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This is why the U.S. is screwed...

David,

Maybe I should have said so in my post - the lady really was embarrassing. But, I was trying to focus on the big deal that O'Donnell said about 'never saying that' and all -- he was equally unprepared for that.

I find your points about class and how the American experiment has failed the middle class and all to be fascinating. I tend to agree.   For many years, it was great to be here.   Walk out of high school (or not) find a factory, get a job, set for life.

Now, those jobs are gone (in the name of increasing profit and shareholder value - moving factories overseas). The high-tech jobs are being offshored - I am a recent victim of that.   Backoffice jobs (accounting, medical, etc...) are also being offshored.

So, now we all are going to either be in retail, healthcare, or work for the government. The middle class is gone, and we will become a country of rich people that own overseas corporations, and the rest of us working for peanuts because all the high paying jobs were 'too expensive' to stay here.

Damndest thing is, most companies would still make a nice profit paying people here to do all the work. But, they want MORE profit, so they send jobs overseas.   Greed is indeed killing this country.

Thanks for the thoughts.

<blockquote data-quote="Bent Faith" data-source="post: 70544" data-attributes="member: 1864">This is why the U.S. is screwed...David, Maybe I should have said so in my post - the lady really was embarrassing.&nbsp; But, I was trying to focus on the big deal that O&#039;Donnell said about &#039;never saying that&#039; and all -- he was equally unprepared for that.I find your points about class and how the American experiment has failed the middle class and all to be fascinating.&nbsp; I tend to agree.&nbsp;&nbsp; For many years, it was great to be here.&nbsp;&nbsp; Walk out of high school (or not) find a factory, get a job, set for life.&nbsp; Now, those jobs are gone (in the name of increasing profit and shareholder value - moving factories overseas).&nbsp; The high-tech jobs are being offshored - I am a recent victim of that.&nbsp;&nbsp; Backoffice jobs (accounting, medical, etc...) are also being offshored.&nbsp; So, now we all are going to either be in retail, healthcare, or work for the government.&nbsp; The middle class is gone, and we will become a country of rich people that own overseas corporations, and the rest of us working for peanuts because all the high paying jobs were &#039;too expensive&#039; to stay here.&nbsp; Damndest thing is, most companies would still make a nice profit paying people here to do all the work.&nbsp; But, they want MORE profit, so they send jobs overseas.&nbsp;&nbsp; Greed is indeed killing this country.Thanks for the thoughts.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Bent Faith, post: 70544, member: 1864"] [b]This is why the U.S. is screwed...[/b] David, Maybe I should have said so in my post - the lady really was embarrassing. But, I was trying to focus on the big deal that O'Donnell said about 'never saying that' and all -- he was equally unprepared for that. I find your points about class and how the American experiment has failed the middle class and all to be fascinating. I tend to agree. For many years, it was great to be here. Walk out of high school (or not) find a factory, get a job, set for life. Now, those jobs are gone (in the name of increasing profit and shareholder value - moving factories overseas). The high-tech jobs are being offshored - I am a recent victim of that. Backoffice jobs (accounting, medical, etc...) are also being offshored. So, now we all are going to either be in retail, healthcare, or work for the government. The middle class is gone, and we will become a country of rich people that own overseas corporations, and the rest of us working for peanuts because all the high paying jobs were 'too expensive' to stay here. Damndest thing is, most companies would still make a nice profit paying people here to do all the work. But, they want MORE profit, so they send jobs overseas. Greed is indeed killing this country. Thanks for the thoughts. [/QUOTE]

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