[oceanview]

its not the loss of manufacturing jobs, its the white collar/tech/big company offshoring that is the biggest factor on job loss and job fears.

[don'tbedenied]

We get more off-shoring then we send out, that's why all the numbers are so good. Focusing on individual stories instead of the big picture statistics lead to this sort of thinking. But you've probably predicted the next media/Demo story line -- Dan Rather here: "Don't pay attention to those statistics (just lies and damn lies), listen to JimBob from Dayton, he's supporting his family of 8, plus his handicapped sister, and his job was outsourced to India! Now they all eat dog food while nearby a Halliburton exective plays golf at the country club" Yeah that's the ticket.