New Employment Numbers Look Good, But What Are You Seeing?

Posted by Chamber Grassroots on February 3rd at 4:31pm

New employment numbers just out this morning show that 243,000 jobs were added to the American economy in January, bringing the unemployment rate down to 8.3%.  That returns the unemployment rate back to where it was in January 2009.

Good news, right?  Well, yes and no.

It is, of course, a positive development that actual jobs created exceeded the 150,000 that were being predicted.  We always want to see more jobs being added by American employers, but we have a duty to dig deeper and take a more serious look beyond just these surface numbers.

U.S. Chamber Chief Economist Dr. Martin Regalia notes that when you take a closer look, there are some unsettling facts:

“More and more people are removing themselves from the workforce because they are discouraged over their inability to find work. At this stage of the business cycle—more than 2.5 years into a recovery—it’s not a good sign that people are leaving the workforce.”

That so many have chosen to cease looking for employment is a clear sign of the continued fragile state of our economy.

If the Americans who have removed themselves from the workforce entirely were to be considered, the unemployment rate would be far higher than 8.3%.

What are you seeing in your hometown?  More job creation? New businesses opening?   We want to hear from you. Please leave a comment below to let us know the economic situation where you live.

 

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American/Global Economic Reforms… Fabricating Infrastructure Money from thin air, just as Jesus turned water into wine...

My suggestion is that “Money is Money, or is it just an Illusion?” I have studied money and baking, finance and have built multi-million dollar subdivisions by creating money from thin air “millionaire”… Therefore, money is a bit of an allusion; therefore, I say, “Governments can create more “In God we Trust” money, just as Jesus turned Water into Wine”…

