The exploitation of labor.

When it comes to the high unemployment rate in the good old USA, I blame mostly Republicans. Individual Republicans. Loyalist Republicans. Corporate bosses that vote Republican. And give money to Republicans at every twist and turn of election cycles. So that they can have their way. To bigger and bigger corporate and individual profits. In keeping with the American style of capitalism. Which allows them to go wherever they can find the cheapest labor. Offshore. To foreign lands. Where they also stash most of their money. So that it's tax-free. This generally doesn't bother Republicans. Because it's in keeping with the principles of free enterprise. Making filty, obscene profits -- at the expense of ordinary people. Yes, at the expense of the common good. Instead, capitalism worships the good of the rich. The good of millionaires and billionaires. Certainly, not the good of America. Or of society. And I see it happening all over the world. Not merely in America. For instance, in Sardinia (Italy) where I reside half of the year, the American conglomerate Alcoa recently closed an aluminum smelter plant. Laying off 800 workers. And moved instead to Iceland, where it's able to hire immigrant workers for $6 an hour. Yes, this is the same Alcoa that posts annual profits of around $20 billion. In part, because Alcoa knows how to exploit cheap labor. Rather than do the decent thing. Little wonder that we have high unemployment in the USA. Our workers are a little like those Italian workers in Sardinia. They want jobs that pay more than $6 an hour. --Jim Broede