The author gets this part right. Blue-collar jobs won't "magically" appear. Fewer are willing to do physical work, our educational system sucks, our representatives are mostly lawyers, mega-corporations have a monopoly, and people are divided.
I don't believe we will ever see the kind of economy we had in the last century. And maybe that goal shouldn't be our goal. Maybe we need to use our creativeness and innovation, something we still possess, to carve out a new kind of economy based on an independent lifestyle, where a man's labor is his own, where technology allows for greater independence from government, utilities, bankers, big box corporations, and etc.
Trump's heart is in the right place. His methods (agreeably limited) suck. And perhaps his advisors as well, as he's picked some real losers. That said, he is our chance, maybe our only chance, to steer a new and better course toward prosperity. JMHO.
Thanks for posting a piece that gets us to examining where we're at and where we're headed. Maybe we can't fix stupid, but we can certainly do something about ignorance.
Oh God you are another "jobs Americans won't do" plutocrat!!! LOL!