[NewRomeTacitus]

"I don't see a change coming up no matter who is in there. Any ideas?"

Only Pat Buchanan has dared to address the problem, but his sanity waves bye bye on Middle East policy. The problem, like so many others, is directly traceable to the overwhelming influence corporate money has on our representatives. Even when we send a person up who has enough of their own money they get overwhelmed (Bill Frist) or worn down (Fred Thompson) and become part of the problem, actively or passively.
This White House and Republican Congress destroyed the latest campaign finance reform initiative, illustrating the depth of this corruption. The general public does not perceive how it affects their daily lives and pocketbooks. Talking news heads don't help when they report on these matters punctuated with smirks.
No answers but the usual Freeping way: write, yell, inform, share news, keep watch and continue attempting to put the best people in office.
JustPiper's idea of holding these companies collective noses to the carpet like a bad puppy may have some effect, but I fear too many have already gone over to the "Dark Side" having convinced themselves that they must export many jobs to preserve those left here.
I try to do my part by checking labels on everything before making purchases, but too often I find the product I need no longer has an American analogue or is an amalgam of international parts.

[JustPiper]

JustPiper's idea of holding these companies collective noses to the carpet like a bad puppy may have some effect, but I fear too many have already gone over to the "Dark Side" having convinced themselves that they must export many jobs to preserve those left here.

Would it not have an affect eventually if we just stop using these companies and giving them our money when they are taking away our jobs? They want us to be 'retrained', my husband has been 'retrained' twice already and has 3 professions for goodness sake. What jobs will be left and how can we live, if we do not do 'something'?