sure, we lost jobs to China et al before. But no great nation is built on those who make toys, christmas tree lights, shoes and shirts.
talk to me when IT, semiconductors, and communications equipment are gone.
Here in the SF bay area, we lost 300 thousand jobs. I'm talking to you right now. How many TVs are made here in the US? How many VCRs? Those jobs are gone. We never even had a chance to lose the DVD jobs, because the INDUSTRY has moved overseas.
Virtually every IT, communications, and semiconductor company has a majority of employment positions overseas, with negative job growth projected into the next 2 decades. Those jobs are essentially gone. Your job could be next -- and that flush of arrogance you feel right now that says, "I'm much more valuable than that" is exactly what the software engineers and test engineers and design engineers felt just a few short years ago. I guess the only thing to say is, come and talk to us when that happens. There are some plumber apprenticeships opening up with a waiting list of only 200.