Listening to most protectionists, I thought a much larger % of our workers were able to drop out of high school, get manufacturing jobs and instantly buy a house, new car and support a wife and 3 kids. Now I find that only 29% of our workers were in manufacturing in 1958. Not as high as I thought, considering the anecdotes I see thrown around here.You still don't get it. Start putting the numbers together. 15% of so of employees had 4+ year post secondary degrees. So now we're at 45% of the population. That still leaves the tradesmen, the mechanics and other high paying service jobs.
What are you trying to prove?