Here is a great draft "Comprehensive Plan" that helps each and every city turn a written plan into money from thin air… These draft “Comprehensive Plan’s” if used can help spur growth and development in each community, city within the United States of America https://docs.google.com/viewer?a=v&pid=explorer&chrome=true&srcid=0B-ygIxNdW7E9MGRhMzdiMjEtNTNmZi00NDE1LTkyOTAtNGRhNWRmNjRmOGU4&hl=en_US
and every city throughout the World United Nations Global Reform Mandate
https://docs.google.com/viewer?a=v&pid=explorer&chrome=true&srcid=0B-ygIxNdW7E9YWE5NTBmNjMtZmY5OC00YmMyLThkNmUtNTc1MWJhMDVhM2Zj&hl=en_US
Please note that this plan can be linked to every Government, Banking, City website throughout the World and easy downloadable via MS Excel for each community/city… Now that you have the link and can see the 25 page plan and how it could help your community/city, state and nation, I hope that you will take the time to read the rest of this letter.
I am writing this because it is very important to me and to the World’s survival… I think on a Global Level and have advised several Presidents and World Leaders, influenced the outcome of conflicts; thereby, saving millions of lives and affecting the economic fate of nations… For a long time now I have seen the elite and most powerful in the World become quite cruel and adopt polices that have countered my involvements in American/Global politics. I have seen wars of choice that cost many lives and the vastly drained of resources from hard working taxpayers during this perpetual wartime economy, which in turn created a major economic turndowns for America and the World…
Before, I go on I will share with you that I thought about running for President as I did in 2000 on the Reform Party platform. I wrote Ross Perot and several others looking for endorsements, but all appeared to be disheartened with the political system and only wished me well if I were to get in the race. I did not have the money, nor did I have the health as I had a Cancerous tumor the size of a grapefruit in my kidney, and had to have my kidney removed.
President of the United States of America… Why you may ask? Well, it is because I knew I could make a difference as I have all my life… I knew that I could create new jobs here in the United States of America and as a Global Leader do so throughout the World… I requested a variety of high profile political official’s endorsement and/or blessing not out of great enthusiasm for the quest to be President, but due to my ordinary interest in the country, which is now in an extra ordinary economic citation… Folks like myself and Ross Perot views on America foretold of most of the current economic problems that faces us today… I can only assume that Ross Perot’s simple best wishes in my race was that of reflection of his own race where he spent over 60 million dollars of his own money only to end the race people thinking he was crazy and a couple decades of “Commissioned Congresses” ignoring his economic warnings… Well, we are here and now have over 15 Trillion Dollars worth of Debt…
Even though, I wrote the Reform Party, which Perot told me he was no longer a part of and I can understand why as it has been hijacked by the mindsets that he opposed. The Tea Party also hijacked by those that undermined America’s economic national security. The Coffee Party with my facebook friend Annabel Park, and the Occupy Movements who has no real focus other than realizing there has to be change and wanting to complain about it. I did not bother writing Trump; however, I still value the letter he sent me back in 2000 as we discussing a possibility of a running together on the Reform Party… Trump don’t really have a clue of World politics, but has decent concepts, and with a bit of focus could really understand Trade and Commerce deals, and of course he clearly understand the building of infrastructure from his development experience as does my land development experience. I wrote a host of others, but most just wanted to complain as apposed to trying to make real changes… I guess this is why the rants and raves of Ron Paul and Newt Gingrich reach so many people. They put out BS, but offer no real solutions…
I have never had a lack of confidence or willingness to take on the task to educate the American people and/or to protect our economic and national security interest. In doing so, I have bucked heads with many powerful people… Yet, with my energy levels down, and so many people struggling it is not easy to rise above the noise and confusion to be able to share what I think could give the American people a voice in order to get us back on the right path of revitalizing America, enhancing our infrastructure, jobs and education…
I am a very strong believer in Ross Perot’s economic and Public Administration philosophies. In fact, I wrote him at a young age telling him that I wished I were old enough to run with him… He inspired me to become a more professional Public Administrator. I worked hard to obtain my Business and Poltical Credentials and “experience” to run our great Nation. I can assure you that when you combine my educational credentials, experience in economic revitalization and Commander n Chief/Presidential level Advisements you would have felt confident that I could have gotten America back on the right path if I had become a Presidential Candidate… I have no doubt that you would have seen me stand out compared to the silliness that you have watched over the past year and the ignorance that you have listened to in the Republican Debates…
My background in short consist of an undergraduate Business Degree Specializing in Real Estate and Finance along with several years of land development building mixed use retail centers and over 100 homes in several residential communities. I also did all I could do to assist the House and Senate Financial Services Committee’s, FDIC, and others prior to and during the economic downturn which I had envisioned and began proactive writings per Ross Perot’s warnings… My writings most likely led to the TARP plan in attempts to prevent the vast collapsing of the banks, such as in the 1930’s during the Great Depression, and within Soviet Union which I traveled to many times. I studied hard, and saw first hand how devastating the lack of resources and economics could be. The vast deaths that can occur due to inaction, and the lack of sound economic and finance principles is just sad in today’s society… Running a country is not as simple as running a business, but they do have many kinships and a President must have these people advising him and/or possess these qualities himself… Not everyone’s mind operates as fast as mine, nor do they have the abilities that I have to be able to juggle many, many issues and complex situations at a time…
As I mentioned I did what I could to anticipate the American economic crises, event though it was not my job. I anticipated the possible collapse as we continued to have an Arms Race, which I called a Race with Russia to see who could go broke first. Russia just barely beat us and the Bush Administration did all they could do to catch up.
I have worked on local issues, influencing the development of Community Centers, Parks, Roads, Bridges, By-Passes, Revitalizing City Centers, the building of Industrial Parks and much more… On the State level I have influenced Reforms and Funding of Kentucky Education Reform Act that equalized educational funding throughout the Commonwealth of Kentucky… On the National and International Level, well, we will get into that a bit later…
Being from Kentucky, and a huge basket ball fan, I decided to keep my plan simple and present a “3 Point Play”… 1+1+1… No 9,9,9 here that changes from day to day when Cain was jumping in between policy suggestions and lying about various concubines… I was writing a plan that would be simple and real…
(+1) Reducing Defense Spending on Special Interest, and Reducing the Trade Deficit by Presidential Executive Order and the structuring of “Fair Trade Deals”…
Reduce Defense Spending… “Common Defense has lost its Commonsense”… It is a fact, wars of choice has cost American nearly 40 Trillion Dollars, with a near 20 Trillion Dollar direct and quazi-direct Defense cost on conflict, then a 12 Trillion Dollar economic downturn in the economy, and added 11 Trillion Dollars worth of Debt to the American Taxpayer. It is silly to hear that the Iraq war only cost $806 Billion Dollars… The Commissioned Congress cannot do math when it comes to telling the American people the true cost of the War… The facts are that the Defense Budget nearly tripled from a bit over 350 billion in 2000, to more than 800 to 900 Billion today when you calculate in Overseas Contingencies and a bit of Quzi-Defense spending... The current Defense budget is a direct Taxpayer cost of 2.2 Billion a day, with only a fraction of that amount worth of oil imports from the Middle East. Obviously, not enough to justify such a huge expenditure, and I can show this via spreadsheets… Our presence in the Middle East and manhunt for Osama Bin Laden was flawed from inception, as was the decision to go to Iraq based in lies and deceptions… Since I advised on organizing, and maintain the multi-national coalition during the 1st Gulf War I have the right to make this statement and I quickly went on record against a return to Iraq. I also wrote the United Nations, all of Congress and many mass media outlets voicing that I believed the UN Weapons Inspectors there were no WMD’s, and the Bush Administration was “lying” to justify a case for war. Again, this war cost America about 40 Trillion Dollars, 20 Trillion Dollars direct and quazi-defense cost and created the economic downturn that cost more than 16 Trillion Dollars in FED restructured financing. In addition to being directly responsible for an 11 Trillion Dollars worth of new debt added to the American taxpayer backs, mostly owned to China due to Mitch McConnell and the Bush Administration undermining porkateering of Defense fund financing. Under Bush America’s National Debt went from a bit over 4 Trillion dollars worth of Debt when he took office in 2000, and now we have near 15 Trillion dollars worth of Debt that is keeping American/Global economy stagnate. Both “Commissioned Congresses” were parties were at the helm; and both parties are responsible for mismanagement… I would call for many of the Senior Congressmen and Women’s Resignation… NOTE: American taxpayers are spending over ½ Trillion a year in the Middle East on Defense with only a fraction being returned in the form of Oil Imports and Trade and Commerce deals and there is a hell of a lot less peace with our flawed “Peace Plan Policies”… Also, I have issues of just how much we truly want Peace and Security for our Israeli allies when we spend so much money with Defense Contractors who make a profit in a Vamprical way… I have a “PEACE PARK” plan http://thesop.org/story/20120122/peace-park-and-my-two-state-solution-via-the-venus-project.html that would create real peace and prosperity and coexistence agreements between Israel and its neighbors…
