this is a touchy thread for me too,,Thank Bill Clinton and Nafta,,and whom ever said it was right,,"That giant sucking sound"
the problem is when one mfg goes south,the rest eventually have to to compete,and the good old unions,,theve taken a good thing WAY too far and priced us out of the market.
That said,the BIGGEST problem is this,,Americans have no balls and NO pride,everyone has the right to choose what they buy and whom they pay,,or walk off,if the first 200 people who drove into the first self serve gas station had driven away,we would still get our
oil checked and windsheilds cleaned,my guess is the cost would be the same,think about that,,now the robot check outs in grocery stores,,I refuse to use them,,thats another lost job.average people just dont care ,until it hits their wallet.
Next thing is freakin mexicans living illegally ,paying no tax,no car insurance,so they can work much cheaper than those who contribute,then they have babies,or knock up american girls,bingo,another monthly check,,how long can we burn the candle at both ends ?seriously I am no bigot,but think about the minority business,,ever wonder why they are ALL cash oriented ? resturants,quik shops,massage parlors,spas etc,,this is huge cash flow,,and largely untaxed,there smarter than us,,
now I am pissed off again,,haha ,Tk