The source of job losses in the U.S. - Offshore Outsourcing?

Our jobs will continue to be exported until the workers of the U.S. lower their standard-of-living (wages) to a point that is equivalent to that of the rising standards-of-living in India, China, Bangladesh, Taiwan, etc. Some call it "Globalization" while others call it "Unpatriotic" and others call it "Exploitation." No matter the name, it is here...are we prepared for it? Though the most productive workers in the world are in the U.S., they must prepare for globalization.

Stats on Offshore Outsourcing
CNN Video (8 minutes)
List of U.S. Companies that outsource U.S. jobs
The top 100 service providers that help U.S. companies outsource U.S. jobs
What is Outsourcing?
The Other Side of Outsourcing - The Author of "The World is Flat" YouTubes how Outsourcing is good.
A sarcastic/morbid view of Outsourcing by The Onion.

April 09 Elections

Thoughts on this year's elections and ideas for next?

Grundy County Property Taxes

GC Assessor explains tax/assessment policies in MDH Article
Chicago Magazine explains
Property Taxes? I Protest
MDH - "County (Grundy) Will Decide on Taxes This Tuesday (Nov 11)"
Grundy County Assessor's Office

"It's the Economy Stupid!"

"I have two great enemies, the Southern Army in front of me, and the financial institutions in the rear. Of the two, the one in my rear is my greatest foe." -Abraham Lincoln

"You are a den of thieves and vipers, and I intend to rout you out, and by the Eternal God, I will rout you out." -President Andrew Jackson to the bankers in 1835

By 1836 Andrew Jackson had successfully killed the Second Bank of the United States and in only two years (by January 8, 1838) he paid off the entire national debt. When he was asked what his most important accomplishment had been, he stated without hesitation, "I killed the bank."

On June 4, 1963, President John F. Kennedy (executive order 11110) declared that the privately owned Federal Reserve Bank would soon be out of business.

State of Illinois Rants, Raves, and Elections

100 million Reasons to Vote "No" to Illinois Constitutional Convention. Read Dahl's explanation in the MDH.
http://www.morrisdailyherald.com/articles/2008/10/10/news/332amordahlonconvention.txt

U.S. Government Rants, Raves, and Election

"If once the people become inattentive to the public affairs, you and I, and Congress and Assemblies, Judges and Governors, shall all become wolves. It seems to be the law of our general nature, in spite of individual exceptions." --Thomas Jefferson
You must register by October 7 to vote in November's Elections.

Grundy County Rants, Raves, and Elections