The American Dream?

Dr. Jones wrote:I was talking about this to someone the other day.  You simply can't afford to live in the US anymore.  Costs are going up, up, up and wages are stagnant.  Even with record levels of production and businesses sitting on record amounts of cash, workers are barely skimming by.  Our country will not prosper until this problem is fixed.


Americans fear 'dead-end crap jobs'
http://money.cnn.com/2016/03/16/news/economy/donald-trump-bernie-sanders-us-election/index.html

Darth Cheney wrote:

Dr. Jones wrote:I was talking about this to someone the other day.  You simply can't afford to live in the US anymore.  Costs are going up, up, up and wages are stagnant.  Even with record levels of production and businesses sitting on record amounts of cash, workers are barely skimming by.  Our country will not prosper until this problem is fixed.


Americans fear 'dead-end crap jobs'
http://money.cnn.com/2016/03/16/news/economy/donald-trump-bernie-sanders-us-election/index.html

The fruits of liberalism....enjoy!

Dr. Jones wrote:I was talking about this to someone the other day.  You simply can't afford to live in the US anymore.  Costs are going up, up, up and wages are stagnant.  Even with record levels of production and businesses sitting on record amounts of cash, workers are barely skimming by.  Our country will not prosper until this problem is fixed.


Americans fear 'dead-end crap jobs'
http://money.cnn.com/2016/03/16/news/economy/donald-trump-bernie-sanders-us-election/index.html

Gomezz Adddams wrote:

Dr. Jones wrote:I was talking about this to someone the other day.  You simply can't afford to live in the US anymore.  Costs are going up, up, up and wages are stagnant.  Even with record levels of production and businesses sitting on record amounts of cash, workers are barely skimming by.  Our country will not prosper until this problem is fixed.


Americans fear 'dead-end crap jobs'
http://money.cnn.com/2016/03/16/news/economy/donald-trump-bernie-sanders-us-election/index.html

Then move to Canada or Mexico. I'll even help you pack and buy your first tank of gas.

Jammer wrote:The American Dream is vanishing and it is the direct result of progressive liberalism.  Progressive liberal principles, policies and programs are without question, the sole destructive force that will deprive future generations of Americans from attaining the American Dream.

One only has to connect the dots to realize how the evilness that is politely called progressive liberalism is the root cause of this decline.  First, there is only one thing that generates prosperity and that is the system of Free Market Capitalism.  There is nothing else that provides a sustainable environment where every person has an equal opportunity to enjoy prosperity.

Wrong.   Free Market Capitalism eventually creates the type of winner takes all atmosphere we are dealing with today. 

One only has to listen to the democrat debates to understand how unrelenting the progressive liberal attack is on the only system that creates prosperity.  The dots along the way are many.

Name a few.

You can begin with the progressive liberal invention of crony capitalism that many Republicans are also quite fond of once they learned how to politically benefit from it.  The drivers of Free Market Capitalism are innovation and competitiveness.  Once companies learn that it is easier to rig the system than it is to innovate or that it is easier to buy influence than it is to compete, the system of Free Market Capitalism suffers and begins a destructive decline.  And it all started with progressive liberals using crony capitalism to buy political contributions and votes.

Which liberal companies do you think were the pioneers of crony capitalism in America?

But that is not the only progressive liberal force which is destroying the American Dream.  Thanks to progressive liberal policies and programs that have:
- increased the regulatory environment
- restricted the ability to develop our natural resources and thus drive up energy costs
Driving up energy costs? Kind of a strange point to make right now,  don't you think? 
- maintained a corporate tax code that is noncompetitive and fosters crony capitalism
As compared to who? 
- allowed unions to drive the productivity out of our workforce
- created an environment where workers no longer understand that they must provide value to their employer commensurate with what their salary is
Due to employees productivity is at all time record highs, and companies are making record profits.  What type of value are you looking for? 
- destroyed our educational system to the point where we can no longer produce STEM graduates to meet our needs
People can no longer afford to go to college.  Neither the parents can afford it,  nor the student who's post graduation salary couldn't support a living much less paying off college loans.  We've priced ourselves into a skilled labor shortage.

Progressive liberals have driven this country to the point where it is so costly that American manufacturing companies cannot compete and they have taken their manufacturing and the resulting jobs overseas.  And it is very simple; an economy that does not produce anything is not sustainable.  

Would you rather have the type of sweat shops these products are being manufactured in right here in the USA?  These are countries where,  what basic necessities they have,  are provided by their government.  Not the case in the US.  These manufacturers are simply looking for the best of both worlds, and they've got it.  If you want a one way ticket to one of these economic powerhouses that you speak so highly of,  Gomerr is handing out tickets. 
Without a properly working system of free market capitalism, we are destined to slide into third world status and it is all the direct result of PROGRESSIVE LIBERALISM.

No.  Without working capital to flow through the system,  like blood through our bodies, we are destined to slide into third world status.  Actually more of an Oligarchy status.  See most oil laden countries in the middle east for reference. 

PROGRESSIVE LIBERALISM IS EVIL AND THE PEOPLE WHO SUPPORT IT ARE EVIL

What Jammer really meant to write wrote:However, when the crony capitalism of the Republicans takes over and the government begins picking winner and losers there will be a very few winners who do get excessively wealthy.  And surprise surprise, these excessively wealthy people turn around and give large political contributions to the Republican politicians who picked them to be the winner.

Jammer wrote:
... A few years ago progressive liberal regulations and restrictions had driven the price of gasoline up to $5 a gallon and natural gas up to $14 per mcf.   This was because they had effectively limited the supply of oil and natural gas production to the point that demand was much greater than the limited supply that progressive liberals would allow to be produced. ...

Gomezz Adddams wrote:"- restricted the ability to develop our natural resources and thus drive up energy costs
Driving up energy costs? Kind of a strange point to make right now,  don't you think?"

Energy costs (oil and natural gas) are low right now in spite of Obama regulations and policies and not because of anything Flapjacks™ has done. This is due to the advanced fracking technologies brought about by capitalistic competition.

Jammer wrote:I am not even going to bother to address these stupid comments by liberals as they are clearly morons and don’t have a clue.  For any conservatives who wish to learn more, here is a link to see what the increases in US production of crude and natural gas have been.  You can then go to the graph that shows the worldwide supply and demand over time and do the math yourself.  You will see that the vast majority of the increased crude production that has created the oversupply has come from the US. Obviously with Iran just being able to produce in the last month, that will have a minor impact going FORWARD.

https://www.eia.gov/petroleum/production/?src=home-b2#oil-tab

And as for natural gas, even a complete moron should realize that we get the vast majority of our natural gas domestically.   Something like 98% of our natural gas is produced in North America.  Our largest source of natural gas from overseas is from the farts of liberals getting off planes coming back from their Obama funded overseas vacations.  

I am sure the liberals are totally clueless on how natural gas can or cannot be transported.   US natural gas production increases have come from one place and that is from the new technology that makes shale reserves available.

Shortie's Ex wrote:Mr. Jammer the parts about exports from the US are found in your link.  

And you need to talk to Boone Pickens about the ways that natural gas can be processed and shipped.  He has been tilting at that windmill for a long time (hint the initials CNG and LNG will get you toward understanding.  see also propane).

Mr. Jammer I grant to you proper respect and courtesy when I talk to you.  I expect the same in return.