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No one ever imagined this could happen in America. We have a president and democrat congress who have targeted the private sector for extinction!

Here's a short list:

The union bailouts at GM and Chrysler unconstitutionally wiping out private bondholders.
Obama and the democrats push through a trillion dollar stimulus and then lie to the American people promising "90% of the jobs saved or created will be in the Private Sector", it turns out that virtually all of the stimulus money goes to protect government workers jobs and pensions.
Obama then signs an executive order baring stiumulus dollars from going to firms that do not employ union workers. Only 7% of private sector workers belong to unions, but 92% of union campaign donations go to democrats.
Obamacare illegally passed through a parliamentary loophole flaunting the will of the people of Massachusetts who elected Scott Brown to stop it.
Obamacare includes $2 trillion in new taxes on the private sector, severely damages careers for the 17% of American workers employed in the Healthcare industry, and raises the cost of healthcare for everyone.
Obama hires a self described communist named Van Jones to create a new Green Economy in America. Jones' idea of a Green Economy is shutting down private sector businesses and hiring homeless people to insulate government buildings.
Obama pushed through a massive set of so-called Financial Regulations that include dozens of costly regulations on small businesses that have nothing to do with Wall Street.
Obama and the democrats enact the largest private sector tax hike in American history on 1/1/2011 by allowing the Bush tax cuts to expire.
75% of the Obama economic team resign.
A look inside the rising 9.6% unemployment rate reveals 8.5 million private sector jobs lost, 100,000 state and local government jobs added and 10% growth in the number of federal government workers since the beginning of the recession.
Stories breakout all across the country about government workers legally spiking their pensions and retiring in their 50's earning hundreds of thousands of dollars.
Federal Government Workers now earn double what their private sector counterparts earn.
The most popular party in America is not the democrats or the republicans, it's the Tea Party.

Using Who Stole My Career?

Dave Horne constantly studies the major periodicals, news broadcasts, and web sites in the world of politics and economics. Several times a week you'll find a new story providing startling facts or insights into the assault on the private sector. These stories are presented for your reading pleasure.

If you like them share them with like minded friends. Most importantly, if you find yourself debating politics with someone who's less informed, you can use these stories to back up your arguments. Dave Horne always backs up his stories with fact links to the main stream media.

About Dave Horne

I took a very circuitous route to be here writing about politics and economics for your reading pleasure.

My Business Career

In 1971, I entered college to become an architect. My family could only afford four years of school, so I studied Environmental Design with a plan to go to work after school and pursue my architectural degree at some point down the road. Shortly after graduation from the University of Massachusetts, I discovered that not only was that a bad plan, but that being an architect was the wrong career choice for my skills and personality.

I got my first job as an inventory control clerk in a hot young company named Data Terminal Systems and quickly moved from Manufacturing, through Sales and ultimately Marketing. I also achieved multiple promotions ascending from clerk, to planner, to supervisor, to manager, and at the age of 29, director - the youngest in the company. While working full time days, I went to night school at Northeastern University (on DTS's nickel) and completed my MBA one month before my first lay-off. Although DTS was experiencing a business downturn at the time, my lay-off was the direct result of being on the losing end of a political battle between a peer and my boss.

In 1982, I joined Prime Computer as a Strategic Planner and moved back and forth between sales and marketing. In 1998, the company came under attack in a hostile takeover bid and in the ensuing battle all of my career sponsors were forced into early retirement once again leaving me politically exposed. Faced with an imminent second politically driven lay-off, I learned to network "under fire" and landed a lower ranking job that kept me employed. Parlaying my newly discovered network (and my emerging awareness of the ingredients of Career Secret Sauce), I not only survived, but thrived. By the time I resigned in 1994, I was the head of worldwide marketing operations.

After a brief stint at a company called Concentra - where I worked on my first IPO, I joined another small hot company named Aspect Development as Chief Marketing Officer. By 2000, Aspect had moved from a minor enterprise software vendor to a major player in the B2B Internet boom. After a few years of political warfare at i2, I left to become the President and CEO of a small company called XPORTA.

My Second Calling

In 2005, decided it was time to pursue my passion and I began a new life dedicating myself to helping others with their career. I left the hectic life of Silicon Valley and moved to the desert of southern California.

The initial target of my work was to help young people (Generation Y) get the most out of college and get their careers off on a winning start. In 2007, my blog - careersecretsauce.com went live.

My first book, Career Secret Sauce: 9 Winning Strategies For Building a Great Career, which was published in July of 2008. This book breaks the down the journey of building a career in manageable steps and then provides strategies and case studies for success.

In 2008 I changed my focus to the high school students and their parents who were struggling to afford college. I published my first eBook - Is This The Last Generation of Middle Class Americans? and laid out 7 strategies for going to college without going broke.

My Third Calling

In February of 2009, my radio talk show - The Career Mechanic began broadcasting on The Web Talk Radio Network. It was a great year and I met dozens of experts, as well as real people, who opened my eyes to a new crisis: the assault on middle class workers in America.

By the fall of 2009, it became clear that Barack Obama was nothing more than a corrupt politician bent on destroying the private sector in America. There was no point hosting a career radio show about private sector careers if no one was hiring!

My Fourth Calling

In December of 2009, after I left the radio show, I began working on a new project: "Who Stole My Career." In early 2010, the website went live and my fourth calling took life.

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