You dont have a variable rate mortgage if you cannot afford it. You dont put all your eggs in one basket in the first place.

Regardless, a fool and his money are lucky to get together in the first place. Sheesh...

[deckchairs1]

In case you were wondering, I've been a solid voting democrat since 1968.

I am not a troll.

I have no plans to vote again so long as congress exists in a vacuum and bluedogs in both houses vote with the republicans to cancel out any social relief for the people of this country.

I've seen enough haven't you? They will not act to help us.

Last wk dems voted DOWN int rates limits on credit cards.

It won't happen. Consolidate, circle the wagons around your loved ones and keep it local.

[deckchairs1]

Important: Have you heard Obama say a WORD about where this money is going? NO, you haven't and you WON'T. Here's the "Change" as he meant it but didn't tell you. "Hope" is a passive endeavor. Think for yourselves, gov't not your friend. I suggest we QUIT BEING PASSIVE. Stockpile food for at least a year. Buy a tent cheap from China (irony) while you can if you carry a mortgage. Consider non-compliance whatever the gov't tells you to do, do the opposite. We haven't much time.

[deckchairs1]

GM layed off thousands of u.s. workers, took bailout money (like so many other corporations that money seemed to have disappeared),

GM then files for bankruptcy,

all the wHile setting up shop in CHINA.

GM will then take their product made in China and sell it back to the u.s. market without any annoying fair wages to pay.

MANY bailed out companies are now in China, Citigp is another.

Follow the money.

But this is what is really happening.

Biggest HEIST IN HISTORY peeps.

[nosupecualponerme]

i could go on and on but all i said before its possible,the main thing u guys haft to think its to reach.LIBERTY,HAPPYNESS AND FREEDOM and how u do that? with the ideas i wrote for u and a bunch more that exist out there..PEACE AND LOVE

[nosupecualponerme]

then u all could create a medical insurance.charge $150 monthly for full cover for u and u family create u own hospitals u own medical schools ,create u own factories if no one want to come to u town to do things ,create u own research labs u own technical schools any thing u want to do its on u hands;support and help u goverment and jusdge and punish the bad goverment,create concience,pasion and understanding on our kids;work 36h weeks with pay of 40,that way u haft time to spend with u family

[nosupecualponerme]

and not aint dreaming aint not MLK,but this its possible if u all get together and at least cancel all u taxes u r paying now,this will bring u happiness and liberty and tell u governants to send messajes to all the companies on the world that u town will give them free water free electricity tax free and infraextructure to operate,and help with enviromental issues.their only commitment its to stay at least 25 years on town and pay a minimum wage of 20h with a rise of $1 a year.

[nosupecualponerme]

create factories for the agricultural industry also and order to do this u haft to control the city politics.u need to cancel a bunch of taxes and regulations against the employees,cancel the tax on properties,transportation ,education and more,review the tax system and create a new one that only tax alcohol cigarrets and luxuries and use those taxes for the common good,give the factories facilities for creating jobs and pay the labors a decent minimum wage that will support their families

[nosupecualponerme]

this its the solution mjy fellow slaves.

1.all get together

2.put all u neds as priority wich are.

a)housing b)food c)clothing d)medical c)education d) transportation d) jobs e)income.

we know that when people has

food+clothing+housing they could go outer and find a job and when u have a job u will have transportation education and medical services.

now how we will find work?? we go back ot our necesities;work the land make clothes and homes this will bring factories to create all of this