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Excellent point, Fitz. And a point that bears repeating every day. Even if there was ZERO unemployment, it must be made clear "HOW MUCH" are the people actually "TAKING HOME AFTER TAXES." You wonder why mothers have to work to make ends meet. And who suffers? The children who have no adult supervision. They come home from school and sit in front of the television getting dumbed down. Just look at how much is taken out of your check and what you actually bring home. Parents, I hope you are encouraging your children to get a college education because in the very near future there will be absolutely no manufacturing in these United States. All jobs will be service and if they don't have at least a bachelor's degree they will be spending the rest of your life flipping burgers at Burger King or turning a wrench at the local Ford dealership competing with an illegal for a job that the dealership will try to pay the very least they can get away with paying. Semper Fi

Parents, I hope you are encouraging your children to get a college education because in the very near future there will be absolutely no manufacturing in these United States.

In what though? Certainly not for degrees in information technology anymore since those jobs are for H1B visa holders now. Not in medicine because people losing insurance have no way to pay except to get in Medicaid and Medicare and the reimbursement is falling. Lots of college graduates aren't finding jobs now so why go in debt thousands of dollars?

All jobs will be service

Service jobs won't be around much after we lose all the manufacturing jobs. If too many Americans are out of work or making minimum wage jobs, and not receiving employer provided health insurance, they won't be able to afford "services". People making minimum wage can't pay for doctors, lawyers, accountants.

I just wonder what our government and leaders intend to do about all the taxes they aren't collecting now from both businesses that left and Americans who are falling into lower salary ranges. When people make minimum wage, they get the "Earned Income Tax Welfare", they don't pay income taxes. Will the government now start cutting salaries on government employees like Congressmen? And cutting social program spending?