I don’t see people who want a standard of living better than a Red Chinese coolie as whiners.
Free trade has not been beneficial for the average American, and things are only going to get worse. Why would anyone hire an American or European worker when they can pay some Third Worlder pennies per day?
If you can’t produce significantly more than a “Third Worlder pennies per day” person then why should you be paid more? We are no longer an island that can hide from the world. Either we compete with the world or the world moves on without us.
What are you going to do when robots do most of the manual labor? Ban robots? Because that day is coming quickly.
The bottom line is government is the anchor holding us down. Endless regulation, taxes and “fees” redistributing our work productivity to a near majority who vote and don’t contribute to the wealth of the country. Either we throw off the yoke around our necks or we go broke.
When Americans are free we lead the world in innovation. We haven’t been free for some time now and it shows.
No, no, you just don't get it!
It's the new, improved, GLOBAL economy!
All those workers you're worried about? They will go to college, learn to write code, become engineers and doctors, and become MANAGERS (do not ask, "mangers of what?").
It's the new, KNOWLEDGE economy!
And the ones who can't, or won't?
We will legalize marijuana, decriminalize heroin, and build more gated communities.
You obviously still are working with OLD THINKING!
Get with the program!