Help Wanted

Since when is it the responsibility of the government to create jobs? There needs to be some accountability by the people to accept that we are falling behind. Our lifestyle has started to exceed the amount of money that we are bringing in. The economy is a complicated machine that has been fed a virus led by the people, the government, and big business. Those that have lost jobs need to re-examine their skill set and create a job for themselves or take a pay cut and get used to the new style of living in America.

There are always opportunities in America and around the world, but our need for goods at a lower price, shareholders demanding huge profits, and people buying what they cannot afford has placed a strain on those that have made proper financial decisions. The president is not responsible for creating jobs. We the people need to create jobs, support American companies, and educate ourselves so that we can compete with the global markets.

Call center jobs have been lost to companies in India, manufacturing jobs have been lost to sweatshops in China, and it is easy to see what is happening when you stand in line for one of those new shinny phones- we are supporting everyone but ourselves.

Some people laugh and say that America will always be a superpower, but that is a theory that is slowly crumbling. America is an Empire and our walls are starting to burn, and our weaknesses are being shown across the world. The time of American exploitation is coming to an end. This is not a “the end of the world” conspiracy theory, but this is the end of the world as we knew it. This is reality. America has no natural resources that other countries are dependent on. America has depleted all creativity and has subjected itself to a state of vegetation.

This vegetation, or coma, is reversible- we can demand for companies to bring jobs back to America. We can increase the amount of tax on imported items. We can fix health care so that it is affordable for companies to offer their employees health care and compete with companies around the world. Capitalism is a system that is dependent on the citizens to spend money and government to regulate and protect the people. The more that we depend on the government to fix the economy, the larger the government becomes. The more government jobs that are created equal more taxes we are forced to pay.

Teachers, police officers, public officials, fire fighters, military personal, and a wide range of other jobs are all dependent on taxes for salaries. This money does not come out of thin air. So when people express their concern about the government fixing the economy it has to be understood that the only way to fix a capitalistic economy is by spending. Small business is the only way that we will escape this horrible economy. The corporations only care about the shareholders not the employees. The President is a man, a mortal, not a job making cybernetic machine. Americans have always found a way to forge forward. That is how our country was built. It is not the responsibility of the president to find citizens a job but rather the citizens to create jobs and opportunities for each other.

We have become lazy and dependent on government. We should not always look for someone else to blame, but rather find solutions ourselves. We can not continue to fight amongst each other and be divided by political agendas and religious ideology. Change within America has never been easy- there has always been bloodshed, riots, and causalities, but this is a revolution that many do not want to face.