Current Crisis in America

It is very unfortunate that number of suffering and sick citizens are increasing day by day. Large number of Americans do not have any medical insurance. On the other hand, the cost of hospitalization as well as treatment have soared high. The Americans are compelled to reduce their standard of living. Living expenses have sky-rocketed already. Since 1980, food price hike has gone higher and higher. An anticipated rise of market price is about 7.5% in 2007 according to the labor department. A gallon of milk in Birmingham, Alabama is expected to cost about $ 4.50.

How did it happen?

American Industries are gradually cutting down their operations. They are opening their establishments elsewhere and getting their jobs done through ‘outsourcing’. Large number of IT-related and manufacturing jobs, clinical trial projects, work relating to radiological diagnosis and assessments, electronic data management etc. are going to China, South America, Mexico, Thailand, South Korea, Philippines, Taiwan, India and other countries. Call centers and Contract research organizations are mushrooming every day in America. They are staffed usually by the foreign nationals.

Many big industries in USA have been or are being purchased by the foreigners. Few years ago, the Japanese took over the ownership of many companies. The recent trend is that the Chinese have penetrated into this area. They are the owner of many establishments. Most profits thus are going away to other countries. Disturbing news stirred the entire nation sometimes ago that management of sensitive areas like the Airports, Shipyards, Docks etc are also slowly going in the hands of foreigners. Is it that America is going to be Bankrupt soon? The citizens are extremely worried and scared!

Dampening job markets :

‘Outsourcing” of job and “in sourcing” of cheap labor are dampening the job market within the country. Interestingly, employers in the agricultural sector and construction industries are predominantly recruiting illegal immigrants since they have to pay them less salary. Although many of them are entering into this country by illegal means, they are still being employed. As a result the number of jobless is increasing in USA. Without getting jobs, frustrations and angers are brewing in the minds of American citizens. In a speech, the President also recognized the rising unemployment rate in the country. Responding to the nation's worst unemployment rate since the Hoover Administration, President Bush addressed the nation's 8.2 million unemployed workers in a televised speech on Monday March 30,2007. President Bush urged,"The economy has been on the rebound for months, but 5.6 percent of you are still out of work," Bush said

Good senses must prevail, otherwise such practices are going to ruin the entire fabric of American society. This might even lead to racial unrests. It is to be realized that people become mad when they have no food in their stomach. Side by side, tension increases and number of crimes also increase. As a result, law and order falls apart.

Controversy over lawful versus illegal immigration:

I am sure that everybody realizes that America is the land of immigrants. People from all over the globe came to this wonderland to change their fate and fulfill their hopes and aspirations. Some came here for higher education, some others for business. Thousands of professionals like Scientists, Doctors, Engineers, Economists came to this country and eventually stayed back as they were needed by the country. Those brilliant people enriched this country through their remarkable contributions in different segments of its society. America was enjoying the benefits of having many of the best of brains of the world. Many new inventions and discoveries brought this nation to the fore-front of other countries. Research flourished. Development of spectacular technologies gave it an edge over others. For about 50 years or more America reaped the harvest of its best of inventions and advances in technology. It became the richest nation on earth. The number of millionaires and billionaires sharply increased. The middle class became rich. The rich became richer to richest. The standard of living of an average American increased significantly.

There is no doubt that people will continue to come to America to change their fate. It is not their fault. There is nothing wrong in that also. If the country need them , they will come. No body wants to see that people should enter into this country through illegal means. It is not their fault. If the security system is loose, and law and order personnel are not doing their job properly, it is of no use to blame the ill-fated infiltrators. By crossing hundreds of miles of deserts, forests, without even any food and water they are migrating to USA. Our borders in the south and south west and also in the north are wide open and not at all protected. The border security lacks sufficient manpower, equipments, and funds to keep continuous vigilance on its vast border and provide protection to this country. As reported recently that the number of illegal immigrants appear to be anywhere between 12.5 to 20 million ?. All of them did not come just overnight. It is a question of indifference and negligence. It is a question of our faulty security system. The authorities know about it. They are surprisingly silent on these issues over the years. Years of negligence to give proper attention to secure the borders created such a gigantic problem now.