“We (both parties) have sold out American workers.”
I think this is half the story as corporate america went overseas for a better deal on taxes, labor law, tort law, work ethic, labor costs, and OSHA and EPA regulations.
The other half of the story is that the underclass of the USA has a terrible work ethic and really won’t work under almost any circumstances. Furthermore, govt. has also been a large part of the problem.
I agree with your second point, but I also am strongly on the side that we have lost control of our trade balance.
America needs to make things right here.
China is a growing military challenge.
We cannot maintain a world strategic balance, when we are simply buying everything from China.
Our defense budgets are now maxed out. Our economy cannot continue to grow.
China has five times America’s population.
We need jobs. And we need a positive trade balance.
America bring back American jobs.