Where are the Jobs?

Try this one on for size. There are no jobs to be had. With the addition of more women, high school drop outs and illegal aliens to the work force combined with the lack of industry resulting from high taxes and union demands the country is just taped out of jobs. Very few sectors are hiring new employees. In short, they don’t need any. The unemployment rate stays constant at about ten percent and combined with the other twenty to thirty percent of Americans on welfare or SSI there is approximately forty percent of the country unemployed. Not working voluntary or not. This would not include the under eighteen crowd. There is almost nothing manufactured in the U.S.A. Our products are purchased from lands far away and sold to the masses across our great land. That works as long as people are employed and can afford to make the purchases that support the growth of retail and it’s supporting industries. Once inflation took over as a result of higher union commitments and over extended credit by the masses it was inevitable that our economy imploded in on itself. How many times have you heard someone say “they are sending all our jobs overseas”? We can’t compete with the rest of the world when it comes to cheap labor. Unless we want to lower our standards considerably. I kind of like our way of life. So how do we create industry and manufacture products that Americans can purchase at prices that they can afford? We can’t. Not when we allow products to be imported at a lower price than we can afford to manufacture them. Take shoes for example. What if the U.S.A. puts a ban on all shoes not manufactured in the U.S.A.? Factories would spring up across America manufacturing the best shoes in the world. To remain competitive for export the manufacturers would have to stay open shop keeping wages reasonable. This has a two pronged affect the second prong driving down inflation. Obviously there would be real jobs created in the factories and supporting industries. Now this is just shoes. What else can be done to help create jobs. Spending money is not the answer. The answer lies in sound reasoning for the benefit of our great country not the benefit of the few. America is the land of the free and the brave. We need to brave the times by tightening our belts and make law that makes sense. Impose tariffs to help create manufactured goods by Americans for Americans and help make made in the USA mean something again. It’s America’s time to help America.

Erik J Sturm Sr.
Citizen

Wolf

Anyone remember the story about the boy that cried wolf? I do, it was a story I believe we all heard in our childhoods to teach us that lying was bad and instilled the kind of values that we needed to carry on in life. Pretty basic message, “lying is bad”. If you ask 10 children under the age of 10 about lying they will tell you it is bad and will get you in trouble.
You are most likely wondering, where is he going with this?
The Question is. If a child can tell you that lying is bad why do are politicians feel it is okay to let lies spew anytime it benefits them? They lie about almost everything. I am not talking about opinions either. I understand a difference of opinion. I am talking about facts. Facts are facts and are factual. If not they would be theory. I believe we have enough so called experts to deliver the facts. So why can’t we use them to make sound decisions regarding our country instead of ignoring them? How can they plan to fix anything when facts are being ignored or just plain twisted? And if this is not bad enough there are many politicians just blatantly lying from one moment to the next. Including our president. They contradict themselves at every turn. They don’t even believe what they are saying but they somehow expect us to. We should demand from our government at least what we demand of our children. The truth. We need to stop accepting what ever lie they toss at us and start demanding they accept the facts and act accordingly and if they don’t then we need to fire them and hire someone that will. I believe we at least deserve that from our government.


Erik Sturm Sr.
Colorado American

Here's an idea

Here I go again. Here is something the government can do to help the economy. How about cutting out some of the entitlements that are being handed out like candy to all that want it, as long as they continue to support that political party and use that money to increase the pay of our military personnel that are out there protecting our freedoms. Maybe that would help motivate young people to enlist helping them to mature, train them for their future and give them a chance of something else rather than a life of poverty and dependency on government handouts. I truly think it’s sad when there are lazy people that would rather do nothing and receive practically what my son in the U.S. Airforce makes monthly to help protect our freedoms. With more young people joining the military it would not only ease the duty load of our troops but it would also help to decrease the pool of people looking for jobs increasing the odds of landing a job.
Here is another one. How about instead of drizzling unemployment money to people we give anther option like a lump sum payment if that individual has a good business plan. Why not help more funds to be available for small business and new business starts. I am sure there are plenty of people that have ideas to create successful business that would create jobs and help our economy but will never have the chance. It’s more important to save the banks and not let them learn from their mistakes or the car companies with the unions that spend all the money to get politicians elected. Remember the (not enough money to pay legacy cost)? That money most likely went to political campaigns. Why not invest in the people of our great nation instead of the government that controls it.

Erik J. Sturm Sr.
Colorado American

Threatend

Here I go again, another rant so hold on and lend me your ear.
Please ask yourself this question. Do I feel threatened by my government? In what way you ask. In any way. I feel personally threatened in many ways. If I don’t do the things the government demands of me they will make me pay the direst consequences. This includes everything they demand. I do not have the right to refuse the governments demands. I can’t just say no. If a fellow American walks up to me and demands 30% of the money in my pocket, I dial 911 and he is on his way to the local jailhouse. But when the government does it, some how this is ok. They threaten me with incarceration, fines or whatever it feels is adequate for my indecisions. How dare I not do what I am told? Does anyone see anything wrong here? They are supposed to follow our demands not the other way around. What has happened to us? Have we become SLAVES willing to accept whatever our MASTERS bid us? Freedom has become skewed in ways that can’t be explained. Please understand, I do not want anarchy by any means and would not condone any behavior like that. But I can certainly say something needs to happen to reverse some of the damage. I feel that something is article 10 of our constitution. The rules we live by to control the anarchy should be derived by our peers at a state level. Not a central goverment making rules for all. Our founding father put this in the constitution to assure our freedoms would not be threatened by a power larger than it’s people. That ways of life and cultures would not be pushed upon others. That freedom would be preserved. That’s the beauty our great country The United States of America. There are 50 different states, providing 50 different cultures and societies. Granted we are not nearly as localized as our forefathers but we are still different. Someone that chooses to live in New York is defiantly different from someone that lives in Montana. Neither better than the other, but different. Different is still okay, I think. I live in Colorado and don’t want the people of Florida deciding on laws that regulate my life and I am pretty sure they don’t want us deciding theirs. I truly believe that the solution is what was meant in the beginning, The United States of America. Not the government of the United States of America and the states it controls. That’s why I know the solution is that the federal government needs to be taken control of by utilizing the vote and put the authority of our laws and our ways of life back in the states hands where it was meant to be and still should be. I encourage every American read the 10th amendment of the constitution and give it thought every time you walk into the voting booth. God bless The United States of America and Colorado my home. Vote the X!

