OK HERE IS MY TAKE ON A MAJOR PART OF THE FINANCIAL CRISIS IN THIS COUNTRY RIGHT NOW. THERE ARE TOO MANY PEOPLE WITHOUT JOBS AND TOO MANY COMPANIES STILL LEAVING. IN THE SMALL TOWN I WORK IN ONE OF THE MAJOR EMPLOYERS THAT HAS BEEN AROUND FOR YEARS IS CLOSING AND 175 PEOPLE ARE OUT OF WORK. WELL GUESS WHAT THEY WILL NO LONGER BE PAYING TAXES, WHICH I THINK IS HIGHWAY ROBBERY ANYWAYS. WITH ALL OF THE PEOPLE THAT LAVE BEEN "LAID-OFF"-MEANING COMPANIES WENT OVERSEAS TO MAKE MORE PROFIT OFF OF THOSE WHO HELPED THE COMPANY GROW AND THRIVE, YET GUESS WHAT THOSE SAME PEOPLE ARE NO LONGER GOING TO BE ABLE TO BUY THESE PRODUCTS BECAUSE THE GREEDY HIGHER UP'S PUT THEM OUT OF WORK. IF WE STOP IMPORTING THE THINGS THAT COULD BE MADE IN THIS COUNTRY AND PUT AMERICAN'S BACK TO WORK, GUESS WHAT THAT WOULD CREATE REVENUE AND MORE TAXES WOULD BE PAID, THEN WE COULD ACTUALLY PAY OFF THE INTERNATIONAL DEBT AND THIS COUNTRY WOULD BE SELF-SUFFICIENT. I ALSO DO NOT THINK THATCEO'S SHOULD MAKE THE MILLIONS THAT THEY DO AND GET SEVERANCE PACKAGES THAT ARE WORTH MORE THAN THE COST OF A SMALL COUNTRY. IT ALSO SEEMS LIKE THAT THE MORE THE CEO MAKES THE WORSE OFF THE COMPANY IS, I WONDER WHY? THE HIGHER-UPS ARE THE ONES RUINING THE COMPANIES THAT WERE ONCE THRIVING AND A VIABLE PART OF THE COUNTRY. I DON'T KNOW HOW THEY SLEEP AT NIGHT, KNOWING THAT THEY ARE SO GREEDY THAT THEY ARE THE CAUSE OF 100'S OF PEOPLE LOSING NOT ONLY THEIR JOBS, BUT ALSO IN MANY CASES THEIR LIFE SAVINGS AND EVERYTHING THAT THEY HAVE WORKED SO HARD TO HAVE.

ALSO PERSONALLY I THINK THAT GOVERNMENT IS GETTING THEIR HANDS IN TOO MUCH OF THE PRIVATE SECTOR. WHICH BEFORE LONG THEY WILL BE IN EVERYTHING AND THERE GOES FREE ENTERPRISE AND OUR DEMOCRATIC SOCIETY.

ALSO, WITH THE AVERAGE SALARY IN THE US BEING AROUND 36000, WHICH I DON'T KNOW TOO MANY PEOPLE WHO MAKE THAT, BUT I THINK THAT IT IS CRAZY THAT THE ELECTED OFFICIALS ARE MAKING OVER 160,000 PER YEAR, PLUS HEALTH CARE AND OTHER BENIFITS. I'M SORRY BUT I THINK THEY NEED A PAY CUT. ALSO I DON'T THINK IT IS RIGHT FOR THEM TO BE ABLE TO VOTE THEMSELVES A PAY RAISE OR GET LIFETIME BENIFITS.

THE WELFARE SYSTEM NEEDS TO BE REVAMPED. I KNOW PEOPLE NEED HELP, BUT THERE COMES A TIME WHEN YOU HAVE TO STAND ON YOUR OWN AND TAKE CARE OF YOURSELF. TOO MANY PEOPLE HAVE BECOME TOO RELIANT ON THE GOVERNMENT TO TAKE CARE OF THEM, BUT IF WE BROUGHT JOBS BACK FROM OVERSEAS AND PUT PEOPLE TO WORK THEN THEY WOULDN'T NEED THE HELP.

IT IS NOT OUR JOB TO DEVELOPE OTHER NATIONS BY BANKRUPTING OUR OWN. I KNOW THAT PROBABLE SOUNDS COLD. THAT IS EXACTLY WHERE WE ARE HEADED. WHEN I WAS IN COLLEGE ALL I HERAD WAS THAT TECHNOLOGY WAS THE NEW WAY FOR THE AMERICAN PEOPLE TO MAKE A LIVING, IN THEROY MAYBE, BUT WHEN YOU HAVE NOTHING TO SELL, NO GOODS AT ALL THE ECONOMY CANNOT SURVIVE. YOU CANNOT IMPORT MORE THAN YOU EXPORT AND REMAIN A STRONG NATION AND A SUCCESSFUL NATION. BUT WHAT GETS EVEN WORSE IS THAT WE ARE IMPORTING OUR SERVICE WORK ALSO, IT IS REDICULIOUS THAT A CALL CENTER FOR AN AMERICAN COMPANY WITH A CALL MADE WITHIN THE UNITED STATES IS NOT ANSWERED IN THE US. THERE ARE SO MANY THINGS THAT ARE NOT RIGHT, BUT COULD CHANGE IN AN INSTANT. EVERYONE NEEDS TO STAND UP AND MAKE WASHINGTON LISTEN, WE NEED TO BRING JOBS BACK HOME.