You knew the griping about jobs was coming!

I wrote a post a few days ago about the job news from the government. While I thought it was good news I have gotten some comments and read some other posts from people, mostly who don’t have jobs, about how terrible it is. I can sympathize with them to a certain extent. I will also say there are really only two numbers that count when you are talking about employment. The figures are either 100% or 0%. You either have a job or you don’t.

It’s all George W. Bush’s fault. And its not our economy. The people who don’t think the jobs report was good generally say “your” economy. Well, if it’s my economy why are you worried about getting a job in it. Get one in yours! I have one in mine. Well, it’s the Republicans fault in general with George Bush at the helm. All the people who vote Republican have great jobs and they are safe and secure. The only people who are out of jobs are Democrats. And the ones who have jobs are hanging on by a thread. Those jobs are being readied to send to India or some other country where the pay is a lot less.

When the news of jobs during the Clinton years hit the airwaves we heard a steady stream of how great those jobs were. Well, they must not have been too good. They are all dried up now. Where have they gone? I thought those jobs were keepers. When good news hits us now about jobs, well.....it’s just not good news.

I wonder if the attitudes of the people who have no jobs are contributing to them not having a job in the first place and then having a hard time finding one. We need to all think about that.

Look, it’s hard not having a job. Many of our jobs are being sent elsewhere. We all know that. Many jobs from overseas wind up here. We have some auto manufacturing plants from companies based overseas. So this works both ways. The jobs outlook in this country is fine. We are creating plenty new jobs and many of them are great jobs. Many are not. It is not George W. Bush or the Republican’s fault! Each one of us has to be on guard all the time for our jobs. There is no more job security. That’s a thing of the past. So we need to make sure we always have a Plan B at least. I have down to about Plan ZZ in my book.

I am just tired of all the whining and complaining about how bad things are. Come to the company where I work or my wife works and see how great we have it. And you know why it’s so great at places such as this. It’s because they hire people like my wife and I who work hard and do a great job. Am I stepping on some toes here. You bet I am. I am not going to pull any punches.

If you think your job situation is bad the reason might be staring you back in the face in the morning when you look in the mirror. There are jobs here in our country. And there are good ones also. Get out and get one of them and quit complaining about George Bush and his economy.