Its not the Economy stupid! (updated)

Yet another wasted Q/A session for the Republicans tonight.

Its not about the Economy stupid!

The Economy doesn't matter to most, if not the vast majority of, Americans since, who cares about something that doesn't care about them?

No matter how many jobs are created, most will not be filled by Americans.

Why would they be?  On low end there are illegal aliens that will work literally for a dollar a day & on the the upper levels we have H1B's willing to work for a bit more of a dollar a day.

Americans have no chance to compete with either group.

And Business could care less.

Tonight we'll hear all about incentivizing Business with tax cuts & more corporate welfare but nothing about them hiring Americans.

Yes, there will be jobs... just not for us.

On the low end the argument for hiring illegals is that they will do the jobs that Americans won't do.  Interestingly, thats the same argument that Slave owners used before the Civil war.

Sure, American's are not willing to pick berries for $.50/bushel or clean toilets for $5/hr.  Why?  They can't afford it.  If Businesses were paying well & with benefits there would be plenty of American's doing these types of work.  But Business keeps wages low with illegals & then blames Americans.

On the upper middle positions, the complaint/untruth that Business likes to tell is that there aren't enough Americans that have the skills needed to do these jobs.

Baloney!  Business just doesn't want to pay an American wage scale.  If this was indeed a problem then it could be solved quite easily.  Apprenticeship programs.  I guarantee you these programs would produce better workers while fostering loyalty and goodwill among those trained.  Its not Brain surgery!  Oh wait, learning Brain surgery is a type of Apprenticeship program.   These programs would be more useful than any college (un)education (don't get me started about the pathetic state of (non)education in this country today --- why in the world do you need a bloated 4 year degree to fill out spreadsheets?  Or code? Or just about everything???  But I digress.... see my previous post on this).

So Republicans, you can talk til you're blue (pun?) in the face about Business, I still won't care.

Neither will 90 million others.

PS- don't know how I missed this but just found out Walt Disney fired hundreds of their IT staff but not before letting them train their H1B replacements.

Thank you Walt Disney for proving my views to be true.  Business abusing American's & that Apprenticeship programs work!

PSPS- I loved the debate last night.  More later.

Human Rights Violation - Atlanta Public Schools

Denying children an education is a Human Rights Violation.  It can come in many forms but the one that has been "outed" in the Atlanta Public School system is that of teachers cheating for their students.  I say for them since none of the articles I've read give a hint that the students knew about it.  Which brings up another sordid revelation which is that the teachers lied to the students & to their parents.  But I digress.

Tests are there for a reason.  To test knowledge.  If a student cannot pass a test then either the test is flawed, the student does not have the knowledge, or the teacher did a bad job.

Since these were standardized tests given throughout the state and no where else did teachers have to change answers to "help" the students pass, we can safely say its not the tests "fault".  #sarcasm

Therefore we look to the student.  Maybe the student does not have the knowledge to pass the test.  This leads to the question as to whether or not the student received that knowledge.  If they did not receive it then again the finger is pointed at the teacher.  Why didn't they teach the student?  In the case where the student was not able to retain the knowledge given, then why didn't the teacher notice or care enough to help/teach the student to retain the knowledge? 

Quickly it is becoming apparent that who should be looked at is not the student but the teachers.  If the student did not get the knowledge or learn how to use the knowledge or learn how to retain the knowledge that is a direct reflection upon the teacher.  They are not teaching.  And by erasing questions that were incorrect and making them correct they furthered these atrocious acts by not only cheating on tests but cheating, ergo denying, the student of an education. 

Don't even get me started on the parents who are defending these criminals.   My parents would have stormed the school with torches and pitchforks if a teacher had abused me in this way.  But, again, I digress.

America is truly in a sad, sad state.  And thanks to teachers like this, the people will never notice.

My thoughts in 600 seconds or less!