Unemployed In Dreamland
By Kurt Nimmo
In fact, our actions are futile, maybe even dangerous to our personal safety -- for if history is any indication, when Bush is "re-elected" his minions (Ashcroft, the FBI, the Ministry of Homeland Security, even the CIA, recently empowered on the domestic scene) will go after those who disagree in any significant way with bureaucratic zeal. Look no further than the 60s and COINTELPRO. For an extreme example, look at Hitler and Nazi Germany.
Like I said, I'm unemployed. I worked at a university. I built distance education web sites and instructed teachers how to use technology in the classroom. But this year Bush cut funding for the program and the lights went out. Bush is spending trillions of dollars and very little of it makes its way to education. Most of it is sent to the Pentagon so they can blow things up and make life on earth a living hell for a whole lot of Iraqis and Afghans and other "rogue" peoples.
Every day I get on the web and check Monster and CareerBuilder. Nada, or very little, for a person with my "skillset," as they say.
Of course, it is worse, far worse, for the guy who worked in a factory. His job was shipped to Mexico or China a long time ago.
A few years ago people with my skill and experience were in high demand -- mostly because a few rich people figured the internet was the next big thing and if they "invested" in it they would make a whole lot of money -- but when that didn't pan out they jumped ship and there was something called the "Internet Bubble" and it burst, sending a lot of us into the street. Now designers and programmers in India are doing our jobs at one quarter or less of the pay. In short order the Indians will lose their jobs and everything will be crated up and sent to China where people work for one quarter or less of the Indian wage. This is called "free trade," or neoliberalism. I call it organized theft and forced impoverishment for much of the world.
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