Everyone is sad: there are no jobs. One thing I always here taking the blame for this is export. Instead of making all the sutff we use here (and Boy! we've got a LOT of stuff) we have others make it for us. Like some over-stuffed monopoly man.
Work is hard.
But no we have none. And that is hard, too.
There are a million things to do about this, if we would buckle down and do them (spend a little more for American Made stuff, for one). I recently read that other countries (like China) spend their revenues like a venture capitalist would. Sticking their fingers into investments.
"What's that you say?" asks the country in the booming, omnidirectional voice a country would have, "Mactrotechnogadget wants to make a new gizmo? Well what's keepin' 'em from makin it here?"
"Well, sir..." said the meeker messenger, "it appears that they don't want to spend $200 million building a new plant to make them... It's a lot of money and all so I think they're just looking for--"
"Say no more! It's not a problem." laughes the country, "We can help 'em out, can't we?"
"Sir?"
"Tell 'em if they'd like, we'll go halfsies with 'em! Hell, we'll go 70-30. And we might as well start builing in just in case they take the offer. Begin ground breaking!"
"Oh! Well... Alright!" says the excited messenger, "I will, sir! Right Away!"
"Good! It will be great to have that new industry here, m'boy. Just fantastic!"
And the choice is tempting. Sometimes the only option for a company that wants to make something that can actually sell. How many people would buy the American-Made iPad that cost $1500? When here in America, our bi-polar (literally) dissociatively identified government says:
"Oh! Well..., uh... You know, it's complicated. There's taxes to figure out... and policy... Should we cover that cost with a new tax? Or just borrow something... from a creditor... we could cut a little from school taxes, of course.... hm....." then interrupts itself shouting: "Fool! We cannot meddle in the Private Sector!" only to interrupt again, like a sweet old lady, "yesyesyes. It all makes perfect sense now. Of course we'll help you little business man, you! Here's a benny, now run along and play! He's such a sweet--Hey! Come back here with my money you thief! How dare you destroy the environment! Crooks and Liars, all of you!"
And all the while, the populace (who elected this babble, of their own "free will") is screaming, shrilly, loud enough to burst their own ear drums: INCOMPETENCE!!!
It's no wonder we don't get anything done around here.
But it is harder for us. We make it very hard for ourselves. Where would we get the money to build a manufacturing plant for a poor billion-dollar corporation? Our billionaires can't afford to be taxed any more than they can afford to build anything. China has some money to work with.
Now to derail myself from the point:
My primary concern is the environment, but really I think of the world as a whole. So I'm going to contradict myself here.
I am one of the reasons America has no ability to make up its mind. I would rather mine for Molybdenum on Red Lady up in Crested Butte then anywhere in China. Red Lady will be a little bit better taken care of. As will our workers making iPads. But the end product will be more expensive in dollars (the dollar cost reflecting more accurately the true cost of the toy) But in the end, I would rather no more mining ever again. We've already pillaged enough crap out of the ground for the rest of eternity. Besides, mining is a short-lived economic 'solution' - it ain't gonna last. I always vote against it.
And then cry foul when it is done in China instead.
In a perfect world, we would recycle better. No industry and mining will ever be a permanent economic solution unless in considers the whole picture. Cycles back on itself and keeps turning. That's how the economic machine is supposed to work: you do work, get a dollar, spend it someone else's work who then gives it back to you for yours again. Over and over and over again. Just keep moving. Money is only supposed to be an accounting system. So why not build these factories in existing places? In existing cities? Recycle bottles and cans instead of mining? Then I would support the industry being here.
Our entire understanding of "economics" is a figment of our collective imagination and is in no way the only option or reality. It is a manufactured reality. In the end, any economy is only as functioning as its parts. If we want a good one, we have got to have parts. And we are running out of them and exporting the rest.
Work is hard.
But no we have none. And that is hard, too.
There are a million things to do about this, if we would buckle down and do them (spend a little more for American Made stuff, for one). I recently read that other countries (like China) spend their revenues like a venture capitalist would. Sticking their fingers into investments.
"What's that you say?" asks the country in the booming, omnidirectional voice a country would have, "Mactrotechnogadget wants to make a new gizmo? Well what's keepin' 'em from makin it here?"
"Well, sir..." said the meeker messenger, "it appears that they don't want to spend $200 million building a new plant to make them... It's a lot of money and all so I think they're just looking for--"
"Say no more! It's not a problem." laughes the country, "We can help 'em out, can't we?"
"Sir?"
"Tell 'em if they'd like, we'll go halfsies with 'em! Hell, we'll go 70-30. And we might as well start builing in just in case they take the offer. Begin ground breaking!"
"Oh! Well... Alright!" says the excited messenger, "I will, sir! Right Away!"
"Good! It will be great to have that new industry here, m'boy. Just fantastic!"
And the choice is tempting. Sometimes the only option for a company that wants to make something that can actually sell. How many people would buy the American-Made iPad that cost $1500? When here in America, our bi-polar (literally) dissociatively identified government says:
"Oh! Well..., uh... You know, it's complicated. There's taxes to figure out... and policy... Should we cover that cost with a new tax? Or just borrow something... from a creditor... we could cut a little from school taxes, of course.... hm....." then interrupts itself shouting: "Fool! We cannot meddle in the Private Sector!" only to interrupt again, like a sweet old lady, "yesyesyes. It all makes perfect sense now. Of course we'll help you little business man, you! Here's a benny, now run along and play! He's such a sweet--Hey! Come back here with my money you thief! How dare you destroy the environment! Crooks and Liars, all of you!"
And all the while, the populace (who elected this babble, of their own "free will") is screaming, shrilly, loud enough to burst their own ear drums: INCOMPETENCE!!!
It's no wonder we don't get anything done around here.
But it is harder for us. We make it very hard for ourselves. Where would we get the money to build a manufacturing plant for a poor billion-dollar corporation? Our billionaires can't afford to be taxed any more than they can afford to build anything. China has some money to work with.
Now to derail myself from the point:
My primary concern is the environment, but really I think of the world as a whole. So I'm going to contradict myself here.
I am one of the reasons America has no ability to make up its mind. I would rather mine for Molybdenum on Red Lady up in Crested Butte then anywhere in China. Red Lady will be a little bit better taken care of. As will our workers making iPads. But the end product will be more expensive in dollars (the dollar cost reflecting more accurately the true cost of the toy) But in the end, I would rather no more mining ever again. We've already pillaged enough crap out of the ground for the rest of eternity. Besides, mining is a short-lived economic 'solution' - it ain't gonna last. I always vote against it.
And then cry foul when it is done in China instead.
In a perfect world, we would recycle better. No industry and mining will ever be a permanent economic solution unless in considers the whole picture. Cycles back on itself and keeps turning. That's how the economic machine is supposed to work: you do work, get a dollar, spend it someone else's work who then gives it back to you for yours again. Over and over and over again. Just keep moving. Money is only supposed to be an accounting system. So why not build these factories in existing places? In existing cities? Recycle bottles and cans instead of mining? Then I would support the industry being here.
Our entire understanding of "economics" is a figment of our collective imagination and is in no way the only option or reality. It is a manufactured reality. In the end, any economy is only as functioning as its parts. If we want a good one, we have got to have parts. And we are running out of them and exporting the rest.
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