Reduce Trade Deficit via Fair Trade Tariff’s and increased Trade and Commerce via better Trade Deals… I also hold three partial Masters Degrees (MBA, Masters of Public Administration, Diplomacy and International Commerce) as well as traveled to more than 40 States and over 40 Countries. I would for sure call for Senior Leadership in both parties to resign; especially, Senator McConnell who pushed many of the Appropriation bills that collected Trillions of Dollars worth of Chinese Debt Agreements. Many of which were do to Senator McConnell’s leadership and his own Taiwanese wife Elain Chao McConnell http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elaine_Chao as Labor Secretary that failed to favor American jobs and economic security, over that of Asian/Chinese Trade Deals. Under Bush, McConnell and Labor Secretary Chao the exportation of industry and jobs left America while she kept her job as the longest Serving Labor Secretary in History from 2001 to 2009 under the George W. Bush. Those Trade Deals and the Bush, Sr. and Newt Gingrich’s Republican Congress passed NAFTA, are still costing American Jobs and the American Economy with the exporting of our dollars at a cost of nearly 1Trillion Dollars a year… Imports could be doubled via a Tarrif and there would still be a trade Imbalance as $1 stores would $2 stores… Yet, those tariff’s would help reduce the overall cost and expenditures to the Federal Government and provide funds for infrastructure, shipping enhancement, and perhaps a bit State Owned Capitalism to build more Merchant Marine and/or lend/lease Commercial Cargo Export Ships…
As you can see these 1 Trillion a year Trade Imbalances due to undermining “Commissioned Congresses” are starting to add up… I see clearly, how American Taxpayers can save Trillions via Presidential leadership using sound economic and finance principles, that Ross Perot and others warned America about… I also think that the Tea, Coffee Party’s core supports, as well as the Occupy Wall Street core supporters see things the same way as Perot’s initial Reform Party… Together these political movements could build a real political coalition to become a real voice… Together we must reform the huge Tax Burdens that is undermining America and we must reform Wall Street to care for Main Street…
I feel confident that I can lead this economic coalition movement to get real reforms in Washington, Wall Street and in each and every Main Street in America… A no brainer look at this can see that a roll back to the 2000 Defense Budget would be a first start “if” we can adopt more constructive policies in the Middle East… I have been working hard to try and influence Iran to accept UN Weapons Inspectors to reduce the threat of Iran obtaining a nuclear weapons… I have a solid record of accomplishment in dealing with “Commander n Chief” type decision making that far exceeds any of the other Presidential Candidates… Secondly, I would not advocate isolationism, as I believe in international trade and commerce as the best way to keep and expand jobs in America… Provided we are doing business with economies of scale and equal purchase power parity such as trade with both Western and Eastern Europe… Yet, we must find ways to develop trade and commerce with other nations that only have a $2,000 to $4,000 per capita income compared to the United States near $50,000 per capita income. A Trade and Commerce Commission must be established to penetrate low per capita income continents/Countries of Africa, India, Asia/China and some of the Eastern European Countries. Therefore, I would immediately, sign a Presidential Executive Order adding tariff’s on imports to established a more fair and balanced trade game (yes, you heard this from Romney, but I was circulating this letter long before he mentioned it and most of his views are so far off that he would be very ineffective)… Forget the currency manipulator argument; I would take action under the Constitution via signing a Presidential Executive Order… This import tariff’s could be used to build and expand ports, rail and truck regional shipping to port facilities for all exportable products and services… I would also advocate for a portion of Defense funds to build great trade and commerce ships to compete with the State run Capitalism financing of shipping from China…
Now that we are near “Bankrupt” we have to make a decision… Either turn over the Keys and Ownership of the United States of America to our largest debt holder China; thereby, allowing our country to become the United States of China… Or we can buck up, call for resignations of the Commissioned Congress that put this debt load on the American Taxpayers, and come up with other ways to increase revenues, and reduce spending while funding priorities and creating jobs… A very tough situation and as we have seen the current President Obama has had difficulties in doing so, nor has he any support from those that for decades have created the damn problem such as Mitch McConnell… McConnell should pack his sh!t and leave Washington and perhaps move to Asia, which he has favored so much over American economic and national security…
(+1) Education… We have to get back to the basics… First and foremost I would call for a National Dress Code in Public Schools to cut out all the cute silliness and distractions, which has a tendency to come along with inappropriate and unprofessional attire. Second, I would call for the mass distribution of digital learning tools, and smart devices, and phones that would make it easier to standardize classroom education via the downloading of class by class smart book subjects in math, science, English/language studies, etc… I hate to brag but my son at 8 years old speaks three languages fluently and can do high school pre/algebra… I would fund Education via a “Penny for Your Thoughts”… I would ask my Education Secretary to make this happen and happen quickly by encouraging “All States” to raise their sales tax by 1 cent and then reinvest it into their States Education Systems… NOTE, I would advocate for more Broadband Infrastructure and Wifi Cities… I would also advocate the use of more affordable go phone type phone card products where communication is more affordable also… NOTE, the Prison System will be converted to focus on education also, and more advanced vocational training with Prison Made Products exported in the form of International AID and Development such as Hati Homes that could be build via Prison labor panel homes and sold/leased in other countries via a form of economic AID… I would also look at how Prison produced products could be exported at a low cost to make a profit to fund Prisons…
+1) Commerce Department (Domestic Focus Division that goes along with your Opportunity Finance Network) Community by Community, City by City, State by State Comprehensive Planning… This is one of the best plans that I have ever seen. I redrafted this “Comprehensive Plan” https://docs.google.com/viewer?a=v&pid=explorer&chrome=true&srcid=0B-ygIxNdW7E9MGRhMzdiMjEtNTNmZi00NDE1LTkyOTAtNGRhNWRmNjRmOGU4&hl=en_US into a workable plan that could be used in each community and city within the United States to create real growth and development. I do not buy into the statements that Government does not create jobs, because they can with real planning they can also cost jobs as we have seen with these bad trade deals and ramping up the American debt… With Public Administrators, Mayors, County Judges, etc. tooling at this tool and working with citizen participation as apposed to asking special interest what is in this for me each community/city can revitalize, expand in many ways… Expand, via new connector roads, new by-passes, bridges, rail, industrial parks, parks, and so forth… All of which should be conceptualized with the thoughts of creating new growth and development be it industrial, retail, hotels, tourism, residential, apartments, mixed use, etc… This “one cent should come from local Payroll Taxes”… The funds must be escrowed in a “Local Infrastructure Bank”… Those funds can then be used to maximize the community/city development… Some of the funds can also be set aside as seed capital for direct leverage of grants and loans to help Small Businesses that will create growth and development…
I feel that I clearly understand the World and can build trade and commerce partners and allies… Thus, I feel capable of more than selling Americans and the World on a “False Bill of Goods” of fear… It is time for America and the World to get beyond the lost decade caused by fear and falsehoods and transpose our recourses growth and development… We must do it today, do it now by keeping a simple approach of not meticulous getting bogged down on the exactness and overanalyzing the need for growth and development, but instead clearly grasping and relaying key focus on optimistic American and Global overall growth and development concepts.

