There are no bad workers…only bad leaders

No body wakes up in the morning wanting to do a bad job. Most people want the dignity and respect of hard work, even if they are somewhat slovenly and lazy. And yes, we do have low life criminals who must be locked up to protect us from them.

Presidential candidate Obama Barrack seems especially good at exposing American wounds to the light of day, and even ripping scabs that exacerbates the pain. Many wish he could also heal the wounds, but alas, he is too lightweight.

And the wounds still fester. Most embarrassing is that some of these wounds are self-inflicted, as in we did it to ourselves. More defiantly, we and our politicians did it to ourselves. And in this can also be a solution. The subject is free trade.

Most rural Americans I know (Cumberland Plateau, Tennessee) still believe in free trade. Of course the definition of free trade is “free trade”. As an example, most negotiated treaties require our free trade competitor humans to go by the same rules as we have to go by, to include worker rights, safety, environmental, and even things like insurance. Then one thinks like the greater cost of American workers is better balanced by the cost of transportation of their lower cost competitors products to the USA, and there is “fair” trade. Many Japanese and German auto companies have relocated their manufacturing to the rural USA as one example of how they handled the balance in their way.

The aggravation I perceive is the loss of trust and faith in the ability of our governments to hold our free trade partners’ feet to the fire. Words mean things, and the problems on the other end of free trade agreements are their problems, and not so for weak-kneed American bureaucrats who may have other agendas. And all so many American workers want to do is get up in the morning and go to work, and do a good job.

Here is another good example for why we should vote.