[rurgan]

U.S. Private sector job growth was almost non-existent over the past ten years. Take a look at this horrifying chart:

http://www.businessweek.com/the_thread/economicsunbound/archives/2009/06/a_lost_decade_f.html

Compare this to job growth in China and India.Imagine if we actually made the stuff In the U.S.A that we buy from other countries: how many jobs would we have here?

How is your free trade working out for you?

(thousands of jobs)*

Private healthcare 2898
Food and drinking places 1567
Gov educ 1390
Professional and business services 885
Gov except health and ed 843
Social assistance 796
Private education 772
Arts, entertainment, and recreation 188
Gov health 148
Mining 133
Financial activities 130
Utilities -40
Transportation and warehousing -43
Retail -91
Accomodations -119
Wholesale -166
Construction -238
Information -525
Manufacturing -5372

[Toddsterpatriot]

Compare this to job growth in China and India.

Go ahead. Compare it.

Imagine if we actually made the stuff In the U.S.A that we buy from other countries: how many jobs would we have here?

I don't know, how many jobs?

How is your free trade working out for you?

It's working out fine. How is your bigger and ever more intrusive government working out for you?

Are you ever going to deliver what you promised earlier in the thread?