Many cars/trucks Americans buy are not built here. *Most* ships Americans sail on are not built here. The planes . . . well, probably not for much longer, the way Boeing is headed. The steel industry is sick, to say the least . . . The food . . . . . . and the jobs ?
http://www.msnbc.com/news/943596.asp excerpting the lead-in paragraphs : Globalization takes toll on techies It's not just low-level jobs that are leaving U.S. shores By Martin Wolk MSNBC July 24 - To some high-tech workers, the New Economy is starting to look a lot like the Old Economy. And that is a frightening prospect. IN THE OLD ECONOMY, the manufacturing sector has lost nearly *4 million* jobs *since 1980*. Some jobs have disappeared because of increased productivity, but many affected workers in industries like steel, apparel and electronics have been replaced by lower-priced labor overseas. As globalization marches on, many jobs in the New Economy of services and high technology seem to be headed the same way. To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED]
