Posted by Kelly C on April 11, 2008 at 17:57:30 from (75.168.32.128):
In Reply to: Re: OT - Economics posted by M Moline Fan on April 11, 2008 at 17:37:53:
NAFTA. In the long run will be good for every one. I know its hard to see that right now as we are still adjusting to the new way the world works. Eventually it will balance out. In actuallity it already has. GPD and wealth in the US is at a all time high. Unemployment is realitively low. less than 5%.
Although some areas have suffered more than others.
There is no way that the US could keep going like it did when after WW2 we were the only country that was still in working condition. That gave us an unfair advantage. And we took advantage of that.
Now though all the other industrialized countries are catching up or have surpassed us. Putting our heads in the sand and wishing the world would not change is not a solution.
Fact of the matter is. Unskilled High school drop outs can no longer. Quit school and get a factory job that pays well over what it should.
I know its cruddy but we are going to have to buckle down and earn it.
Hey they have a real shortage of CNC operators around here. Welders too all the skilled trades are in short supply. just think what its going to be like job wise when all the babby boomers retire? Who is going to fill the millions of jobs left vacant?
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