An Employment Tirade Against Our Corporate and Government Leaders

CLOSE TO 10% OF OUR COUNTRY IS OUT OF WORK, AND WE AMERICANS ARE TIRED OF INACTION BY OUR CORPORATE AND GOVERNMENT LEADERS!

Every once in a while, it becomes necessary to stand on our proverbial "soapbox" and express our opinion about a topic of great concern to us. My beef is with our large number of unemployed American citizens.

WE AMERICANS ARE CALLING ON YOU, CORPORATE AND GOVERNMENT LEADERS! You all are in positions of power. You have the power to make decisions that can put more Americans to work. You talk to us Americans about strategic plans, but you do not discuss execution of those plans. You tell us that things are going to be better, that "Good Times" are on the way, that it is not your fault but the fault of the other guy, and that you speak for all of us who are suffering through these trying times.

But we do not need you to "speak" for us. We do not need you to represent us, advocate our cause, champion our plight, or empathize with our situations. What we need you to do is....

DO.

Discuss, debate, analyze and project all you want. Ultimately, we need you to DO. Stop talking and start doing. Employers? You need to analyze, recruit, source, interview, and hire. Government? You need to promote, facilitate, and strengthen any policies that spur job creation. We, the People? We need to search, apply, interview, search, apply, interview, search, apply, interview- and repeat and repeat and repeat until we find work. Everyone has their responsibilities, but ultimately, the most important thing to do is to:

DO.