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I think that trade wars are a legitimate role for government, as they DO affect all aspects of our national security... I take it you disagree?

Nobody on this thread has uttered one word about the reason the costs of doing business are so high in America: regulations and taxes.

Instead, you'd rather tax already overtaxed and overregulated businesses because they're trying to remain competitive.

Line coders are gone, forever. You're just going to have to accept that fact. As are, likely, some financial industry jobs that require boring, repititive tasks.

The rule is this: if your job can be done from your home, it can be done from India, for a lot less.

Nobody on this thread has uttered one word about the reason the costs of doing business are so high in America: regulations and taxes.

Give it time somebody will begin that train of thought.

Line coders are gone, forever. You're just going to have to accept that fact. As are, likely, some financial industry jobs that require boring, repititive tasks.

How does one become a good designer/archtitect/Sr. Engineer without first being a "coder"? Do you think all IT people start at the top?

Nobody on this thread has uttered one word about the reason the costs of doing business are so high in America: regulations and taxes.

good point... probably because NONE of us really believe there is much hope of doing anything meaningful in these arenas. the pittance of tax reduction and regulation reduction we have heard so much about, in the scheme of things add a certain level despondency, when you consider that the jobs and cutting edges of development are leaving FASTER than you can get a federal judge appointed...

In other words... WAY too little, and a DAMNED bit WAY too late. We have more conservatives at the throttle of this nation's tax and spend carburetor than we have had in my lifetime! And the government is not shrinking or cutting much of anything. What you suggest would require not "tinkering" with half points of income tax refunded on "special" middle and lower income households, but instead a revamping of the whole federalist structure.

Gotta love your optism, but it is NOT going to happen. Period. I WISH that I was wrong about it. Honestly it is NOT going to happen. We have illegal aliens to support and the masses of Africa to save, plus programs for all americans with hangnails to fund... there will be NO MEANINGFUL tax reform in the quantities required to stem the tide.

I will dance in the streets with you, and eat my socks with barbecue sauce when it does.