Does Not Need any More Immigrants
There are several American economic myths that the corporate media keep repeating so often that a majority of Americans have come to believe them. One of those myths is that "Illegal immigrants do the jobs that Americans won't do."
That myth has been spread for several decades as a way to excuse the Federal Government for not applying the United States immigration laws, Click Underlined Link:
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Newspapers all over America are used to distribute immigration advocates propaganda, Click Underlined Link:
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Illegal immigrants have gained political influence at city halls, on county boards, in state legislatures and now President Obama's Cabinet, even though it is illegal for for foreigners to make contributions to political candidates; they do this through their social organizations, Click Underlined Link:
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The US Congress in it's concern for political and religious freedom passed several generous laws allowing "political refugees" political asylum in the United States. These laws have been taken advantage of by illegal immigrants (like the ones that attacked the World Trade Center on 9-11) Click Underlined Link:
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On the American Recovery and Reinvestment Plan that President Obama has presented to the US Congress.
Former Presidential Candidate John McCain loves to be in the media's lights and has said that he will vote against the President's Plan because "It won't create enough jobs." (!)
John McCain revels in his Maverick! reputation. Is his saying he will vote "No" an attempt to regain credibility with the Republican conservatives who were not pleased with his Presidential Campaign?
In the same interview on "Fox News Sunday" John McCain repeated again his "Lower taxes" campaign speech that independent (and some Republican voters) rejected during the November election.
Or John McCain raising his objections as a bargaining ploy to gain some concession so that he can again play the Maverick! finally voting against the Republican Party's conservative "free market" principles as he "crosses over the aisle" as an example of his "bipartisanship."
Both John McCain and President Obama support the Cap-and-Trade Bill that the US Senate wants to use to impose higher gasoline and utility bill taxes on Americans, Click Underlined Link:
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There is an American economic myth that the corporate media keep repeating, Click Underlined Link:
President Bush approved a bridge loan to Chrysler and General Motors that will allow them to continue operating until March 31, 2009. As a part of the deal, the United Auto Workers Union had to agree to cut their their wages down to the level of the "transplant" (BMW, Honda, Nissan and Toyota) manufacturers.
The Detroit automakers must have a plan in March 2009 that they be competitive with the foreign automakers to receive continuing funding. There will be no "Auto Czar" appointed to oversee the companies operations as some in the US Congress wanted.
The "Bush Plan" was also conceived to weaken the UAW as Republicans in the Senate favored a bankruptcy filing, that would have done away with the union contracts completely.
The auto indusrtry helped build the American Dream, Click Link:
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There are Electric Cars available for Americans to drive, Click Link:
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When the new Congress requires the "Detroit 3" to make more fuel-efficient smaller cars, will Americans want to drive them? Click Link:
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The Obama Stimulus Plan has an renewable energy and Electric Car component, Click Link:
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The Republican Senators making the most appearances on the broadcast news and cable television programs have several foreign "transplant" auto assembly plants located in their states and would benefit if the Detroit automakers would go out of business, Click Link:
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The Obama Stimulus Plan has a Renewable Energy and Electric Car componnet, Click Link:
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The North American Free Trade Agreement started the US down the road we have presently arrived at the dead end of, Click Link:
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an opportunity to rework America's energy generation and power distribution system.
New York Times writer Thomas L. Friedman proposes revamping the way United States produces the energy that powers the industries that we have left, Click:
The North American Free Trade Agreement started us down the road we have presently arrived at the dead end of, Click:
After an embarrassing series of hearings, the Congress has agreed to lend financial aid to Chrysler, Ford and General Motors, with several string attached that amy place the Government in the position of approving car designs and the companies business plans.
The Detroit auto manufacturers helpedbuild the American Dream, Click:
Some of the employment problems our country is now facing are caused by "Free Trade Agreements," Click:
There are Electric Cars available for Americans to drive, Click:
As the Congress is considering financial aid for the US auto industry we are wondering if they are rquired to build even more high-mileage small cars as part of the deal, will Americans (who are physically larger than people in Asia) want to drive them? Click:
The American auto industry helped create the American Dream, Click:
There is an electric car that has a top speed of 160 Miles Per Hour!
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There is an Electric Car available for lease in the United States, Click:
The many Congressional critics of the Detriot automakers don't take into account the many contributions that the industry made to the creation of the affluent lifestyle that there states are now reaping the benefits of.
Besides enabling personal transportation and the spread of commerce thoughout the United States (rather than in just a few big cities as it was before Henry Ford's Model T made it possible for the avearge American to own a car) the auto industry raised the standard of living for the whole country.
