Obama’s Stimulus Promises Result in Loss of 2.7 Million Jobs

But you forgot the “un-measurable” saved” jobs. I’m sure it will be flouted that there would have been 4 million jobs lost if it weren’t for the stimulus package! LOL I know allot of strategists questioned how you can measure “saved jobs”. You can’t and that was the brilliance of the term. Just as you can’t prove “saved jobs”, you can’t disprove it either. But be honest, with the exception of the military (God Bless ‘em), would you want the government in charge of anything?

Sarge

As one of the 11,700 jobs lost in Nebraska this past year, my job as a Project Manager at an Engineering Design firm was eliminated in April. Seems the construction of Ethanol plants came to a screeching halt when developers could no longer get any funding from the banks. Obama & Co gave the big banks lots of bucks to bail them out but they did not pass it along to anyone who could CREATE JOBS. We’re living in the twilight zone now days. The banks are using the bail out cash to fund bonuses for ruining their business. Where I come from, those folks should have been fired, not given bonuses.

As I am over 62 and have a military retirement check coming in, I opted for Social Security and not Unemployment. I’m not even counted as unemployed though I would love to work if I could find a comparable job without moving (again)……

Maybe this is a good place to discuss this: As an employer in the IT field (programmer), I find that in this tight economy, it is better to outsource some/a lot of my work to russia. I have a team there that works for 10-14/dollars an hour, and deliver much higher quality code then most of the sources I have available in the states. Most of those ‘other’ sources are good, but not as good as my russians. And they try to charge over 75/hour. To me, it is a good thing as it adds a level of reality to our world in the U.S. Even network admins anymore think they can charge late 90’s prices (comparably) when computer solutions have dropped significantly across the board. Moores Law couldn’t stay consistent forever unless we shot through to quantum computing. With that said, I believe in employing Americans, but I don’t believe in employing Americans just because they are American. If they do a poor job, charge more, and complain more, I will be next to join the ranks of the unemployed. My russians work cheaper, write in better english than many of my u.s. programmers, don’t complain at all, and an almost always write better code for the price. Where is my motivation to go elsewhere?