Following issues and politics in St. Louis area from the retired "Steelworker" view. Politics will be the main theme, but news of the group and Steelworkers will also be followed.
First saw this on Charlie's A's blog. http://www.charlieaverill.blogspot.com/ ------------- Political dangers occur all the time. This is a danger we must all look at: fast-track of items that circumvent traditional congressional hearings.
Fast track items like "bailouts" or Homeland security patriot act and more and more present some very unfortanate and unexpected side evils. Letting a handful of congressfolks or senators without public review tinker with social security or medicare is not a wise move for the public.
More info at: http://www.ss.com/2010/a-fast-track-commission-to-cut-social-security-and-medicare/
Again for the history buffs in the groups, this short black and white flick is from Thomas Edison in 1902. If you have looked at the Missouri or Mississippi Rivers in the last couple days, this industry could return:
---------------- alas, some fool would outsource these jobs if they still existed with a healthy tax break
For the history buffs: This is the first "film" of labor day parade made by Thomas Edison in 1904. Silent and black and white withstanding, it is of interest to folks that follow such things:
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This was taken in Fitchburg, Mass in 1904. Today, the size of the crowd is slightly less than the last labor day parade I attended in St. Louis, Missouri.
Sad how times have changed in a hundred years or so.
This is a vid from the 1930s and some may have seen it from the group in elementry school eons ago. Make it in America anymore is pretty much a sad joke for we make very little.
Perhaps it is time to revisit the IRS rules that allow firms to take tax breaks to offshore jobs?
Welcome to my blog. As a member of the St. Louis chapter of the Retired Steelworkers and a member of the Alliance for Retired Americans, I can say without a doubt groups are busy in the St. Louis area. This blog is a modest effort to inform members and the general public of some of our activities and concerns. I will also "soapbox" areas and issues.
We see the solution to many of the woes of the St. Louis area as economic and political. St. Louis has a myrid of problems, but a strong economy with responsible leaders would help greatly in the solution to these woes. Alas, such is lacking on several levels with many of the "civil leaders" squabbling like children or worse, taking care of special interests instead of the public. Business leaders? get real, many of these so called leaders shame the term "Captains of Industry".
Once the St. Louis area was a leader in many areas. Now, some of the area can be compared to Third world areas with no problems what so ever.
That is unacceptable.
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