I have had some health issues, cancer survivor, but while in my recovery bed I had a strong work ethic and focused on a variety of issues and redrafted “Comprehensive Planning” tools, and participated in many National and International Affairs issues… It is sad to say, but I probably did more from my recovery bed, laptop and smart phone than most in Public Service today…

In conclusion, I would like to convey my love of Political Reform, as well as the love of Business and being involved in new and exciting Policy Making decisions makes the work seem quite effortless... For nearly 30 years I have called, written, advised on local city development and revitalization, state education and economic issues, national economics, and even international issues and War Advisor that that has saved millions of lives and affected the economic fate of nations… While others my age were running off to their parent’s home and spending time out with their friends drinking, playing golf and the like I was developing my “Commander n Chief” level maturity and out of the box thinking to solve real issues… I have always been a big thinker and have the travels and experiences to be much more open to the realities of advanced business and Public Administration concepts that make real change and Diplomacy that build international partnerships and gain fair trade and commerce deals via tariffs and other Presidential means… My experience and background can bring back the devastated Real Estate market and the American Dream of Home Ownership… I clearly understand finance, mortgage loans, and even the more advanced concepts of Real Estate Development and Commercial Capital Markets… I will assure you that my Administration would deal with this issue in many ways, from funding smaller homes, to funding vast new communities for retiring Government Workers in exchange for employee buyout programs to reduce Government payroll cost… My experience more than qualifies me to be President of the United States and the Commander n Chief having dealt with a variety of Military operations, and conflicts (Panama, Somalia, 1st Gulf War, Libya (writing the “Humanitarian Intervention Plan for U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations; however, I requested a “Divide Libya Policy” that would have saved tens of thousands of lives and prevented the mass War Immigration), Middle East Peace, influenced policies that helped create the Big Emerging Markets of Eastern Europe to open up economies of scale that would create more American Trade and Commerce jobs), etc… I know in my heart that “IF” I had gotten into the Presidential Race that I could have given a voice to those that are tired of the two party systems. Those in the Tea and Coffee Party and Occupy Wall Street that see Government’s vast debt loads piled on by special interest buying the American “Commissioned Congress” and White House… I would ask that they join the Reform movement as “Ross was right, and Reform is right” and by joining us America can have real change…

