Originally Posted by billethkid

as long as there is no growth in new manufacturing here in the USA the employment problems will not go away.
And as long as the trend to outsource (out of USA) there will be fewer jobs.

I agree to not tar all the young but the disease we have is the degree of permissiveness we have allowed to creep into our society.

I think our government is more concerned about the impact on other countries if they do something about reducing outsourcing....than they are with the slippery job slope, downward here in the USA.

How about a new industrial revolution driven by the core objective of energy independence? The new manufacturing and new jobs contained in this one objective alone could potentially put us back on the right path. But if we do that we might offend all the foreign oil providers....and I do personally believe that is the bigger issue with our government....DO NOT OFFEND THE FOREIGN PROVIDERS to the USA.

The government obviously has more tolerance to withstand the deteriorating unemployment plight in the USA than the upsetting of the foreigners.

The deterioration of America is directly connected to the outsourcing of manufacturing. There will be no recovery without new manufacturing. Manufacturing was the life sustaining element for middle America.

The problem has been evident for the last 40 years.

Until the above changes there will be more people with their hand out and fewer paying taxes.

btk