I believe people here are more concerned with govt manipulation. What other govt. on earth actually actively lobbies and subsidies companies to leave, taking many jobs and lots of money with them?
They feel betrayed. You're talking gold rush and remote controls. Was the govt. stabbing gold rushers in the back? The only way these situations are comparable, is if the govt. was scheming and artificially ended the gold rush early on behalf of a foreign power.
They are comparable in that they are external forces outside of our control that impact our plans and expectations and goals regarding personal enrichment.
There is very little you or I as individuals can do about international trade. Even if we can have some effect, it won't help someone's immediate desire to get back on a paying basis. Therefore, the way I see it, the thing to do is to filter out of mind all the excuses and externals about which I have no control, focus on the things that are in my control, and make my own success. How many successful businesses were launched, or careers started, during the worst days of the Depression?
This came to mind, don't know why...
They feel betrayed. You're talking gold rush and remote controls. Was the govt. stabbing gold rushers in the back? The only way these situations are comparable, is if the govt. was scheming and artificially ended the gold rush early on behalf of a foreign power.
Exactly. We're more expensive to hire? Noooo, If they hire American workers, it will cut into their personal pork. I love George Bush, but he needs to wake up and smell the coffee.