On His Jobs Tour, Obama Touts Amazon Jobs That Are Literally Out Of Reach

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14. While I think it's good to celebrate the creation of any job...

I think there are some factors we should include:

1. In that warehouse, just how many products carry the "Made in USA" label? A single factory making plastic toys that employs 300 people will generate 10 times as many subsidiary jobs not only in the immediate area but all over. And no one can tell me the price of a $3 toy will change that much by making it here. Or a $15 shirt.

2. Living wage includes the cost of transportation.

3. Smaller businesses are killing their own markets. The idea of profit over service isn't isolated in the big retail outlets, it's everywhere.

4. All we hear about when we hear jobs is retail...never the source of the products. I know this item is similar to item 1 above but this one involves perception and attitude toward the worth of the activity.

5. The only things I see in the job figures is how many, not the quality of those jobs.

6. If we're going to talk about g(n)opers obstructionism, perhaps we need more publicity. How about a couple of charts that hang on the wall during the daily press conference that show the status of bills in congress. And make sure it's pointed out EVERY DAY! If the media won't do it on their own, shove their nose in it.

7. How about leveling the playing field between states? Why do we have conditions that reward companies for making states compete to reach the bottom? How about penalties for relocation?

.... feel free to add