On that we disagree. It will stop, and my interest -- only from the inertia of liking what I done before and a want to continue doing that -- is in making it stop faster, and with less aggravtional efects to my family, neighbors and countrymen.
Americans are good at things intimately and intrinsically part of manufacturing, systems, engineering and sofware that just can not be found in any measure in other countries. However the these unique abilities are very much obscured and cut off from circulation by gross accumulations of "fat" -- they require either leaness in the economy or better yet a proper seperation of fat and lean.
I can not describe too well but what Mark Twain did in his corpus of opuses pretty well gets to them. The Connecticut Yankee, Tom Sawyer, Huck Finn, etc.
"It will stop, and my interest ..... is in making it stop faster"
It will wax and wane.......but it won't stop, but it wouldn't break my heart if it did.
"Americans are good at things intimately and intrinsically part of manufacturing, systems, engineering and sofware that just can not be found in any measure in other countries."
What americans are really good at is allowing capital to follow opportunity to generate more capital. All other things are secondary and support the generation of capital in a free market.
"unique abilities are very much obscured and cut off from circulation by gross accumulations of "fat" -- they require either leaness in the economy or better yet a proper seperation of fat and lean"
What you should be focusing on is getting the gov't out of punishing business for success, for making money, for having employees, for growing. That will bring innovation and growth back to america faster than anything. What's most significant is not the outsourcing.... it's the reason behind why outsourcing is such a compelling draw, and that is gov't taxes and bureaucracy that punishes activities that are performed in this country.
You make an interesting, but somewhat futile point though...... Don't you think that if you got it your way, companies would still be faced with the same problems that are leading them to outsource today?