Sincerely and respectfully,


Harvey Carroll, Jr.

PS: I have one last thought and words of warning… Prior to WWII the economy got much like it is today. The countries of that time began to become more isolated and put up too many barriers to trade and commerce, which put too many countries into economic hardships… There has to be a balance and understanding that nations are citizens of the world and have to give and take with fair trade. While the U.S. has a $50,000 per capita income and others less than $4,000 it is easy to take advantage of the United States consumer markets. Yet, reason must set in to realize that America has to protect its jobs and economic strength also…

How can we reform the “Monetary System” to allow smaller countries like America with high standards of living to assist in the support of nearly a billion people in countries like China, India or Africa? It is tough as we have few cities and markets that we can penetrate… Therefore, we have to reform this in some way…

Secondly, as nearly “All” countries especially in the Euro Zone faces many of the same challenges as the United States and face huge debt problems how can we be proactive in dealing with this to prevent the vast economic pressures that led to WWII?

My suggestion is that “Money is Money, or is it just an Illusion?” I have studied money and baking, finance and have built multi-million dollar subdivisions by creating money from thin air “millionaire”… Therefore, money is a bit of an allusion; therefore, I say, “Governments can create more “In God we Trust” money, just as Jesus turned Water into Wine”…

Global Government instead of fighting over “basic resources” as things get tougher can come to an agreement whereby, they “PRINT” an annual amount of State Owned Money to build infrastructure within their communities, cities, States and Nation… I did not say “Defense Funds and/or fund projects that bring fear to the World… I said “Infrastructure Funding”; Money that can be leveraged with Capitalistic Principles to stabilize Government Growth as well as maintain and enhance infrastructure of roads, jobs and education… Perhaps look at building new cities using a bit of this guy’s ideas "The Venus Project" http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gJfKXbvA5T8&feature=fvwrel and this more lengthy part 1 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DqplP-E8Dvw&feature=related and part 2 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Cu4qzDVjGQ. In addition they have a website http://www.thevenusproject.com/.

