[semimojo]

No, the safety net was being able to pick shift work at the local manufacturing plant when times got tough or little Timmy needed braces.

And today we have Uber, Lyft, Upwork and tons of other gig-economy options.

People are capable of doing more than assembly line work.

[central_va]

In a small town with one major producer of jobs the loss of the factory has been devastating. I wish I could make Lie-ber-terrorists like wake the f up.

Left for Dead in Danville: How Globalism Is Killing Working Class America

[central_va]

If a country could just grow crops and perform menial services for each other then every 3rd world country would be rich and prosperous.

The three ways to CREATE wealth: mining, manufacturing and farming. Service industries just transfers wealth around.

[Political Junkie Too]

There is a difference between a service economy and an economy that converts one capital asset into another.

-PJ