Look at our economy and our jobs, it isn't pretty. But aren't we(the american people) to blame for part of this terrible economy? All we care about is short term gains/profits and not worry about what happens in the long run. Wal-mart is a great example of it. I wonder how many products they sell that are actually built/made in/by the American work force? Everybody wants low prices. So much to the point where everybody will flock to Walmart because they will be cheaper on the products we buy. They don't even care that there made in china or japan, but all they see is the price tag. Sure you saving a few bucks or more, but really all your doing is giving your support to overseas. And with almost everybody supporting overseas products, it forces companys that once used the american work force labor to build products to look overseas and to send there business overseas just so that they can compete with Walmart and such businesses that manufactor overseas. Now is Walmart to blame? No, we are. They just sell the products, its the fools fault who buys them. They just put the cookie in front of our eyes, they don't force us to buy from them. And you always here people saying things like, "What isn't made in china these days?" I mean all were doing is sending everything we once had(or maybe never had) overseas. And we wonder why these other countries have booming economys. They have their entire country businesses working there and half of the United States businesses there supporting them and their work force. I dont' think we actually realize just how important it is to buy things that are made in America. Unless people really do start buying things that are made in America, i don't see how things will ever turn around. Things will only get worse and worse as more jobs are shipped overseas. And at this point, half of all the things we buy are made their now. So do we stop buying the things we always have bought in the past?
Just look at this list of overseas jobs we lost...
http://www.johnaho.com/Exported_jobs.htm