[LowCountryJoe]

Now, think about what will happen when the Chinese finally decide to float their currency. Our manufacturing base would be gone beyond redemption; their gagets will cost 8 times what they do now; and your income will reflect the global average. Then we will briefly be enjoying the lifestyle of an indian peasant, before the radicals take over, and the nukes start flying. I am yearning for the optimisim of Orwell's 1984 .

I can just tell that you're one of the level headed, rational persons who despises others who engage in unnecessary hyperbole.

[sfwarrior]

Check out this article on the crisis of American jobs being outsourced at breakneck pace, read this and weep:
http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/gate/archive/2004/02/09/asparks.DTL