You point out many things that are true... I do not consider myself a
luddite, nor ignorant of the impossibility of turning back the clock; nor of
reversing the industrial revolution so we can all return to Eden: But in
the name of improving the bottom line for the corporate share holders we
exported the smokestack industries leaving ourselves at the mercy of others
to produce and sell back to us those things made of metals and stamped out
by great thumping presses... Then the toaster, and furniture, and clothing,
and glass ware, and on, and on... Then we exported the making of machines
that make machines, also in the name of profit margins, now we are dependent
upon foreign sources for our precision tool machinery... Then we exported
the manufacturing of the televison we gave the world, because there was more
profit, and now we buy all of our television sets from abroad... Next, the
camera went overseas, and the film industry is rapidly following.... Then we
exported the technology of the computer chip we were foremost in inventing,
and now we depend upon others to sell us the chips to make the computers,
again because it was more profitable... Now, the highly skilled software
jobs are fleeing, like thieves in the night, to India because the corporate
CEO can increase profits and make a bonus of millions... And, currently we
are in a titanic struggle over food tariffs and if we lose our sense of
purpose we will become dependent upon foreign sources for a majority of our
basic foodstuffs...
Once, we become totally a nation of hamburger flippers where is the money to
buy the foreign products we are dependent upon going to come from?
denny

"Malcolm Teas" wrote in message
The problem with this recovery is that it's a technical recovery only.
But, that says nothing about
jobs still decreasing, and the ones that are being created are more
often contract temporary positions than permanent ones.