You're not serious. The dollar is at an all time low against the Euro and the Canadian dollar, the real estate market has tumbled, gas prices are higher than ever (albeit falling marginally on today's news from OPEC), food prices are skyrocketing due to the high delivery costs caused by high gas prices.
I like to be as much an optimist as the next person, but the economic picture is particularly bleak. I may not be the sharpest knife in the drawer but, all of that combined with a falling stock market does not suggest that we are on the right path economically.
The idea that we are losing by outsourcing low skill jobs is a myth perpetrated by those who want to save their gravy train of high pay for low skill and effort (unions). It won’t work any more, that’s over.
Not true. Union membership has reversed a long trend and is starting to grow once again. In addition, your argument appears to be predicated on the notion that the education system will be corrected in the foreseeable future. I wouldn't hold my breath waiting on that to occur, if I were you. I would also suggest that not everyone has the aptitude or desire to hold down an office job. This may come as a shock to you, but some people actually enjoy their manufacturing jobs, or construction jobs, or driving a truck, or providing lawn care or selling clothes.
Oh, and I wouldn't go around telling your friends with manufacturing jobs that their jobs suck - those jobs are the engine that drives most successful businesses and pay for the office jobs that other people have.
FYI: the “dollar at an all time low” is actually a POSITIVE force to stem the flow of jobs away from America. That not only makes American products less expensive for foreigners to purchase, it makes them less expensive for multi-national corporations to produce here.
If your prime interest is more American manufacturing, you need to be rooting for a lower dollar.
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