Oh no...it'll never happen?

[jms62]

Originally Posted by Riot

Actually I blame Clinton for initiating some pretty serious financial deregulation, the repercussions we see now. I agree Obama has to be more aggressive on the job front.

American wages have been stagnating for years, so Americans have spent the past 15 years feeding their consumerism via bad second mortgages on their homes. Now those homes have lost value so they can't borrow against it, neither can they pay back what they owe. Folks can no longer borrow against their home values to get money to feed their consumerism - whoops, our economy.

As jms points out, what's here isn't even American made any more. Go into a Target or WalMart, etc. Food is about the only thing in there made in the USA. American workers need real jobs (manufacturing, technology, etc) not fake jobs making money off of money, or in service industries.

And for 20 years those that were pushed out of the blue collar work force could retrain and migrate to white collar jobs.. Now they have outsourced that for the benefit of a select few without the basic understanding that the people they are pushing out of jobs are reponsible for purchasing 95% of the Goods and Services that support the companies they run. They are firing thier own customers!

[Riot]

Originally Posted by jms62

And for 20 years those that were pushed out of the blue collar work force could retrain and migrate to white collar jobs.. Now they have outsourced that for the benefit of a select few without the basic understanding that the people they are pushing out of jobs are reponsible for purchasing 95% of the Goods and Services that support the companies they run. They are firing thier own customers!

Bingo. This is a 20-year old problem.

[jms62]

Originally Posted by Riot

Bingo. This is a 20-year old problem.

And I used to think Ross Perot was a boob... He called it...