To: samuel_adams_us
A little severe maybe, but high tech was supposed to be the replacement for the manufacturing industries that went overseas earlier and now it too is departing. Solutions are not easy to come by and I don't know if our technical innovation is going to stay ahead of the rest of the world. The third world is becoming more technically educated while our young adults are dumbed down by public schools which are more worried about "self-esteem" than the 3-R's.
18 posted on
07/30/2003 3:55:31 PM PDT by
CedarDave
(The Dems look for a shadow on the brightest day, call it the dark of night and blame George W. Bush)
To: CedarDave
Sad to say, about our public schools you are right. Do you know why India is getting so many of our programming jobs? Good schools. That's right India is producing better educated (okay maybe not better, but competitively educated) graduates. How in the world does that happen?
HHTY!
19 posted on
07/30/2003 3:59:05 PM PDT by
just_living
(In an effort to stay true...)
To: CedarDave
high tech was supposed to be the replacement for the manufacturing industries that went overseas If so, it was shortsighted and partially blind. A lot of electronics and cars were already being imported years ago. How could high tech not continue to be imported? How could data entry and telephone answering services possibly be kept home? This didn't happen overnight.
21 posted on
07/30/2003 4:01:01 PM PDT by
RightWhale
(Destroy the dark; restore the light)
To: CedarDave
CedarDave is right. First the textile jobs went overseas, and we were told not to worry, we had the best manufacturing industries. Then these industries became more automated or left for China (even furniture manufacture). Then we were told, don't worry, we have all the great jobs in information technology. Now they're departing too. What's left? Walmart associates selling Chinese products, and trial lawyers.
To: CedarDave
high tech was supposed to be the replacement for the manufacturing industries that went overseas earlier and now it too is departingPretty soon those millions of jobs "no American will do" and sucked up by illegal aliens undocumented workers are going to look awfully good to millions of unemployed Americans when the unemployment benefits run out and the welfare gravy train grinds to a halt for lack of tax money.
The political party that recognizes this and does something about it is going to have a lock on elections for decades.
49 posted on
07/30/2003 4:55:09 PM PDT by
Gritty
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