Of course, health is in the stimulus. Obama said he would do this-no surprise. Millions of good paying jobs with benefits have been lost, thus health care will pass this year-just watch.
We lost these jobs over decades of bad trade policy...destroying American business and creating a consumption economy which can only survive with ‘bubbles’. Did people really believe they could buy every foreign piece of crap available and watch their neighbors lose their jobs in American manufacturing forever without taking a hit themselves? Manufacturing goods produces wealth-not moving money around in a service/consumption economy.
The so called consumption economy is a weak, volatile sort of economy which will not and has not served this country well. It’s a shame that Americans bought globalism hook line and sinker...excusing the loss of jobs-not important, these weren’t the right kind of jobs (sarcasm). Well jobs are important...if you have no health care insurance, not only will people accept government care, they will demand such care...thanks free traitors...hope the cheap goods were worth it.
You got it half right. US Manufacturing in 2006 added more $ to US GDP than ever before. The labor content of US Mfg has been continually declining. US Mfg has been damaged by unfair competition but mostly by bad policies and regulations as well as idiot tax strategies.