By Harvey Carroll

February 5th at 2:37pm in New Employment Numbers Look Good, But What Are You Seeing?

The Tea Party, Coffee Party, and the Occupy Movement;
are they Leaders, Doers, Complacent and Resistant Movements for Change?

Leaders know in their hearts that they must adapt to, and/or influence change. Be it changes to maintain a family, a city, state, nation or yes, even global interactions… In this paper, I will deal with a few levels of thinking ranging from “Leaders, Doers, and those that are Complacent and Resistant.” I feel that these are the basic lines of thinking, which are involved in the change making process… These four characteristics are evident in dealing with and/or making changes that will ultimately shape their attitudes, rally them to make commitments to make real changes for America…

Leaders help us recognize that things are different, be it the market and/or political environment that we were accustomed to. Leaders are somewhat of visionaries, perhaps even “Prophetic” in some cases, as they see new products, services, innovation, education, technology, homes, cars, quality of life, and so forth that people want in order to feel that they are part of the “American Dream”. We must also recognize that economies are what they are; and that we must stop complaining so much about it and start finding new ways to penetrate and enhance our own markets. America’s statecraft depends a great deal on our Presidential policies, the appropriations made by Congress, and how the State Department, the Commerce Department interacts in the World. Then use sound data collected by our Intelligence Communities such as the NSA, CIA World Fact Book, the Export/Import and the World Bank data and financing; however, they have been leading America astray and focused on conflict over constructive policies that really improve America’s economic and Statecraft abilities…

The vast resources available shows that America, and much of Western Europe has a much higher standard of living than the rest of the World. We are blessed with an estimated average of about a $50,000 per capita annual income. Where as, most of the World has from $2 to $4,000 per capita income… This is why Americans/Westerners are treated as Kings when they visit so many nations around the World, as we are considered very wealthy compared to their economic standards… On the other hand, we have opened ourselves up to being the number one consumer economy in the World. The has left America with vast trade imbalances and huge deficits, a declining economy and declining culture, lower education standards and the like….

Doers must encourage, and work more closely with change makers like the President’s Executive Branch, the American State Department, Commerce Department, World Bank, Export/Import Bank, and others to begin adapting to change. We know that we must find new ways of doing business, and developing much fairer trade and commerce deals, perhaps even add tariffs (doubling the cost of imports would add nearly 1 Trillion Dollars to the American Economy and only slightly affect the trade imbalance, because the imports would still be much cheeper than American products; however, new revenues could be used to educate, build virtual World Trade Centers that connect every state and city in America, build rail and export shipping infrastructure, and ships to get our products to foreign markets… This will help maintain America’s high standards of living. Our industries must recognize these market conditions, and find ways to produce goods that can sell within the lower income markets, and make a profit. This may require much more innovative ways of making a profit, such as trading goods and services for properties, and/or other valuables beyond asking for a fixed price for a product sold in these markets. We must continue to develop new cities and to revitalize our older cities and communities.

Complacent personalities have been the norm in Congress and within most of the Nation after the Clinton Administration’s “It’s the Economy Stupid” changes. Many new jobs, growth and development allowed America to be more comfortable, as they became a much stronger and relished as being the number one economy in the World... Complacent of having the highest standards of living in the World allowed America to let its guard down. The Republican Congress under Clinton led by Newt Gingrich at the time, passed bad NAFTA and China Trade Deals. These trade deals are now costing American nearly 1 Trillion each year in trade imbalances.

