Perot was right & so were Henry VII, Alexander Hamilton, and Deng Xiaoping -- It’s time for America to recover our gutted middle class & to ensure our national security
This is, how things came to be this way. No question.
We, the people of the United States, have been sold for scrap by our very own. And this fine tribe of greed-is-good acolytes auctioning off our international relevance - while simultaneously weakening our national security - receive little to no due credit for deconstructing our democracy in return for personal fortune. No one "stole" our jobs, they were sold. And the people deserve to know precisely the names of those who took us to market.
China has, is, and plans to continue eating everyone's lunch. I have been reading about their insidious reach around the world for years. My friend went there around 1978 when they first allowed US citizens in. He described it as "walking through a door to 200 years in the past". That's 43 years ago. The horror of their history in the previous part of the 20th century makes what they have accomplished (not in a good way) even more amazing. The regime is monitoring everyone for everything and controlling it all. They pick the winners and losers, and that's exactly what they have in mind for the world. I just read 140 "partner" countries are on-board, and no doubt in their debt.
Canada is in the same shape we are. Canadians are pissed about what China owns there. Both of our countries have lost their damn minds thinking free-trade and free-markets will sort it all out. Good dose of reality today, Thom. It's time to get back to sanity.
Never forget Tienanmen Square....they are the same bastards today as they were in June of 1989.
Going back to Ronald Reagan the American manufacturing companies were encouraged to move their operations to Mexico and to Asia. The Republicans were tired of having to contend with the unions which was a major source of funding for those in the Democratic Party. By moving factories out of the USA the unions were deprived of workers and the Democrats became dependent on Wall Street.
This has been going on for 40 years and the end result is that most manufacturing machinery and capital and expertise is outside the United States. In 2008 alone there were more than 2 million manufacturing jobs lost in Ohio. Most of the tool and die makers and other skilled tradespeople were forced into early retirement so even if fresh blood is hired there is not one to train them.
The bankers also have stopped lending to manufacturing businesses and so small ones that cannot float their own debt the way a GM or Ford or Intel can do, have been unable get the loans for the money for new equipment. In China the government makes the loans to even the smallest manufacturing companies and so their growth has not been slowed by lack of capital.
If someone coming out of school wants a career in manufacturing they should learn German or Swedish and leave the USA for countries that protect their skilled workers.
This is, how things came to be this way. No question.
We, the people of the United States, have been sold for scrap by our very own. And this fine tribe of greed-is-good acolytes auctioning off our international relevance - while simultaneously weakening our national security - receive little to no due credit for deconstructing our democracy in return for personal fortune. No one "stole" our jobs, they were sold. And the people deserve to know precisely the names of those who took us to market.
China has, is, and plans to continue eating everyone's lunch. I have been reading about their insidious reach around the world for years. My friend went there around 1978 when they first allowed US citizens in. He described it as "walking through a door to 200 years in the past". That's 43 years ago. The horror of their history in the previous part of the 20th century makes what they have accomplished (not in a good way) even more amazing. The regime is monitoring everyone for everything and controlling it all. They pick the winners and losers, and that's exactly what they have in mind for the world. I just read 140 "partner" countries are on-board, and no doubt in their debt.
Canada is in the same shape we are. Canadians are pissed about what China owns there. Both of our countries have lost their damn minds thinking free-trade and free-markets will sort it all out. Good dose of reality today, Thom. It's time to get back to sanity.
Never forget Tienanmen Square....they are the same bastards today as they were in June of 1989.
Going back to Ronald Reagan the American manufacturing companies were encouraged to move their operations to Mexico and to Asia. The Republicans were tired of having to contend with the unions which was a major source of funding for those in the Democratic Party. By moving factories out of the USA the unions were deprived of workers and the Democrats became dependent on Wall Street.
This has been going on for 40 years and the end result is that most manufacturing machinery and capital and expertise is outside the United States. In 2008 alone there were more than 2 million manufacturing jobs lost in Ohio. Most of the tool and die makers and other skilled tradespeople were forced into early retirement so even if fresh blood is hired there is not one to train them.
The bankers also have stopped lending to manufacturing businesses and so small ones that cannot float their own debt the way a GM or Ford or Intel can do, have been unable get the loans for the money for new equipment. In China the government makes the loans to even the smallest manufacturing companies and so their growth has not been slowed by lack of capital.
If someone coming out of school wants a career in manufacturing they should learn German or Swedish and leave the USA for countries that protect their skilled workers.