Like many of other Americans i worry a lot about the new economy we are faced with.  Jobs are being outsourced and lost.  Unlike many others it is very possible i am a jerk (or realist) Why are we losing jobs to India and China?  Well if you can get a PHD computer programmer in India for 1/3 the cost and he is smart and harder working and you have to pay nothing for his health care or 401 k why would you keep your American? he is too busy playing chess on Facebook to work?  I am also not the guy who thinks that the government will fix the problem.  Letting the government run health care or a car company or really anything other then war is like putting Enron in charge of your company.  The government spends all the money plus triple on any budget and is slower and worse then any other solution.  Can you imagine the paperwork and trouble we are about to face if the government takes over these problems?  The solutions will look a lot like these pictures.  Look i fixed the health care system.  Now you only wait 6 months to maybe get a Dr who isn't any good but really how badly broken is your arm anyway?  Now fill out this 100 sheet application for health care and we will let you know. How do you "create millions of new jobs that can't be shipped overseas." by disbanding the private health care system which employs 14 million people....

How do you buy a company for 2 times what it is worth when you have no idea how to run that company?Have you ever seen the Pontiac Aztec?  If you get a chance look it up.  it sorta looks like a porta-potty on wheels.  This is the company the government overpaid for!  Most people if they buy a foreclosure or something from an estate or bankruptcy want a good deal.  That investor mindset is not alive and well in the government.  They paid about 2 times what the car company was worth!  Why are people not driving the Aztec?  Because the accord is about 200 times better and costs less.  Sorry for this rant but it might be time to look in the mirror and say "wow we are spoiled brats and now we want a fast solution but maybe there is not one so what do i do now to get through it?"  My take is don't expect a solution that isn't like one of these fixes.  rather decide to be better and work harder and smarter then the other guy and maybe your job will stay here.  I would love to hear your take too!