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Originally Posted by Snakebit
Americans have to wake up! If you want change, then stop re-electing the same people. The old defination of insanity is doing the same thing over and over and expecting different results. It amazes me how Nancy Pelossi and Harry Reed ever got elected to anything. Our polititions sold us out to special interests and campaign contributuons. It's time to fire the bums currently holding office.
Back in the day when you went to your local speed shop and bought "high performance" parts they were race proven and stood up to the test of time. Now you get crap like Eagle and MSD, just to name a few. Look at all the cam failures, and it's not just from the lack of zinc in the oil. Nothing is made in the USA. That is why there is 9% unimployment not counting the people that just gave up looking for work.
OK, I'm getting off my soap box now, but its a damn shame that a guy builds an engine and spends big bucks on "high performance parts" only to have a Chineese crank shaft fail and turn it all into a pile of scrap. |
Not exactly all true. I visit many machine shops, and all are looking for help. Nobody can find anybody with any skills to run a machine. Everybody these days wants to sit behind a desk and punch numbers. When you walk into most shops, the average age of most machinists is probably in the early 50's. I'm not talking about parts unloaders, I'm talking about people with skills. Part of this is due to our educational system. They teach everybody to go to college. Not a bad thing, but it left a hole in the trade skills. Next we have the employers. During good times, you work 80 hours/week. When the economy slows, the first thing they do is boot them out the door. Also, nobody wants to spend any money to train anybody these days. There used to be 8 facilities where employers sent apprentices to train. Now there is 1.
Let's also not forget Wal-Mart. The land of cheap crap. Everybody wanted the cheapest, so Wal-Mart provided it. The cheapest didn't come from the USA. Once Wal-Mart went to China, everybody else had to do the same to be competitive.