MNN - Mother Nature Network

tax, etc. When was the last time you heard the pundits mention the ever increasing number of visas such as the H-!B visa for one allowing firms to bring in foreign non-USA citizen labor that assists in keeping wages down? Congress keeps increasing the numbers of foreign workers allowed in via the many visa-types. How about the USA working-poor class in direct competition with uhhhh... future USA citizens after the NEXT amnesty numbering in the multi-millions. The economic law of supply/demand directly influences wages with that law benefiting employers. Hosing rental costs also rise constantly as those many millions of "future citizens" clamor for housing. "While the poor and middle class fight for us in Afghanistan, and while most Americans struggle to make ends meet, we mega-rich continue to get our extraordinary tax breaks," Buffett wrote in a Sunday New York Times Op-ed. One reason companies are so profitable is that they're paying employees less than they ever have as a share of GDP. And that, in turn, is one reason the economy is so weak: Those "wages" are other companies' revenue. In short, our current system and philosophy is creating a country of a few million overlords and 300+ million serfs. Blodget Lengthy books have been written about the topic covered here but suffice it for me to proclaim.... My best advice to youth is to depart the sinking ship that is the USA. The ruling elites and corporate USA and other powerful entities own the USA, including the federal government and barring a major change that can only come about via a military coup I foresee dire days for the USA commoner-class whose ranks will continue to swell.