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American companies are in a business cycle where they must upgrade their I/T to survive. They held back too long due the to terrorist threat and their aging equipment is degrading. Look for renewed spending as the cash flows in. Below is the listing for the fastest growing jobs.

Job Search - Job Listing - Fastest Growing Jobs [1998-2008]

Data Communication Analysts +106% change
Computer Security Specialists +106% change
Computer Engineers +103% change
Computer Systems Analysts +85% change
Computer Support Specialists +85% change
Page Layout Workers +76% change
Chiropractors +70% change
Paralegals +68% change
Medical Assistants +62% change

These doom and gloom posts are so funny. There is a very good chance that we will experience a GDP of 6.5% or greater, millions of jobs will be created as people and companies open their purse strings, and all you can say is but, but...

Kind of like the guy who wins a million dollars, but complains that the guy that gave him the check had shifty eyes. The refusal to see the possibility of something good is an curious phenomena that is ingrained in these posts. The world is changing, things are getting better, Americans are a strong and resourceful people, the nation will survive and still be the envy of the world. Have faith in America and in the American people that make this country so great, thank you very much.

The people who've been dumped are mostly guys who are well into their forties. If they don't catch on somewhere right away, they are finished. Hardly anyone in his forties who has been unemployed for over six months will ever get a real job again.

Whether the industries come back or not, those people are screwed. They are also angry. These are votes that should have been guaranteed for the pubbies. At best, they will stay home.

If the dems are smart enough to nominate a percieved moderate who addresses this issue, they will win, no matter how awful their "plan" is.

Again, so right. If you listed the jobs lost between 1970 and 1990, you would see steel, autos, some textile, and so on. If you listed the jobs added (which were 20 million MORE than were lost) you would see computers, electrical engineering, biotech, and so on. Many of the jobs added did not EXIST in 1970! The products didn't exist, or were too new, to employ anyone.

This is why I think we haven't begun to see the real IT/tech boom yet!