Posted on 02/04/2006 4:38:34 AM PST by Tyche
Bush has become a schizophrenic president. In his SOTU address he tells us how much we have to protect the U.S. and then tells us how much we have to sell out the American people.
There is so much to dislike about him these days. Who really, is GW? Is he a puppet of his father's other son (Clinton)?
I don't get this at all.
He is still better then that worthless fop from Mass. That said, I have become increasingly discusted with Gw on economic and job issues.
I agree. Aren't people like JasonC, Rush Limbaugh, Hannity, WSJ gang, etc. really telling us that Americans are not smart enough, don't make the right decisions and in general not as industrious as these foreigners?
Bush contradicts himself every time he speaks about this issue. Even from sentence to sentence:
"Congress needs to understand that nations like India, China, Japan, Korea and Canada all offer tax incentives that are permanent. In other words, we live in a competitive world. We want to be the leader in this world," Bush said in a speech in Minnesota on Thursday.
To fill vacant jobs in the US, Bush urged the Congress to lift current limit on H-1B visas that allow foreign workers to get jobs in the United States. The Congress in 2005 capped at 65,000 the number of H-1B visas, a third of the 195,000 allowed during the technology boom.
Some choice though...
Kerry and the democrats: Global Socialism.
Jorge and the pubbies: Global Corporatism.
I'm glad I don't have grandchildren at this point in time...
Bump
Not a bad overview...But here is another point. Everytime you import 20,000 H1-B, which increases the supply and dampens the wage, you send a clear message to domestic high school students about to enter college. The message resonates loud and clear. Don't take the hard math and science classes, the return isn't worth it. Take liberal arts. Become a banker, butcher or lawyer. Don't be a geek. You can make more money doing the "soft" stuff.
I maybe time to walk off the plantation. I did 3 years ago. I am now a conservative independent. And as of know I have no plan to vote for either party in 2006.
"I agree. Aren't people like JasonC, Rush Limbaugh, Hannity, WSJ gang, etc. really telling us that Americans are not smart enough, don't make the right decisions and in general not as industrious as these foreigners?"
There is a constant undermining of not only confidence, but institutions. I was told things two, three decades ago that I thought nutty, but I'm beginning to see the fruit of all this and I'm sorry that I didn't take it seriously.
The great "levelling" of our society is unstoppable. This country had to be taken down at all levels since the rest of the world could not be brought up to our standard of living.
I am beginning to wonder. With a republican (hardly conservative) Congress and Kerry as president I kind of think the true conservatives would have given him a battle and forced the issue. With the social liberalism of GW there really is no battle about conservatism and liberalism here in the U.S. The pubs in Congress are mostly afraid to go against Bush. They would probably have put up one heck of fight agianst Kerry.
I'm already an Indie, but what's the point? I don't think there is anything short of a major awakening that can jolt the country out of its slumber.
There is logic in what you say.
The method of counting unemployment is faulty. Get a grip.
Engineers who flip burgers are counted as employed while those who gave up on looking for job are not counted. The sample of people interviewed is skewed and not all unemployed receive unemployment benefits. Get a grip and open your eyes.
He just doesn't get it on immigration.
Smart people learn what they have to and can do so on very short time scales, when they are allowed to. That is what makes the real world so much more efficient than academia, as a matter of fact.
As for the IBM story, who is the director of corporate strategy at IBM who maps such things out? Might he know anything about it?
The Indian genius will move to London and make 100,000 pounds a year and have a much better life.
And companies not only look past the current quarter, they look past the current generation. In mine we look for talent still in college and occasionally while still in high school. Anywhere in the world. Grok, already.
Anyone remember the 70's and engineers? They couldn't find a job.
OK, what the immigration policy of an elitist, then?
Why does he get up there and say things that are so patently offensive to Americans? He talks us down, says we couldn't survive without illegals, says we aren't smart enough to do the brainwork. He sounds so mean.
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