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So? Who wants to work in a factory? Go out and get another job, start your own business, retrain and do something entirely different, go back to school and finish that degree...that's what my family did.

There is much better way. Get rich quickly and retire. You can do it by becomeing a CEO, outsourcing jobs to another country, getting a bonus for it, then when company starts to go down and you get replaced, take your golden parachute.

Way to go man!

Hey, if you can be a CEO, go for it!.

I sure couldn't.

But if you want the government to preserve your job for you, move to France.

Industry thrives only as long as it's competitive, and for various reasons, some of our industries are no longer competitive.

But things change. Many of the industries that are moving away are crummy assembly-type things that drive US employees crazy, or they are jobs that (as happened to a family member) rot your body and make your fingernails and toe-nails fall out.

However, things are happening: many of the white collar jobs in NYC and other big metro areas are moving to the South and other parts of the country, not only to be able to pay lower wages, but to get an English-speaking work force with good work habits. So some of the people whose factory job has gone away are going to get something entirely different.

Industries (and jobs) come and go. Change is the essence of being an American.

On the other hand, I agree with you about CEOs: stockholders and Boards are wimps, and should be demanding that CEOs and other officers actually produce and create profitable businesses. This may mean things like investing in infrastructure, which stockholders (who want quick profits) are notoriously reluctant to do. But it may also mean that the stockholders and the Directors they have elected should do a lot more to hold the CEO's feet to the fire.