Good evening Frank! > Good evening Lowell! > > Lowell C. Savage wrote to Robert Goodman... > > Probably, and most likely, places like 'Communist' (highlighted > for absurdity's today) would likely increase my chances for > opportunity than the reeling regulatory climate increasing > sending jobs abroad in this country today.
Yes, and that would be opportunities in both directions. See Yukos, the guy that got charged with spying when he was running around checking radio frequencies to figure out the best cell phone frequencies. See all the companies that got their assets "nationalized" over the years. > Everyone today seems to moan about the loss of jobs, I know I do. > But also the loss of American good quality products missing! Try > trying something simple, like buying tire chains from reputable > tire dealings... guess what? They're made in China too! > > The tire chains I really bought last week were made in Norway! > No one today makes pipe anymore in America. The last tire chains I purchased were spendy models. Made in Germany. But they came recommended as easy-on/easy-off. Quality stuff that works--I've used them plenty and they work as advertised. I went to their web site and it looks like they've exceeded themselves. See http://www.rudchain.com/index.htm. As for pipe. So what? Pipe is pipe. (Until some smart westerner comes up with an innovation that does for pipe what Rud seems to be doing for chain. > Whose fault do you really believe this is? The Chinese? The > Norweigans? Who's to blame for all of this anyway? You can blame > everyone on the planet for the dismal failure of current US > economic failures, but the final blame has to come down to what > we have been doing to ourselves, and continue to do, over the > last several decades. Some other responses have focused on the market as a cause. But another reason is productivity. Northwest loggers blame environmentalists and the government for costing them jobs. But the fact of the matter is that one logger can take down a whole lot more lumber than he could several years ago. In the 1950's manufacturing was 18% of the economy. Now, it is ... (trumpet fanfare) ... 18% of the economy. And that doesn't count the fact that things are counted differently. When a factory outsources its janitorial services to a custodial services company, then "manufacturing" employees become "service" employees. I write software for a consulting firm. I am writing software for one client--it is specialized part inspection software. So, am I a "manufacturing" employee or an "IT" employee? We make high-value stuff that no one else can make. Having people in other countries sell us stuff that they can make frees us up to make more of the stuff that they can't. > That's the way it is folks. It will continue to be the 'way it is > folks', until such time as we decide to make fundamental changes > and choices in the way we decide our future to be! It's really > our choice to make. And, I submit the choices we are making today > are exactly why these fundamentals are not even being considered > very much anymore. There isn't one other country I would trade economies with. Not Europe, not China, not Japan, not anyone. We have the lowest unemployment rate (other that a few temporary exception), the best property protections, the best financial system, the most flexible and motivated workforce, and so on. What would you do to improve these fundamentals? Lowell C. Savage It's the freedom, stupid! Gun control: tyrants' tool, fools' folly. _______________________________________________ Libnw mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] List info and subscriber options: http://immosys.com/mailman/listinfo/libnw Archives: http://immosys.com/mailman//pipermail/libnw
