[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'?

[neutrino]

What jobs will be left and how can we live, if we do not do 'something'?

Hey, I know! We can all sell each other real estate and insurance!

(Yes, I'm being sarcastic. But I fully expect Mankiw to steal my idea....)

[NewRomeTacitus]

Doing what one can to correct a wrong is always right (if you recall, I'm having to retrain, too). I am saying that if our representatives don't help rebalance this apple cart we'll not only watch the apples roll away, we'll be beaten down and exhausted to boot. We are not being represented.