[contessa machiaveli]

but people do care about the loss of good paying jobs in the US, and none of the candidates have articulated how best to reverse the trend. the prez would be unbeatable if he had a plan (penalize corporations that offshore jobs and setup offices in bermuda, etc).
the situation is great for my 401k(and my husband a nd my jobs are untouchable) but i don't see how this country will stop the downward trajectory of the standard of living for people who once had well paying jobs.

[sinkspur]

but people do care about the loss of good paying jobs in the US, and none of the candidates have articulated how best to reverse the trend. the prez would be unbeatable if he had a plan (penalize corporations that offshore jobs and setup offices in bermuda, etc).

I'm sorry, contessa, but the problem is not "corporations"; it's the federal and state governments and the burdensome regulations, taxes, and bureaucracy that they have imposed on American corporations, raising the cost of doing business here.

You're not going to "penalize" corporations that have subsidiaries in other countries when they move jobs to those subsidiaries. That would be a further burden to the cost of doing business.

[lsmith1990]

""but people do care about the loss of good paying jobs in the US, and none of the candidates have articulated how best to reverse the trend"'

That is because in a free society you cant.