Not made in America

[ITPjohn]

I saw this at one of the buildings where I'm working. It makes you think. I hope that Washington can do something about trade agreements and illegal immigration before there's many more Joe Smiths out there. Trade agreements for obvious reasons. Illegal immigration because if you have thousands of illegals coming into the US annually, some are going to be competing with Americans and legal immigrants for the dwindling number of good jobs out there. It won't be just manual labor and minimum wage jobs.

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Joe Smith started the day early. His alarm clock (made in Japan) went off at 6AM. While his coffee pot (made in China) was perking, he shaved with his electric razor (made in Hong Kong) then put on a dress shirt (made in Sri Lanka), designer jeans (made in Singapore), and shoes (made in Korea). After cooking his breakfast in an electric skillet (made in India), he sat down with his calculator (made in Mexico) to see how much that he could spend today. He set his watch (made in Taiwan) to the radio (made in Japan), got in his car (made in Germany), filled it with gas from Saudi Arabia, and continued his search for a good paying American job. At the end of yet another discouraging and fruitless day checking his computer (made in Malaysia), Joe decided to relax for a while. He put on his sandals (made in Brazil), poured a glass of wine (made in France), and turned on the TV (made in Indonesia). All the while he shook his head and wondered why he can't find a good paying job in America.

 

[shel90]

It is those greedy CEOs who dont want to spend more money on higher wages for American employees. Cheaper to pay for overseas employment. It is all about greed and lack of empathy for their own countrymen.

 

[TFWFalcon]

It is those greedy CEOs who dont want to spend more money on higher wages for American employees. Cheaper to pay for overseas employment. It is all about greed and lack of empathy for their own countrymen.

yes perfect one.

 

[Heath]

Exactly, Amen !!!!!

 

[Dark-Half]

It is those greedy CEOs who dont want to spend more money on higher wages for American employees. Cheaper to pay for overseas employment. It is all about greed and lack of empathy for their own countrymen.

Yesterday Nancy Pelosi made history, the Democrats took the reins in Congress, and the first piece of the "100 Hours Agenda"—ethics and lobbying reform—passed with bipartisan support.

Next week, one of the issues most important to Americans' daily lives will come up for a vote: raising the minimum wage. As expected, powerful corporate interests are "scrambling their marketing, public-relations and advertising forces to shore up their defenses."1 We've got to fight back.

We took the first step yesterday by generating over 140,000 signatures on our petition to Congress (you can sign here). The next step is to publicly show broad support for an increased minimum wage. And the best way to do that is with a letter to the editor of your local paper. It just takes a few minutes, and you can easily submit online. Please write yours today:

Here are the facts on raising the minimum wage:

It's been too long: The federal minimum wage has now remained unchanged for almost 10 years, the longest stretch in its history.2 Since Congress last voted to increase the minimum wage, the cost of living has gone up by 25%3 and Congress has increased their annual salary by $31,600 dollars.4
It's too low: A full-time minimum wage worker brings in just $10,712 a year,5 less than half of the poverty level for a family of four.6 The proposed increase to $7.25 an hour would help approximately 13 million low-income people,7 most of whom are women.8 The $4,4009 annual raise is equal to about 15 months worth of groceries.10
It doesn't cost jobs: Real world studies have consistently found that cities and states with higher minimum wages often retain or even increase job levels.11 And 86% of small business owners report raising the minimum wage would have no effect on them.12
The U.S. Chamber of Commerce and other corporate interests are mounting a vigorous lobbying effort to squash the minimum wage raise—despite the fact that the average CEO these groups represent earns more than 821 times the average minimum wage worker.12 A letter to the editor is a perfect way to help show where the American people stand on this issue of basic fairness.

Taken from moveon.org/ on the 5th (It was in my inbox though.)