Labor Day is a good time to ponder on the sad fact of joblessness in this country. Now, I know what you’re thinking…”great, more depressing thoughts on the state of our economy” and you’d be right, it isn’t exactly uplifting, but and this is a big but, it’s such an important issue, we feel compelled to speak our minds…..lucky you…..lol!

At this time, we are in a jobless recovery where most of the gains are going to the wealthy.  Between 2008 and 2009, average Wall Street bonuses went up by 17 percent. During that same time, personal bankruptcies rose by 32 percent or 1.4 million. And despite the financial crisis, the number of millionaires in the United States rose by 16 percent in 2009, while 24 percent of American workers say that they have postponed their planned retirement age in the past year. These are some sad facts about out disappearing middle class and a disappearing middle class affects you and me!

Here’s the choices we have, we can focus on securing the portfolios of wealthy Wall Street executives, or we can invest in creating jobs, the real driver of our economy. If we don’t begin putting people back to work, our economic future will remain uncertain.Working men and women are the backbone of our economy, and when one occupation or employment sector is weakened, all of us feel the effects. The recession took its toll on virtually all of our industries, and workers do not have the luxury of government bailouts.

We have written before about bringing manufacturing jobs back to this country and we still believe it’s a great way to make a much needed change. We can all play a role in creating jobs. We can check product labels and buy goods that are made in America or made locally.  We need to fight the trend of outsourcing the jobs that can be done right here at home, by the American worker, who, in our opinion is more important than the bottom line………..