The jobs reality check: Can they create one you would want? By Geniusofdespair

Creating jobs is one thing, creating a job that someone wants is quite another. And, creating a job you can afford to live on...well that might be impossible. I remember when I lived in Southampton, New York. They had to bus people in from up the Island because no one locally wanted to work in the Burger King or McDonald's. And, they brought in Mexicans to work the farms.

So when I hear create jobs I think of for who, out of work Kennedy Space Center Engineers, lawyers and managers? Or are we going to just create low level jobs at minimum wage and create projects, putting manual laborers temporarily to work. You will remember we sent all our call service jobs overseas, and also our mid-level computer jobs. Even some of our engineering and accounting jobs are now overseas. How many tens of thousands of manufacturing jobs are overseas? If we want to create jobs people can afford to live on, lets bring all these decent jobs back home, and revive the old campaign: Buy American!

All of the people clamoring for jobs, do you really think they can create one to suit you, one that will give you enough money to pay for your mortgage, car, health insurance and other incidentals? Don't despair, if you know how to drive a dump truck, maybe you can get a job in rock mining -- or as I like to call it, strip mining the Everglades.

In the Miami Herald this morning, regarding the Army Corps issuing new Rock Mining Permits in Miami's Lakebelt:"This is an important development, not only for our industry, but for creating jobs in Florida," said Kerri Barsh, an attorney for the Miami-Dade Limestone Products Association. (Yep, the promise of 'JOBS' softens the blow of destroying 7,300 acres of wetlands...maybe in her wrong-head.)