they never answer those questions either - what's left for americans in the endgame. once it plays out, and we de-industrialize, now technology is going too - what's left. the "new industries" come from the technology industry, so once that goes offshore, innovation goes with it.
what's left are service jobs, the "paper economy" of financial services and real estate and banking and insurance, health care, government employment, teachers and education, construction, retail sales, travel and leisure, food services - and of course, lots of lawyers and expanding government payrolls at every level.
the main thing that keeps the US economy moving now - is population growth. its only an increasing population, increasing demand for more services et al, that grows the economy.
the difference between our one state presidential wins in 2000 and 2004, versus Reagan's landslides, is that our party has no economic message on this problem.
" the difference between our one state presidential wins in 2000 and 2004, versus Reagan's landslides, is that our party has no economic message on this problem."
It's not because of economics. Unlimited illegal 3rd world immigration (and pandering to the illegal alien lobby)in states like California make it impossible for a Conservative to ever win a Reagan-like landslide again.