HOW PRESIDENT OBAMA STOLE MY SUGGESTION - PART II

As explained in THIS POST, I wrote a letter asking government officials to consider my ideas concerning a hiring incentive for employers in order to create new jobs.

Keep in mind, I'm non-partisan, I just want the right thing to be done, people need jobs. Nearly 80% of our government's money comes from our taxes, without workers, those numbers are fading.

Local SC congressmen and reps had responded within a month, a reasonable amount of time. Many of the republican reps pointed out that they had supported such a bill, but were shot down earlier this year. "The google" is not helping me find that fact anywhere.

In the end, EVERYONE responded, except for the office of GOP rep Michael Steele, a person who had, in fact, impressed me with his take on us needing to "create jobs, not just work." It's unfortunate that everyone else could respond, yet a "lesser known" type couldn't have an email auto-responder with a form letter.

At the beginning of October, nearly sixty days after my send, The Whitehouse responded. I was shocked, as I had given up hope by then. They sent their obvious form email letter, but I was impressed at how it included links to job resources. This simple act, what was available to every rep who responded, but eluded their thoughts, lent a more caring attitude to the form letter.

Now, the shocker.

A few days after receiving response from President Obama's team, my wife sent a link to this article, just announced, saying how the party was considering a tax incentive based on hiring. Did Obama steal my idea? Impossible, as the concept is not new, they had bounced around talk of lowering the payroll tax in pre-election euphoria.

BUT, imagine, writing on the topic, not hearing for sixty days, and when you do get contacted, a few days later the party is holding court and announcing their grand ideas, specific to your topic?

Maybe it's a coincidence, or maybe their email to me was a small suggestion of a "thanks for writing", or bringing up this subject?

The point I'm making here -- every bit counts, the slightest bit of activism can help change the course. If you, or a friend or family member, has lost a job, are suffering economically from the recession, have gotten a new job but work for way less than you did before, then you should speak up. We're on the front lines here, it makes sense for us to be reporting on it.

Things are NOT changing, the "good old days" are not creeping in without reason, it's not going to happen. Every service and sales business has suffered, along with their employees, largely due to the housing market hoax that made for a blissful part of 2000 that we are all now paying hell for.

Every employer is looking to reduce costs, nobody with common sense would hire without dire need, it's all about strapping down. Unless the gov comes through with a great plan, this situation will hold pattern, for years, maybe even a decade.

Please take a minute of your time and write The Whitehouse like I did. Tell them, from the heart, what you are dealing with, your fears, what you, friends, and family are going through because there isn't a single person unaffected by this situation.

You matter! Thanks!
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