SparrowHawk
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Aragon Mill
At the east of town,
At the foot of the hill,
There's a chimney so tall,
That says "Aragon Mill"
But there's no smoke at all,
Comin' out of that stack.
Cause the mill has shut down
And it ain't comin' back.
CHORUS
And the only sound I hear,
Is the cry of the wind,
As it blows through the town,
Weave and spin, weave and spin
There's no children at all,
In the narrow, empty street.
Since the mills have all gone,
It's so quiet I can't sleep.
Now I'm too old to change
And I'm too young to die.
And there's no place to go
For my woman and I
CHORUS
Since the mill has shut down,
Lord, it's all that I know.
Tell me what will I do,
Tell me where will I go
CHORUS
Consider North Dakota.
Currently, ND has a 3.8% unemployment rate, coupled with a 400 million budget surplus. All of this is with a climate that would make an Eskimo shiver. Ask yourself why would ND have such good fortune?
Limited government - The Nanny State despite Tom Daschle never caught hold
Discovery of oil in western ND
Drilling for oil started
Massive development of wind farms in eastern ND and MN
If you're noting that an awful lot of this good fortune is energy related then you've broken the code. Meanwhile you have the Feds regulating where a private company can locate a plant. A right to work state job is just as valuable to the worker is just as important as an IAM one in another state. Unless of course you're the Empty Suit Scar upon the land who is beholden to the IAM. Then it's a different story and the worker takes it in the shorts AGAIN
It's MORE than the national debt/deficit that is stagnating job growth. Manufacturing is the key to wealth. Countries that "Make Things" are usually more prosperous. Consider that in Germany manufacturing is 22.4% of GDP, while here it's a meager 14.4% of GDP. We are on the brink of Bankruptcy and Germany has a far more extensive social safety net and far less financial woes. Cause & Effect? Definitely! Now who benefits from this? NOT the worker! The ES Scar has had 2 years and complete control of Congress and what does he do? NOTHING to help the worker. People need jobs. Not Horseshit from an Empty Suit. Workers need not to make the choice between gas and groceries.
Imagine how many good paying jobs a booming oil industry would generate, Work on building wind farms? Wind farms are already economically viable. We have the resources to rebuild an economic juggernaut and the ES Scar sits and preens because he used the tools put in place by the evil Bush to end the life of public enemy #1.
Want to raise revenue and alter public policy? Once we are within 10 points of energy independence we remove all tax breaks on individuals who work overseas in oil producing countries. They hate us so lets cut off the access to our technology workers by taxing them back to the US. Same of corporations, do business in the Middle East? Double the tax rate.
The American worker is worse off with every dollar that is added to the deficit and the ES Scar is responsible. Now he's floating taxes cars by the miles driven. Imagine paying a tax to drive to work to earn a paycheck so we can pay MORE taxes? Friend of the worker? With friends like the Empty Suit I'd rather be a butler at OBL's compound. At least there we have a shot at running away.
At the east of town,
At the foot of the hill,
There's a chimney so tall,
That says "Aragon Mill"
But there's no smoke at all,
Comin' out of that stack.
Cause the mill has shut down
And it ain't comin' back.
CHORUS
And the only sound I hear,
Is the cry of the wind,
As it blows through the town,
Weave and spin, weave and spin
There's no children at all,
In the narrow, empty street.
Since the mills have all gone,
It's so quiet I can't sleep.
Now I'm too old to change
And I'm too young to die.
And there's no place to go
For my woman and I
CHORUS
Since the mill has shut down,
Lord, it's all that I know.
Tell me what will I do,
Tell me where will I go
CHORUS
Consider North Dakota.
Currently, ND has a 3.8% unemployment rate, coupled with a 400 million budget surplus. All of this is with a climate that would make an Eskimo shiver. Ask yourself why would ND have such good fortune?
Limited government - The Nanny State despite Tom Daschle never caught hold
Discovery of oil in western ND
Drilling for oil started
Massive development of wind farms in eastern ND and MN
If you're noting that an awful lot of this good fortune is energy related then you've broken the code. Meanwhile you have the Feds regulating where a private company can locate a plant. A right to work state job is just as valuable to the worker is just as important as an IAM one in another state. Unless of course you're the Empty Suit Scar upon the land who is beholden to the IAM. Then it's a different story and the worker takes it in the shorts AGAIN
It's MORE than the national debt/deficit that is stagnating job growth. Manufacturing is the key to wealth. Countries that "Make Things" are usually more prosperous. Consider that in Germany manufacturing is 22.4% of GDP, while here it's a meager 14.4% of GDP. We are on the brink of Bankruptcy and Germany has a far more extensive social safety net and far less financial woes. Cause & Effect? Definitely! Now who benefits from this? NOT the worker! The ES Scar has had 2 years and complete control of Congress and what does he do? NOTHING to help the worker. People need jobs. Not Horseshit from an Empty Suit. Workers need not to make the choice between gas and groceries.
Imagine how many good paying jobs a booming oil industry would generate, Work on building wind farms? Wind farms are already economically viable. We have the resources to rebuild an economic juggernaut and the ES Scar sits and preens because he used the tools put in place by the evil Bush to end the life of public enemy #1.
Want to raise revenue and alter public policy? Once we are within 10 points of energy independence we remove all tax breaks on individuals who work overseas in oil producing countries. They hate us so lets cut off the access to our technology workers by taxing them back to the US. Same of corporations, do business in the Middle East? Double the tax rate.
The American worker is worse off with every dollar that is added to the deficit and the ES Scar is responsible. Now he's floating taxes cars by the miles driven. Imagine paying a tax to drive to work to earn a paycheck so we can pay MORE taxes? Friend of the worker? With friends like the Empty Suit I'd rather be a butler at OBL's compound. At least there we have a shot at running away.
