This 2 year Federal Employee Pay Freeze=Bad Policy.

Today, Obama proposed Freezing the Pay of all Federal Employees for 2 yrs.

This is a horrible policy. It won't even put a dent in the deficit (2 billion/yr). Big deal.

Meanwhile, working class people get SCREWED again.

Obama is in bed with Wall Street Bankers. Federal employees salaries should be getting RAISED not frozen. The Federal Govt. needs to set the example to the private sector employers. That example should mean a DECENT INCREASE in wages for the people who really are the backbone of this economy, the AVERAGE WORKER. Why not get rid of the waste and abuse FIRST before punishing the Middle Class. There is over 1 trillion dollars in waste, fraud, and abuse in Washington. CUT THE WASTE BEFORE PUNISHING THE MIDDLE CLASS.

Every time I turn around, the middle class are getting the short end of the stick, while the millionaires get richer.  It is very easy for Obama and his Wall St. Banker MILLIONAIRES to sit on their high horse and brazenly call for a freeze to all Federal employees.  These are middle class workers, not rich Wall St. bankers.  How is the economy going to come back if your income stays stagnant, while the cost of College, Food, Energy keeps rising faster and faster.  Why not propose something bold Obama?  How about a FREEZE on College Tuition costs for 5 or even 10yrs??

I thought Obama was for the middle class.  It is clear that Obama is in bed with the FAT WALL ST. BANKERS.  He does not give a darn about the middle class.  In fact, most politicians do not care about the middle class.  They are ALL millionaires.  They have made theirs and could care less about your pain.  Make no mistake about it.  All of us should say NO to the deficit hawks who just want to screw you either by increasing the age you can collect Social Security or by freezing your pay, or some other cut to SCREW YOU.

 My answer to my Congressman.   CUT THE WASTE NOT MY MONEY!!!!!

Jimbo

DON'T TOUCH MY JUNK!

Last Sat. John Tyner wanted to travel from an Airport in San Diego and objected to going through the TSA'S new porn body scanner.  He objected as well to being physically groped by TSA agents.  He also recorded it on his cell phone and it went viral.  John Tyner was everywhere on all the networks, Fox, CNN, MSNBC, etc.

John Tyner is RIGHT.  The 4th amendment protects us from unreasonable searches and seizures.  Just because the Government is doing it, doesn't make it right.  The TSA has to follow the same Constitution as we do.  Period.
This is not about "safety", it's about my Constitutional rights.  We cannot voluntarily give these up.  If we do, we become closer to a Police State.  WE DO NOT WANT TO BECOME A POLICE STATE.

We as Americans need to say NO to this INVASION of Privacy. This is a BLATANT VIOLATION of our 4th amendment rights. Don't buy the false argument of doing it for "safety". The underwear bomber was caught by passengers, NOT the TSA. It is high time that ...we quit allowing groping and porn scanners and random searches of nuns and babies. The only one who should be searched is the Exchange student from Yemen or the like, NOT little old ladies or babies.  Search someone who does not answer questions about their travel appropriately.  We know what the would be Terrorist looks like (middle eastern, Muslim, traveling without his family, etc.) Thank you John Tyner.

Continue the fight against tyranny and fascism.  Call your Congressman and Senator to voice your opposition to this violation of your 4th amendment.

Jimbo

IF REPUBLICANS WANT TO WIN IN 2012, THEY BETTER BE PROTECTIONISTS

Republicans won 60+ seats in the House and about 6 seats in the Senate this year.  However, they almost lost a crucial Senate seat in Pennsylvania.  The Democrat Joe Sestak almost beat Pat Toomey, even though Toomey was up big in the polls.  Toomey won, but just barely.  Why was it so close?
One answer:  Free Trade.
Pennsylvania has lost THOUSANDS of jobs to China, India, Mexico.  Good paying Manufacturing Jobs have left the State, and MANY other States all over the USA.  I am talking about USA Companies, that wanted to get Cheap Labor, so they closed up their plants/factories here and opened them up overseas.

Joe Sestak ran a 30 second ad just before the election, displaying the fact that these jobs went overseas and that he would "Fight" for Pennsylvania to get them back.  His ad almost worked.

I am not sure how Toomey feels about NAFTA, GATT, or outsourcing in general, but if Republicans like him want to win big in 2012, they need to be out front on this issue, being AGAINST OUTSOURCING, AGAINST NAFTA, GATT and FOR TARIFFS, especially on products coming from Third world Countries like China and India.

According to a recent Wall St. Journal poll, Americans of ALL INCOME brackets believe that FREE TRADE has HURT the USA economy. 


This is a NO BRAINER to me.  If Republicans want to win the Presidency, the Senate, and keep a majority in the House, they need to be the ones OUT IN FRONT AGAINST OUTSOURCING JOBS TO FOREIGN COUNTRIES.

How can one really argue for outsourcing anyway.  It is anti-patriotic.  It is anti-USA.  We need to place high Tariffs on these imported goods, while at the same time giving tax breaks, even subsidies to companies that hire USA workers and pay them well above the minimum wage. 

With 10-15% unemployment, IT IS HIGH TIME TO BE FOR THE US WORKER.

So Republicans, take the LEAD and make a special announcement speaking out against outsourcing and for bringing back manufacturing, along with customer service telephone jobs BACK TO THE USA.  After the announcement, back it up with actual policy (i.e. Tariffs, fines for companies that outsource, tax breaks for companies that keep work here in the USA).

Jimbo