Then as things began to get a bit tough as America began to export dollars and jobs, along with the 9/11 hijackers targeted America’s World Trade Center, America quickly embraced fear. That fear for far too long has prevented America from progressing. Our own unwillingness to change our perceptions, and understanding of the realities of the World has held us back. Our buying into fear has allowed the Washington “Beltway Bandits” to bring on a lost decade, and a near Great Depression economy… America and the World is affected by our attitudes, and the way we see the World… We must recognize that we can shape our own personal attitudes. When we American’s began to change our perceptions and change negativity, and fear into constructive changes the world will change with us… As we focus to Change our own attitudes and embrace constructive change, our personal economies, and then our mass attitudes will shape progress within the World’s and how we are viewed, and also help shape their economy in a much more constructive way…

Resistant Movements need to be reassured that they have safe, and secure jobs, and futures. People living on every Street in America are worried, and need to be reassured that they will have jobs, be able to maintain their family livelihood, educate themselves, their children. The aging and retired need to know that they will have secure pension plans that are safely invested within their companies, and on Wall Street that is not being torn away like the fuzz on a tennis ball as Wall Street rally’s their futures back and forth… Changes must make sense, reforms have to be made in the way the country is doing business, and the way industries are doing business that protect and secure jobs and personal investments as well as the way they are doing business in World.

Changes must ensure Resistant America’s sense of security. America’s sense of job, family and retirement security is in my opinion, a much higher priority, than the trillions squandered on America’s National Security… (Having participated as a Presidential level consultant on several wars that has saved millions of lives and affected the economic fate of nations, I would welcome this debate with any Beltway Bandit special interest appropriator or Commissioned Congressperson). For nearly a decade our “Common Defense” lost its commonsense, and took vast resources from America, costing jobs, homes, cars, families, and restricting quality and equal access to education… I like many of you did not agree with a return to an Iraq War, and called for it to end, even before it began via letters to Congress, the White House and the United Nation…

Yet, what is done, is done and we have to recognize that our mission is accomplished in both Afghanistan and Iraq or at least that is what both former Secretary of Defense Rumsfeld and former President Bush told us in May of 2003… Apparently the Soldiers on the ground, and the Beltway Bandits squandering the nearly 2.2 Billion a day, with about ½ Trillion a year being-spent in the Middle East alone did not get the memo… President Obama has started to wind down those War’s of Choice. Our “Common Defense” must maintain commonsense, and recognize that Diplomacy, trade and commerce will be the key to political and economic stability in the Middle East, not conflict. We must have hope that Diplomacy, and cooler heads will prevail in bringing about peace and prosperity within the Middle East and elsewhere in the World, while maintaining our National Security as a last line of defense…

I think that a decade of poor policies and fear is long enough for America. For far too long millions of Americans have felt the affects of, unfair trade deals, a long drawn out Wartime economy, which in turn influence the FED to lower rates to maintain an economy; thereby, bringing on an over inflated housing market bubble. This in turn created a ripple affect that overwhelmed so many American’s in the lower and middle classes, which had no voice… The Wartime Economy also created a vast adverse situation, whereby nearly 2/3rds of the American States had to be bailed out via a stimulus program as well as dozens of American Banks… It is no wonder why so many have been taking to the streets…

The old Reform Party established by Ross Perot and I warned of these things, while other economist claimed to be clueless… The Tea Party with many of the same values tried to voice their selves, but were hijacked by the same people that got them in the situation in the first place. The other voices began to emerge like the Coffee Party and the Occupy Movements… All have been silent for way too long and resistant to influence the changes that needed to be made long ago to prevent American from being in this predicament; whereby, we lost vast respect in the world, lost vast economic wealth and are now viewed as the drunken bully on the block that squanders our money unwisely…
Sad, but true that it took years of sleepless nights of me worrying about this stuff before people began to get angry enough to voice what I have been trying to say, and change for most of my life in public service…

The people that started the Reform Party, Tea, Coffee, “Occupy”, and other movements have finally become so frustrated with their own personal situations, that they are now using their voice, calling for change, and beginning to recognizing proactive ways to make those changes… Calling for corrupt special interest to stop buying the Commissioned Congress, and calling for representation for their taxation and the wise use of those taxes… These American’s that have gone to the streets, slept on the streets, and chanted in the cold know as I know in my heart that America has been mismanaged for far too long… They know that American must find ways to make constructive changes, even if people are afraid of change, and hesitant of change they know it must happen now. Bravery is a rare trait, and it takes time to muster courage to make real change.