Now that there states have attracted "transplant" assembly plants from foreign manufacturers these Republican congressmen would benefit if the US automakers were not in the market, Click:
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If the Congress requires the US automakers to build more high-mileage small cars, will Americans want to drive them? Click:
Now that our country is officially in a recession is it still possible to reach the American Dream?
We have been monitoring the Republican National Comittee's efforts to reorganize their campaign organization. They have a new website with blog capabilty that seeks to replicate the organizing features of mybarackobamadotcom. Click:
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The writers on their website have no intentions of "reaching across the aisle" as their maverick candidate for president claimed he would do, they are seeking to ressurrect their fundraising operation using the Internet.
A quote from the Republican Internet site: Our technology should give Republican activists the ability to connect with fellow activists at the precinct level. We must encourage the growth of standalone volunteer communities, giving them the tools to organize themselves online, with the official party taking a step back and not trying to control them.
Contrast that with the way the RNC Chairman is selected: Only 168 people vote to pick the next RNC Chairman, you may not have a vote, but you do have a voice. Referring to the new websites' request for ides. We wrote about the Republicans, Click:
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Is the American Dream still attainable? Click:
With the automakers asking the Congress for additional financial aid, will they be required to build more high-mileage small cars? Do Americans want to drive small cars? Click:
by Credit Cards.
The Christmas season is vital to retailers of all the different pricing schemes that define their share of the vast American market. From the "close-out" stores at the bottom up-through the mass market discounters, department stores and the most expensive specialty purveyors of designer apparel and jewlery at the top of the marketing pyramid, the weeks between Thanksgiving and Christmas have the greatest volume of sales (and hopefully profits) of the year for them.
The season is crucial for the United States this year for another reason: it will gauge the effects of the broadcast, print and Internet medias repetition that the "recession" that they have been promoting is the "worst since the great depression" (even President Obama has refered to it using that expression) on the American families' attitude towards carding more financial obligations during the year ahead.
Since ninty-three percent of the American working population is still employed and drawing a regular paycheck their willingness to keep the flow of commerce going is critical to the success of the Obama economic recovery plan.
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With the Detroit automakers presenting their new business plan to Congress for the approval of additional billions of dollars in financial aid that will require them to build more high-mileage small cars, will Americans want to drive them? Click:
With the new Congress in session, will it have a more consumer-friendly attitude towards rules the cellphone providers will have to follow? Click:
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Trade Agreement started the US down the road we have presently arrived at the dead-end of.
Detroit and the auto industry's problems are not the result of the automakers making vehicles that Americans want to buy and drive, pickup trucks and SUV's, but because not enough American's make enough money at the "service industry" jobs that took the place of the relatively high-paying manufacturing jobs that the US Congress gave away to Mexico and China during the Clinton administration.
Now that the "service industry" and financial sector (where most of the job growth occured during the last twenty years) is experiencing mass layoffs even the highest-paid managers (who benefited the most from "free trade agreements" cannot buy cars because they are out of work also.
Do Americans really want to drive small cars? Click:
The Obama campaign staff used social networking sites on the Internet to communicate with campaign volunteers, Click:
With the new administration in Washington will the Congress make more consumer-friendly rules that the cellphone providers will have to follow? Click:
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President Elect Obama has selected a stellar Economic Team with the experience and willingness to take the steps to aid the American economy in this time of financial uncertainity unencumbered by philosophical positions like the Repuplicans are weighted-down with, Click:
As the American Auto Industry has asked for billions of dollars more in aid we have to ask: Do Americans really want to drive the small cars that Detroit will be required to produce? Click:
The Obama campaign staff used social networking sites on the Internet to communicate with volunteers, Click;
We all use cellphones and the Internet to connect and communicate with each other. The cost can be excessive though.
With President Obama supporting Internet Neutrality and the Congress having a Consumer-friendly Democratic majority the Commerce Committee will have an opportunity examine excessive cellphone fees, Click:
We are working on making more computers available to American students, Click:
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is going to be avalable for 500 American drivers to lease for one year as we await the true Electric Car. It has a commuter range of 150 miles before it needs to be recharged, Click
Los Angeles is known as one of the Media Centers of the United States (and Barack Obama easily received the majority of Presidential votes there.) The City of Angels is at the top of another list:
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President Obama's staff used social networks on the Internet to inform volunteers before they contacted voters, Click:
Detroit, Michigan's automoble industry is having to resort to asking the Federal Government for financial aid as the high gasoline prices that caused it's current sales problems continue to drop.
