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To: Yogizuna who wrote (12548)	11/11/2003 3:24:43 PM
From: Lazarus_Long	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 17683

That's what the data says. Partly this may be a long-term trend in the US economy. Or it may be just another phase we're going through. This is not the first time we've heard complaints that we are switching to low paying service sector jobs. That seems to be fairly normal coming out of a recession for the last couple of decades. Unfortunately, it may go deeper this time. What do we do about this? Shoot down all the communications satellites? Shut down the internet? Is GWB responsible for it? Or is this longer term technology driven economic change at work? bayarea.com Or these? bayarea.com bayarea.com bayarea.com Some people seem rather quick to blame a phenomenon that has been decades in the making on one President. This was happening under Clinton too; they want that forgotten. And under George 41, Reagan, Carter, ... Americans and American companies must adapt or be overrun. I'm going to bet on America. We've been in serious trouble before and we've gotten out of it. I PMed the above to you because SI's posting was not working for long posts. Your answer was Yes, I am not specifically blaming Bush for our latest round of woes, but he is just "going along with the job drain flow" and not doing much about it in my opinion... If one claims to be a true patriot and loyal American, one will do whatever one can to keep jobs here, even if it turns off one's own party or rich backers. Can't have it both ways, claiming to be patriotic and then fiddling while America "burns"... So what specifically is to be done? It appears we are dealing with a long-term historical economic trend. This is similar to the bind the US auto industry found itself in in the 70's and '80s. Was the answer tariffs and stick it to the US consumer? That was tried for a while but was unpopular and not particularly effective. People paid foreign prices because foreign cars were higher quality (in addition to be cheaper without the tariffs). And with WTO, tariffs are now a problem. So how do you get out? Or can you even plan your way out? Might not a let's-see-what-happens-and-jump-on-opportunity approach work better?