I was thinking about the economic situation this evening and wondering what people's thoughts were about manufacturing in America.
Manufacturing is generally considered the backbone of post-WWII growth in America. But starting with the 80's recession (I believe) manufacturing has steadily gone overseas. Once upon a time it was the vehicle for high-wage blue collar jobs that enabled a broader growth in home ownership and didn't require the debt of extensive post-high school education. It seemingly sustained a fair amount of our middle class. In the last two decades the middle class has shrunk as a percentage of the population, manufacturing jobs have gone away, the gap between rich and poor has increased and well paying low education jobs are hard to find. A lot of people seem to think that that's just the way it is. Manufacturing has gone to low-wage countries and if we want to sustain our job engine, we have to do it with a more knowledge and service-based economy. Other people argue against that and hope to see a resurgence in manufacturing in the US, especially in the so-called "green economy" sector. What do people think about manufacturing in America? Can there be a resurgence? Should there be? Do we want to say goodbye to that sector and rightfully focus on other sectors? Judah ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;207172674;29440083;f Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:286791 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
