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And in being paid enough to do this they furnished an important market in a market based economy which sustained that economy. Without them the economy will collapse.

This has been a mystery to me. I have only one college course on economics. But from the beginning of the mass export of American jobs I wondered who would be the tax base.Who will pay for the schools? (teachers look for massive layoffs and salary cuts ..face to face service jobs are the next on the list) Who will pay the for the bloated federal socialist government ? I wondered who would buy cars, insurance, homes , appliances What will happen to the longshore men and sales men and truckers?.

For every factory job, (and now tech jobs) the "service" jobs of other Americans are at risk of being lost. Who will need the maid to make up the bed at "Motel 8", when no one has the money to travel?

Who will tip the waitress at that wonderful Italian restaurant if no one can afford to eat out?

America built an interdependent middle class we all need each other.For a time some of the more educated among us thought they were above "market forces"

Welcome to the real NEW WORLD ORDER

This has been a mystery to me. I have only one college course on economics. But from the beginning of the mass export of American jobs I wondered who would be the tax base.Who will pay for the schools? (teachers look for massive layoffs and salary cuts ..face to face service jobs are the next on the list) Who will pay the for the bloated federal socialist government ? I wondered who would buy cars, insurance, homes , appliances What will happen to the longshore men and sales men and truckers?.
For every factory job, (and now tech jobs) the "service" jobs of other Americans are at risk of being lost. Who will need the maid to make up the bed at "Motel 8", when no one has the money to travel?
Who will tip the waitress at that wonderful Italian restaurant if no one can afford to eat out?

America built an interdependent middle class we all need each other.

You are correct in asking these questions. Of course, you will now be labeled a Whiner, a Libertarian-Democrat, and... lessee, what else was I called on this thread....? LOL

PS: Check your tagline. I'm sure you don't mean it to read WERE.

..from the beginning of the mass export of American jobs I wondered who would be the tax base.Who will pay for the schools? ... Who will pay the for
the bloated federal socialist government ? ..who (will) buy cars, insurance, homes , appliances What will happen to the longshore men and sales men
and truckers?...Who will need the maid to make up the bed at "Motel 8", when no one has the money to travel? ..Who will tip the waitress at that
wonderful Italian restaurant if no one can afford to eat out?

Exactly. It's the interdependant middle class that is being attacked and weakened by this trend. We're all going to lose; not just the people who've lost their jobs this week.

Maybe if you had Agamemnon's degrees you would know enough not to ask such common sense questions as these. I am sure that Agamemnon has all of the answers.

I have only one college course on economics. But from the beginning of the mass export of American jobs I wondered who would be the tax base.

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You don't need a college course in economics, all you need is a brain. When you export people's jobs doncomplain when you then can't sell them automobiles or appliances or complain about the economy.