[bigbob]

That’s exactly right. If some of us (and I mean those of us who swept floors, put up hay, detassled corn, and did whatever other crap jobs we could get hired to do for a buck-twentyfive an hour back in the 60s) were to apply for these jobs, the employers would kiss us on both cheeks if not for sexual harassment laws. What we learned as expected behavior at work like showing up on time, having a proper appearance, paying attention and following directions, etc. are lacking or absent in far too many applicants today.

CNN can drone on about it til the cows come home but China is not the reason we have an entitlement culture and generational dependency on government support, especially in the black and urban population. That is OUR fault, we elected the people who did it and we failed to throw them out when the social engineering programs failed.

Outsourcing has nothing to do with the issue raised in this article. Nothing.

[Cringing Negativism Network]

Just saying.

Our deficit with China was far and away, the largest ever last year.

342 billion dollars.

And it continues to ramp ever-upward this year. Everything we buy from China, means ever more Americans - do not have jobs.

[Koracan]

..Outsourcing has nothing to do with the issue raised in this article. Nothing..

I agree. I heard a statement of a Steel & Welding Factory Owner in India, on his 1st visit.
He asked the local manager only 2 Questions: How much does a Welder make. how much does an Engineer make.
His next answer was:: If their income raises any further, we have to go to Machines and Automation.
Their was no mention of re-locating the factory back, to where ever.
The next step is not the reversal of the Location, it is reduction of Labor and installation of machines.
they don't sue or belong to any Union and work 100 times harder and do not spend half of their work day on their IPhone.

[kearnyirish2]

“Outsourcing has nothing to do with the issue raised in this article. Nothing.”

Outsourcing plays a huge role in this, because Americans can’t find work in decent jobs in the area that is the focus of the article (NYC metro area). As the older Americans flee, there is no “next generation” of Americans to take the jobs that require such basic skills; instead, the states impacted simply traffick foreigners here to keep the classrooms, housing, and store aisles full.

Here in northern NJ we just lost Mercedes HQ to Altanta GA; those unemployed Americans won’t find comparable work here, and they’ll leave (taking their children with them). NJ will simply bring in foreigners (of any stripe) to replace them in the school systems, and prospective employers will find those “replacement Americans” unemployable.