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Why can't John find a job?

John Smith started the day early having set his alarm clock (MADE IN JAPAN ) for 6 am. While his coffeepot (MADE IN CHINA ) was perking, he shaved with his electric razor (MADE IN HONG KONG ). He put on a dress shirt (MADE IN SRI LANKA ), designer jeans (MADE IN SINGAPORE ) and tennis shoes (MADE IN KOREA ) After cooking his breakfast in his new electric skillet (MADE IN INDIA ) he sat down with his calculator (MADE IN MEXICO ) to see how much he could spend today. After setting his watch (MADE IN TAIWAN ) to the radio (MADE IN INDIA ) ; he got in his car (MADE IN GERMANY ) filled it with GAS (from Saudi Arabia ) and continued his search for a good paying AMERICAN JOB. At the end of yet another discouraging and fruitless day checking his Computer (Made In Mal aysia ), John decided to relax for a while. He put on his sandals (MADE IN BRAZIL ) poured himself a glass of wine (MADE IN FRANCE ) and turned on his TV (MADE IN INDONESIA ), and then wondered why he can't find a good paying job in AMERICA.

Public Comments

1. He can't find one because of the unioins, and that he doesn't look hard enough. Coming to work this am I saw at least 8 signs saying HIRING!
2. John shipped his job to Japan.
3. Would it be a possibility that because "John" had no concern where the things he bought were made and just looked for the cheapest price have anything to do with it ?
4. old marine your forty hour work week ,benefits, and wages are the result of unions regardless of whether you are union or not. To answer your question The reason that John cannot find a job is that in the eighties the door got opened to the cheap labor available in other countries by Ronald Reagan.In the nineties Bill Clinton kicked the door wide open with NAFTA.In the two thousands George W. Bush tore the door off of it's hinges by offering tax breaks to companies taking their work overseas.
5. You left out the medical treatment (Given in the U.S.A.) that he needs to clear his arteries clogged by the fast food hamburgers (Made in the U.S.A.) that he was forced to eat because he couldn't get a good paying job and had to settle for a job at Wal Mart who sold him all of his foreign made crap.
6. This has nothing to do with the unions. It has all to do with making this a consumer society. Jobs went overseas, because corporations, and banks got greedy, not unions, and the outrageous tax breaks they got for doing it.
7. 2 words; CONSUMER ECONOMY! america is no longer a manufacturer of anything substantive. blaming the unions wont fix it, firing some politicians might,...
8. It really is to bad all our jobs are now over seas, thanks to the Government. What would this country do without a President like the last three we had in a row!?!?!?!? Poor Obama won't even have enough time in office to begin to fix things!