"Fear of the Truth"

Fear:  That is what our politicians, with the help of the media, are pushing on the American public.  Fear of debt, fear of Socialists, fear of immigrants, fear of plant closings, fear of terrorists, fear of of death panels,  or fear of losing SSI or Medicare..  Fear, fear, & more fear.

What the leaders of this great nation fail to tell the people, is the TRUTH.  The American econoomy is able to be fixed.  As a nation, we are able to provide more jobs for all of our workers.

Congress needs to fix the trade deficit between the U.S. and other countries.
 This can be done by:

1.) Charging an import tax, equal in amount, to each country that charges one on U.S. goods that come into their borders. Fair Trade, not Free Trade!
2.)  Heavy taxes on American companies that produce goods overseas for cheap labor in order to maximize profits.  Did you know that Nike pays more money to Michael Jordan than the total for the rest of their workers combined!
3.)  Close all tax loopeholes & overseas tax havens.
4.)  Raise taxes on all millionaires to support our Social Safety Net programs.

These steps will make it just as profitable to produce goods in the U.S. as China.

Why then don't we do these simple steps?  That's an easy one.  Large corporations have a need to generate as much profit as they can.  The wealthy owners and stockholders are not satisfied to run a business that makes money, they want to make as much as possible.  They are immoral and greedy.

Our large corporations have bought  and paid for all of our leaders.  Politicians do the bidding for their benefactors and not their constituents.

They are able to get away with the by having the media spend it's time on meaningless issues and not on our need for jobs.  There is no good reason why the American worker can't have a good-paying job with good benefits.  The wealthy have the money to get what they want.  All the average worker has is his vote. Sad, but many of us will vote for politicians who advocate for lower taxes on corporations and cuts for the middle class and poor.

Wal-Mart is an example of this kind of cancer that eats at the economy of the U.S, They buy politicians so they can keep importing junk from China, and at the same time, are helping to eliminate American jobs.  They, and other giant corporations, will be the death of this great country.

In closing, I would like to be an advocate for a Progressive Tax Bill that would put a stop to the flow of money from the citizens to the pockets of the wealthy.  Without such a tax system, the rich will just get richer and the poor will just get poorer.  Nothing good can come from such a large income disparity as this.