But as the major trade deals were made, the American people were assured (for 20 or more years) that they would be retrained for the "high tech, high paying" jobs of the future. Well, the future is here, so where are the high tech, high paying jobs for all the retrained workers?
Those who've pushed these policies for years are running out of lies. Now about all they have is: "It's a global economy."
Unless there is quick and substantial improvement, these policies will become the hot political issues of the near future.
The jobs either went to India, or they imported the Indians HERE to do them. We've been sold out. The politicians either need to fix what they have wrecked, or we might just have to 'burn down the store'....
Sorry, easier to import H1-B types.
“But as the major trade deals were made, the American people were assured (for 20 or more years) that they would be retrained for the “high tech, high paying” jobs of the future. Well, the future is here, so where are the high tech, high paying jobs for all the retrained workers?”
Why would anyone hire Americans for these jobs? They might demand a fair wage. The billions of people in Asia are the new middle class; we Americans were the driving force in this process, and now reap the bitter fruits of our “information superhighway”. At this point boycotts would be meaningless; we’ve been reduced to buying necessities only.
I remember all that bull. The Perot/Gore debate on TV encapsulated it
The people who told these lies got rich off consulting for the whole off-shoring process. The process of sending vital industry to Asia under the lie of free trade. If I could make a million dollars per year telling lies I would probably do it too. Check out the scum named Robert Zoellick. He has been in and out of government for years pimping these free trade policies. His reward is head of the World Bank today. I'm sure that when he leaves he will parlay this job into making more millions on consulting deals with foreigners