Minus the manufacture of actual products, investors flocked to more speculative ventures, many of which turned out to be gigantic stock manipulation swindles.

But rather than address the problems, the government started playing its own bookkeeping games, looting Social Security and claiming it was a budget surplus. Knowing that the stock market was in trouble, the "Plunge Protection Team" was created to use government sanctioned rigging to keep the numbers high, as a political banner, even though such activity made the underlying problem of over-valuation much, much worse.

The loss of manufacturing to other nations meant that Americans had to buy more and more products once made in the USA from companies in other nations. This created the present $1.5 billion a DAY trade deficit. Normally, such a trade imbalance would drive the value of the dollar down, but a devalued dollar makes that portion of the government debt held by foreign interests increase, since the debt is held in the currency of the lending institution.

This was the rock and hard place the US Government found itself in. So deep in debt it cannot even make the interest payments, unable to sell products to generate revenues to pay that debt because manufacturing was taxed into relocating, and a threatened collapse of the dollar that would force a default on the debt and ruin the standard of living Americans had worked so hard to achieve..."

U.S. Samoa Factory Owner Guilty of Slavery, Abuse of 'Migrant Workers'
HONOLULU -- The owner of an American Samoa garment factory was found guilty Friday of money laundering and involuntary servitude for enslaving workers from Vietnam and China. The federal jury also convicted Kil Soo Lee, 52, of conspiracy and extortion. Lee owns Daewoosa Samoa Ltd., which made clothes for J.C. Penney Co. and other retailers before its closure.

• U.S. Bankruptcies at Record High in 2002

My boyfriend puts in an application at a Door making factory called Premdor. His friend, who works there, asked his boss the likelihood of him getting hired. His boss replies "IS HE MEXICAN?". No, he isn't."WELL THEN, PROBABLY NOT". ok.....what the F#$* is up with THAT? All right, I've vented enough, but all I have to say to these American Companies that are moving to Mexico is TAKE THE DAMNED MEXICANS WITH YOU. Then maybe I can find a job.... }:(

Yours Truely,
- Angie B.

Letter to NNN editor: BOYCOTT MAYTAG - Moving to Mexico
Sir;
Let's get Americans to boycot Maytag.
Since they are closing a plant in the U S to open one in Mexico.
At a savings per worker of $13.00 per hour.
And George encourages this kind of sabotage on our economy.
It should be called Corporate terrorism of the American worker.
- A. Reader
Cold Spring N.Y.

Ref: Maytag closes plant, moving 1,600 jobs to Mexico to cut costs - reports 48% profit rise 3 days later.
Ref: more links on Maytag's move to Mexico

There will surely be many marches and demonstrations when the public finally learns the truth about the economy and the colossal failures of the government establishment to take appropriate measures, years previously, that might have somewhat mitigated the conditions. I imagine there will be public burnings in effigy of Alan Greenspan and a few other key figures..."

• Jobless rate in Mexifornia hits 6.6%
  State agency says 15,400 people lost employment in December - (Rick Dean)
  
• Construction Workers Protest Jobs Lost To Illegal Mexicans
  One of the subcontractors reportedly hired illegal Mexican immigrants - (Rick Dean)
• GE unit in North St. Paul to shed 185 jobs
  General Electric's Interlogix plant in North St. Paul is cutting 185 jobs,
  with the work going to a Mexican contractor, company officials confirmed Friday. - (svejk)

• Immigration Imperialism Unmasked
  "Congress boasts that it alone has freed from bondage millions of foreigners and at the same time
  enslaved millions of Americans through massive job losses. Cheers for Socialism!"
  
  
• Kmart closes 326 stores, 37,000 jobs to be cut  - (Rense.com)
• Kmart to release store closings by Jan. 17
  According to Bankruptcydata.com, Kmart Corp. plans to release its latest list of store closings by Jan. 17.
• Retail Consultant Says Kmart Will Seek to Close 312 Stores
  
  
• Economy loses 101,000 jobs - Unemployment holds steady at 6%
• December layoffs put unemployment at eight-year high
  
  
• Texas: Penney to cut jobs, close catalog facilities
• Texas refinery to cut jobs due to Venezuela-sources
• North Carolina: Food Lion to close some stores, cut jobs
• Miller plans to close Tumwater brewery, cut jobs
• Oregon: EMU budget decision may cut jobs
• Alcoa's 4th-Quarter Loss Grew; Will Cut Jobs, Sell Assets
• Touch America's planned layoffs bitter blow for Butte, Missoula
• North Carolina: Cormetech workers face layoffs
  

Fastest way to create jobs for Americans
What's the fastest way to create one job for one native-born American programmer or engineer who's been downsized?
Deport one H-1(b) back to India!
What's the fastest way to create one job for one native-born American textile-mill worker whose mill is downsizing?
Deport one illegal alien working in a nearby mill back to Mexico! - (Matt Maggio) - (American Worker)

-Trying to overtax vacation checks. ex: taking insurance out of check, and taxing 50$ for a 150$ check. Oh, and about those vacation checks...My sister didn't even get one. She got a big fat VOID for a 40 hour check (their reason? she was on maternity leave for 6 weeks out of 6 months. And the amount on checks were based on income of past 6 months)

-Adding severance pay to the final paycheck and taxing it at almost 50%.

-Lack of communication. Asking to speak to the boss several times, he says he did but never did.

-Unequal shifts. 1st shift is allowed to leave early and be paid, while 2nd shift is forced to stay and do all of what 1st did not do (or have no work at all to do, and still not allowed to leave).

-Forced to continue piece work under stress of losing a job right around Christmas (This lowers hourly wages drastically).

-How about the lack of ability to give 2nd shift their weekly paychecks. We are always having to come to work early on the day we dont work to get our checks.

-Oh, and here is a good one. They say they lost 600, 000 pairs of pants while being shipped. If they dont find them, we won't get our measly bonus.

There are way too many things to continue. 4 words can sum it all up; We are being screwed.

It is sad. VF sold out to Mexico. Americans need to boycott everything they produce. But....It's not like we can afford to buy their products anymore anyways. Instead of George Strait posing with Wranglers on, I guess they'll switch to Cheech and Chong.

  1. Round up and deport all illegal aliens
  2. Give all legal, foreign workers six months to leave the country
  3. Only American English will be spoken in all work places
  4. Ballots may only be printed in American English
  5. No foreign ownership of American businesses or property
  6. US to withdraw from all foreign economic treaties such as NAFTA, GATT, the World Bank, etc.
  7. Increase constitutional tariffs until they eliminate competition by foreign slave labor
  8. End all foreign aid and loans
  9. Abolish the private "Federal Reserve"
10. Stop paying usurious interest on the Federal Debt
11. A charge of Treason for theft, export or sale of American Technology
12. Illegal aliens may not transfer money out of US. Tourists may not leave with more than they came with.
13. Abolish income tax.
14. Prevent investment by American Citizens in competing foreign industry or technology
15. (may be revised or expanded...)

• Links to related sites:
• American Workers: High Immigration Harms Many American Workers - NumbersUSA
  
• H-1B is one of many bills that allows companies in the United States to hire foreign workers.
  
• Buy USA Made Products
• US job loses to China
• Constitution Party 2000 Platform - Tariffs and Trade
• Stop Treasonous Export of Technology, Industries and Jobs
  

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