In conclusion, I see that the basic visions of change is clear; there is a need for reforms to establish fairer trade deals, reduction of our trade deficits, reduction in squandered special interest Defense spending, reduction of America’s national deficit/debt and focus more on peace and prosperity in the World as we open up new markets… People need to know that for far too long that the old guard of America does not reflect the kindness, the smiles that Americans have on their faces and within their hearts… People that meet us American’s throughout the World see and recognize this, and they know that America has had a decade of misguiding leadership… Most I have talked throughout the world still hold faith that President Obama can bring America back, and conduct global business in a much more humanistic and constructive way. I hope that you all, which have been taking to the streets, now fully understand just how important that it is too continuing your commitments to change America…

Thank you, for making the commitment to change America, and DO NOT GIVE UP…

Harvey Carroll, Jr.

By Harvey Carroll

February 5th at 2:32pm in New Employment Numbers Look Good, But What Are You Seeing?

http://thesop.org/story/20120202/global-economic-reform-based-on-the-fabrication-of-infrastructure-and-money.html

By Harvey Carroll

February 5th at 2:28pm in New Employment Numbers Look Good, But What Are You Seeing?

I call Bull Sh!t... You folks are blaming the wrong person for the economy...

We all know that Newt Gingrich is from Georgia and became a “Commissioned Congressman” and Speaker of the House… The Gingrich Republican Congress, as well as Kentucky’s Mitch McConnell’s leadership from the Senate passed NAFTA without “Fair Trade Provisions” . As Ross Perot warned, NAFTA became a large sucking sound with jobs going south… NAFTA has cost America a steady 200 Billion a year for well over “1 Trillion Dollars” worth of trade imbalances since the NAFTA taxpayer Bill was enacted…

Then the Asian/China Trade Deals were much more sever over the past decade, with China trade now ramped up to over 350 billion dollars a year; thereby, dwarfing NAFTA and costing America about “3 Trillion Dollar Trade Imbalance” over the past decade after George W. Bush Took office…

Not only did President Bush and Senator McConnell sell the American People a false bill of goods on two wars of choice. Their misguided American leadership committed the United States military for over a decade in these wars of choice, which cost the United States Tax Payers “TRILLIONS OF DOLLARS” via direct war cost. Their failed leadership also maintained a wartime economy that created the worst economic downturn since “The Great Depression”… Trillions was lost in the Real Estate and Financial Services Markets and the American Taxpayer was stuck with the Bill or watch America turn over the keys to China…

Which brings me to Mitch McConnell’s “Manchurian Candidate” status… Not only did he focus on borrowing Trillions from China to put on the American Taxpayer backs, but he also spent those trillions via Appropriations bills that squandered America’s wealth as apposed to investing it wisely to compete in the Global economic environment, build roads, create jobs and invest in education…

I will go further to say that he and President Bush even brought McConnell’s own wife in to the mix which also aided in undermining America’s economic national security… Elain Chao McConnell from Taiwan http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elaine_Chao was the longest serving Labor Secretary in History from 2001 to 2009 under President Bush… Under her Labor Secretarial leadership, her husband’s and President Bush’s “Chinese Borrow and Spend Policy” there was a vast ramp up of Asian/Chinese goods that flowed into America; thereby, creating multi-billion dollar monthly trade imbalances that would consume entire third World economies in a single month… America also began to decline and is now teetering on collapse…

I conclude by saying “F… that”… I call for Senator McConnell to pack his sh!t and leave Washington… As far as I am concerned, he can move to Taiwan or China, which his policies has favored so much over that of America’s economic and national security interest… I doubt if the folk in Texas would miss if George W. if he packed and went with McConnell… Newt Gingrich can pack up, and go to Mexico along with Bush, Sr. that presented NAFTA without fair labor, and fair trade provisions… Seriously, this trash has really created vast economic and national security concerns for America and America would have been much better off if non of them had ever held public office…

So, if the “Occupy, Tea and Coffee Parties” wish to really accomplish something… Got to Congress with your “Mitch McConnell PACK YOUR BAGS”. This in my opinion would be the 1st step in helping President Obama move ahead with Real Change… You all have seen the arrogance and comments from Mitch McConnell all funded by screwing the American Taxpayers. Therefore, I say it is time to get rid Mitch McConnell the lead porkateer, and poorest policy maker since Newt Gingrich…

Thank you, God Bless, and keep up the fight to reclaim America…

Harvey Carroll, Jr.

PS: The Chamber should tell the truth and focus on the real "Beltway Bandits" that created the problem and give a bit of support for those that have been trying to fix it...

By Harvey Carroll

February 5th at 2:27pm in New Employment Numbers Look Good, But What Are You Seeing?

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