Prices at the pump are below $2.00 a gallon (July 4th they were $4.11) and there are surprising results in the October sales figures, Click:
The current gasoline price situation has happen before, in the early 1980's there also was a big run-up in oil prices when "BIG CARS" were the automakers best sellers. It takes several years to design and build new car models; by the time the new small cars were in the dealers showrooms, gasoline prices had fallen again and demand for "small fuel efficient cars" had declined.
During both gas price swings the automakers get stuck with cars that American's didn't want to drive, Click:
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Barack Obama is the first Internet President:
Internet President!
In the 1950's Dwight Eisenhower was the First Television President, that is, his campaign staff was the first to use television advertising to promote their candidate; the slogan I Like Ike became the phrase to describe the American people's feeling about the former World War II general.
The Eisenhower campaign was the first to make use of the new medium's communication power in a political campaign, Click:
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The Obama campaign staff developed new methods of using social networking sites to cennect campaign volunteers and voters in their local areas, Click:
The US Congress is considering giving the US Auto Industry $50 billion dollars, how will this affect what Americans' drive in the future?
Vehicle sales in the United States for October:
If we think about Auto Sales in the US by what the broadcast, print and Internet media have been telling us: Americans are only buying the highest mileage rated subcompact cars (in bold in the list from carsdotcom above.)
As gas prices at the pump are down over fifty percent from the July 2 high of $4.11 cents a gallon it appears that Americans are buying the type of vehicles that they really want to drive, full sized pickup trucks.
As the "Big Three" US auto makers are asking the Federal Government for another $50 billion dollars (they have already received $25 billion) to keep going as car sales have dropped to half of what they were a year ago.
As the Congress is due to look at the increased aid to the auto makers in the Lame Duck Session before President Elect Obama is sworn in the new year, the Republicans are against it. The Republicans say that the "free market" should prevail, the automakers should file for bankruptcy to be done with their expensive union contracts.
The Democracts want the Automakers to build higher mileage vehicles like the ones in bold on the carsdotcom list above.
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The same Republican lawmakers that were voted-out in the November election made it a lot harder for Americans to declare bankruptcy, now they voted for $700 billion in funds for the banks that spent $50 million lobbying the same members of Congress and the Senate to pass the bankruptcy legislation, Click:
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Does President Obama's plan for improving education include using computers and the Internet?:
Many school districts are facing shrinking student enrollments due the spread of the "Mortgage Crisis." As people lose lose their homes in high-cost, high-tax areas like California they move to lower-cost regions of the United States. Click:
With the declines in student populations school district administrators are forced to fire teachers and consolidate classrooms so that the remaining teachers have more students to instruct in each of their classes.
Schools now have "desktop" computers in rooms designated as "computer labs" where the students have strictly limited access to the Internet for researching approved topics. (These computers have protective "filter programs" installed.
There are hundreds of "Educational Software" programs available for grades 1 through 12 that have already been approved for use in "Home Schooling" and other state acreditted programs.
Their are also hundreds of Educational DVD's available on English Grammer, History, Math and Science at low prices without subscription fees.
The one thing missing is a computer for every student. There are now "Notebook" laptops available with "Microsoft Windows" software installed for under $500. The first problem in implementation of a Computer Aided Education Program is supplying the laptops. Pehaps companies in the various school district's regions would be willing to sponsor the purchase of the laptops for the advertising value of having their company featured in local news stories during the school year.
With less attention from teachers Motivating Students becomes more important
The second problem is motivating the students to complete the courses. We are working on a rewards system that will super-motivate students to complete Computer Aided Education courses.
Community groups provide educational opportunities that that school districts cannot offer, Click:
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Junior colleges have developed complete arts programs, Click:
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Persons interested in Computer Aided Education Contact the Business Manager:
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An Electric Commuter Car is going to be available in the United States soon. It will be imported by a Norwegian Company that was once owned by the Ford Motor Company! Apparently, Ford executives didn't think that there was enough potential for profit in making these mini-cars. ( A Lincoln Navigator once meant $5,000 in profits for the company.)
The Chevrolet Volt a "plug into any outlet for a charge" Electric Car is supposed to be in dealer showrooms for the 2010 model year, but parent company General Motors (trying to merge with Chrysler) and Ford Motor Co. are asking the Federal Government for another $50 billion to avoid bankruptcy in 2010.
Even at a sales price of $30,000 the Volt will lose money for GM as the development costs for the lithium ion batteries are said to be in the hundreds of millions of dollars.
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When Barack Obama made a campaign appearance in Orlando Florida with Hillary Clinton the energy in the crowd of thousands was Electric!, Click:
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What is the employment outlook after all the billions of dollars that will be invested in the future in "Alternative Energy?" like solar energy, Click:
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