[old patriot]

Since when has it been one political party or the other that could guarantee one's employment, unless it was a union job? Ever since America was a nation we have had problems of either a newer and cheaper work force would come onto our shores or the jobs were sent overseas.

Wait until India starts losing their jobs to China and see how quick they will start to yell.

Americans need to start looking for other ways to make livings when these things happen instead of complaining to Washington for some kind of public assistance. Since when did any politician ever claim that they could keep some plant open or business solvent?

We all need to start thinking for ourselves and quit looking for politicians to fix anything but the next election.

Old Patriot

[waterstraat]

Americans need to start looking for other ways to make livings when these things happen instead of complaining to Washington

Exactly which jobs are available for American workers over the age of 50 who are displaced by cheap foreign labor? Perhaps you can help by pointing out exactly where the jobs are for them, esp if they are older workers?

[eno_]

Americans need to start looking for other ways to make livings when these things happen instead of complaining to Washington for some kind of public assistance. Since when did any politician ever claim that they could keep some plant open or business solvent?

Hear hear!

The ONLY reason this is a hot issue is that the people getting laid off are educated, middle class, often conservative, and articulate. Steel workers and coal miners thrown out by international competition and technology change are just told to suck it up.

IT is a cost. IT never made a widget. At best, IT optimizes some of the other costs in making a widget, but IT is never anything other than a cost. Why is anyone suprised that any rational business will go for the least costly IT they can get?