Sorry that's not the case. In reality the manufacturing sector is a higher percentage of our GDP than it was just prior to WWII, good jobs are thriving throughout the country. Reality is the economy is fine and free trade has at worst been economically neutral. There's a perceptage some are selling that the jobs of America has trended downward, but you shouldn't buy it because the sellers are drunk and hooked on crack.
Wrong, down here in reality, most people will tell you they are making less money, have lower end jobs, many part time, with little or no benefits. The 90s are over, plain and simple. I wont argue with you, as I speak to many people every day, and a very small percentage of the middle class is actually doing better today, as opposed to just 5 or so years ago. This are pretty tough.
Throw in massive outsourcing, and continue to add millions of illegal aliens to the labor pool, and it's a recipe for disaster.