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I note that GGG brings up the "exporting American jobs" rhubarb, again. It is clear to me, that GodGunsGuts has no comprehension of the word "progress".

Let's use this example.

You've been using a 1940s oven. It is still functional. It is an abject energy hog, and requires a great deal of monitoring over a long cooking time.

Available on the market now is an energy savings oven which also does convection cooking, and with a temp probe. The technology of this newer model is compatible with the newer forms of energy being marketed in the more technologically progressive areas of the country; and in your location.

You search out the best price, you purchase this newer model. You now have the older, still functional model oven on your hands. You can junk it; give to a collector; sell it either domestically or abroad.

Obviously, some industries have been determined to be far too costly for the American age and economy. Nonetheless, developing nations are glad for that older oven. That older oven if it could be a productive good in another location of the American economy, it would MORE THAN LIKELY MOVE (M-O-V-E) to that location. But if there is no researched net gain to moving that industry to another location within the American economy, it will be put on the open market for purchase elsewhere in the world.

The American users of that "older oven" can decide themselves whether or not they wish to give up baking and broiling or acquire a newer model more compatible with current technologies. In either case there is a net cost involved with either decision. There is also a net cost involved with purchasing the newer oven.

There are costs involved with being a citizen of every country in the world.

I know its a shock for some to know this; but why should they when they can snag a headline asserting they are being personally "discriminated against" either by business or government. When in fact, this "reality" is in perfect keeping with both Darwin and Christianity and what the market bears for the people by the people.

And, those who comprehend this "reality" are generally referred to in coinage as the "haves" and those who do not grok this reality are generally referred to as the "have nots".

Why learn to live with reality when one can natter "DISCRIMINATION" and create a newer industry. We refer to this industry as the "grievance elite".

The point is, American workers can't compete with Red China's slave labor pool. As long as they remain Communist, they will always be able to produce products cheaper (a la Command Economy) than the USA. Buying products from Red China results in a net transfer of our wealth in exchange for cheaper products. They then recycle their profits into low-yield US debt instruments (and thereby contributing to our bubble economy...the most recent bubble being the housing market). But that's not the end of the story. We still have to pay those debts back, which will be on top of whatever new debt we accumulate as a result of the Current Account/Budget deficits.

BRAVA !