[NYDave]

<<"If government wants to create jobs, then it needs to get itself out of the way of the companies that will provide them.">>

Yes, and those companies will provide them for the folks in India, China, etc., etc. I'm not just talking about manufacturing jobs but the exploding exodus of high-tech white collar jobs. I can't really fault a company for seeking cheaper labor, but if gov. wants to get involved, let it show a little patriotism and not make it so cheap for corps. to send these jobs off-shore. And, of course, we can all retrain and change our career focuses (I've done that a few times in my life) but there is a limit. The corps are only interested in the quarter to quarter bottom line for their investors (read fund managers) to keep their earnings on the up-tick. The gov. should be concerned about the eroding consumer and tax base. If we are all earning less money then, obviously, we will spend less and pay less. The medium to longer consequenses should be of concern to all. This off-shoring bubble may burst one day but the results could be pretty ugly.

[templar]

The gov. should be concerned about the eroding consumer and tax base.

The government, the politicians running it really, seems only to be concerned in campaign money: getting re-elected. I doubt that they really care much who is providing that money, Americans or foreigners (through American sources as well as directly) as long as it keeps coming in.