During the 1992 presidential race candidate Ross Perot made one of the most prophetic comments when he stated that if NAFTA was passed, Americans would hear a "huge sucking sound" as corporations transfered jobs from America to Mexico. At the time he made his comment, many business leaders and political pundits, thought Ross's comment was absurd. Unfortunately for America and its workforce - he was dead on.
Trade agreements that our politicians have enacted over the past 20 years have devastated the middle class. U.S. corporations operating within legal bounds have shifted jobs from all over America to all over the world. It would be difficult to document a civilized society self destructing - for the sole purpose of enhancing shareholder value - than what America has done to itself over the past few decades.
There was a time in America when corporations took great pride in their involvement within the local community. The local manufacturing plant employed generations of workers and contributed significantly to the local tax base that funded schools and government services. Today in just about every community in America you can drive by shuttered plants - and unfortunately middle class homes as well. While China is building new cities across their country - America is watching Detroit bulldoze entire neighborhoods.
Where is the outrage?
The solution to this epic disaster is to buy what is produced in America. All Americans have a responsibility to leave this country in better economic condition than what we inherited from our parents/grandparents. To stand by and watch record fiscal deficits, diminishing job opportunities and the self destruction of once prosperous American cities - is deplorable.
If American's do not stand up for themselves - do we expect the Chinese to do it for us?
http://www.thefiscaltimes.com/Articles/2011/08/22/WP-Many-Companies-Secretive-About-Overseas-Jobs.aspx#page1
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