[grania]

..just how much economic devestation has to occur in the US economy before you open your eyes to what unrestricted trade costs

First people didn't care because it wasn't them. Then they didn't care because cheap foreign goods compensated for declines in wages.

Now most people are in denial, as they adjust their lives to something far different than the original promise and potential of the US.

[autumnraine]

Spoke with a lady yesterday who got the word on Friday that her salary is to be reduced by 1/3. That’s a chunk. Sadly, she doesn’t know if she can find a job making the reduced rate in this economy, but what does she do when food is going up, gas, has mortgage based on the income she has made for over a decade.

It sucks out there right now.