Erik J Sturm Sr.
Colorado American

Goverment-Mob ?

I once again have found myself pondering why people are and why people do. A thing I do to pass the countless hours of boredom I experience daily. Today’s conundrum is: "why in an individualistic society such as ours, do people try so hard to belong to so many different groups instead of truly accepting the individual differences that make us human and display tolerance for those differences. It seems as if everyone is so busy building alliances and preparing for the battle instead of figuring out ways for everyone to live together. Wait a minute, we already do live together. How is that? How have we done that without utter chaos? This might not be as hard as it seems. I guess we can live together. So what causes the tensions? I guess I am okay with how darn near anyone wants to live their life as long as their existence is not based on the destruction of another. I believe the tensions come from when groups try to tell someone how they are supposed to live. Try walking up to the stranger closest to you and say "you are going to live your life like I say because I know what's best for you". Go ahead, I'll wait. What? Don't want to do that? I can't say I blame you. Most individuals would even think of doing that even if they disagreed with the way the person lived. Out of respect for that person’s right to believe in what they want? So why is it when we band together in groups of like minded people do we think that we need to force everyone to believe our way? Do we want to end up with the biggest group? I don't, that’s not freedom, that's communism. What makes us think that just because our group is bigger it gives us the right to tell the others how to live? Isn't freedom supposed to be live and let live as long as it don’t harm? Why do we try to shape freedom? Freedom is I can think anything as long as I don't harm. For some reason it seems as if they think that if it's not in the constitution we don't have the right. I see it the other way around. We have the rights as a basic freedom guaranteed by the constitution until laws are made to take freedoms away. I don't understand the need to have a law that forces me to get insurance. How can I be forced by a government that works for me to purchase something that I don't want to just so the people that do want to won’t have to pay more? Why do I have to lose my freedom to help keep health care cost down for other people when I don’t believe in the system? Why not go after the inflated prices for profits instead of me? You know, I believe my phone bill is too high. I think we should make a law that everyone that does not have service with Qwest should have to pay a fine. That would make my phone cheaper. I know Qwest would like that. I know that’s absurd but that is exactly what the government is trying to do with healthcare. Only the government is Qwest in that case. What gives them that right? Why do we as Americans put up with a mob of criminals in Washington called our government telling us how to live and extorting us to do it in the name of what is best for us? Because we are way too stupid to know what might be best for us and besides that how will the mob I mean government profit from that. To end this rant I will leave you with this. Make no mistake I have no problem with my neighbors no matter what they believe as long as they don't want to bring me harm. My government on the other hand I do have an issue with. They need to secure my freedoms not dictate them to me as they see fit. They are what cause the tensions. Why you say? Profit, there is allot of money in fear.

Erik J Sturm Sr

Patriot Politics (Our American Duty)

My name is Erik Sturm. My father was a retired First Sgt. in the US Army and fought in 2 wars. My mother served in the WAC. My older brother was in the US Airforce. I was in the US Army. My daughter is in the US Army Reserves and my son is in the US Airforce. That being said I would consider myself a patriotic person that has true love for his country and all the people that makes her up. In my almost 42 years I have expienced alot of changes in our country, coulture and society as a hole. Some good, some not so good. But I always had confidence that the powers that be were making desicions based on the intellegence recieved and the balance of humanity for the common good of America. I always felt that they were looking out for us. All of us. Now, I am sad to say, that I have lost confidence, not in my country but in the powers that be and furthermore my brother and sister Americans. I have never seen the blantent disregard for the fate of the country and it's people for self promotion than what I have witnessed by our elected officials in the last 2-3 years. They don't even try and hide it anymore. They are really making up the rules as they go along to fit thier needs. Please do not mistake this as a bias rant. There is enough self promotion and preservation to go around democrate and republican alike. The reason for my lack of cofidence in my fellow Americans is due to the lack of action caused by either a lack of caring or a lack of knowledge. Please people STOP!, take a second and look around and try to be concerned abount something other than what transpires in your 5% of seperation. Becouse, for what it's worth, I can't speak for anyone else but I am actually scared of where OUR country is heading. It truly means something to me. I don't claim to have all the answers, although I do have some theroies, but I do believe we need to start demanding some answers and not accept being blown off. I believe we shoud have higher expectations of our officials. I believe we should demand accountability without allowing political witch hunts for political (personal) gain. We have roamed around like lambs for to long being to self consumed with our own existance to realize what has really been going on around us. Find out what your elected officails political views are and demand they fall in lne with yours. Ater all he or she works for YOU!


Sincerely,
Erik J Sturm Sr.