Everyone is always so utterly up in arms about the unemployment situation and thinking this person is at fault, or that person is at fault. Let me tell it like I see it. No matter who is in office it's not going to matter. Someone may help something a little bit, or someone may hurt something a little bit. But will the problem ever really have a chance to be fixed big time? No. Why? Because no one in power, whether Congress or President, has the balls to do what really needs to be done. If we want a fully self-sufficient country, one without reliance on others, one where we get all of our resources from the land we have, and manufactured good are only made here with the materials that we can get from THIS country, that is what will help to open up millions of jobs and keep them here. No more outsourcing, no more "trade" with other countries, no more "Made in India or China." Everything, including oil (Which yes, we have in abundance but they're just too stubborn to dig for it), is dug up here, processed here, put together here, and sold here. People in this country from the get-go wanted independence, well, if you want independence, having a dependence on others is not the definition of independence. And by having TRUE independence, other countries won't be taking away our jobs. That's what it all boils down to--having those people in power being ballsy enough to do what needs to be done. But no one will ever do it. Sad, but true.