[Bigun]

And how exactly to do this competing? Working longer hours? Accepting lower pay? Or getting another engineering degree?

ALL of those things and more! Whatever is necessary in the short term while, at the same time, working to straighten out the mess we have allowed our federal government to become.

I would strongly suggest that a good starting point might be insisting that our employees in government get rid of the current communist inspired mess we call a tax code and replace it with something worthy of a free society!

[A. Pole]

ALL of those things and more!

Like not having children? They are an expensive luxury. It is much cheaper to import young grown-up workers from the Third World countries. See my tagline.

[no-s]

we need to stop lowering ourselves to the standard of other, socialism-inclined countries. If we could ditch the anchor of big government none of this would matter. Otherwise we eventually become serfs. Then we will be able to work as hard as we are commanded by our masters...

I think this is why FairTax is necessary. But it may be too late...