American jobs

The electronics industry, gone to China, but before that japan then Taiwan.

Computers, China

The textile industry, gone to India and Bangladesh with props to eastern Europe for suits and fancy dresses.

The furniture industry, going going maybe gone real soon to China, Brazil, anywhere there is cheap labor and wood. America loves it some Ikea, but quality furniture, hah, nobody cares.

Steel, cheap is king, we send scrap to China, they dump finished steel here

Medicines, China

Power tools, China

Help Desk jobs, India and Brazil

Even our breweries are no longer Domestically owned. How soon before they close?


The Domestic auto industry, crippled by unfair trade practices and a compliant Government only interested in 'free trade' not fair trade. How soon before we find a way to eliminate those jobs?


it will get worse long before it gets better. When manufacturing is gone, what are you all going to do, develop websites?

When I am REALLY wasting time, I like to go on Google Earth and explore different parts of the world. This evening it has been China. If you go and fly around Beijing or Shanghai, you can see what you're describing. See all of those blue roofs? They are making the stuff we used to make before the republican'ts got hold of things.

India does that now.

When every American worker is competing with someone who's last job was working knee deep in water in a rice paddy they just might open their eyes? But I ain't holding my breath.

Don

Cop

Soldier

medicine (bandaging up all of the wounded)

You'll have miners for raw materials which China and India LOVE so they can send finished good back here. But that's a sub-catagory of cop, since cop is general for gun-toting lackey. And throw in truck drivers and road crews to keep themn raw materials flowing.

We aren't even building fucking ships here anymore, the supertankers are built in China and Korea........

about the disappearance of jobs.

While walking around the computer lab at my work, I was just raging about how EVERY PIECE Of computer equipment was NOT made in the United States.

China has BILLIONS of people. They can make products for their own people.

I think we should ONLY outsource the manufacturing of goods that can't be made here in the United States.

IT can be done here, customer service call center jobs can be done here, etc.

::sigh::

You got these Tea Party idiots protesting taxes when they need to be protesting NAFTA, CAFTA, WTO, etc.

BTW, my mom works for a company that is a HUGE reason why our economy sucks.

Might help you realize that there are more American industries than what you've mentioned.

You have got to be kidding me.........Might help if you realize the loss of ENTIRE industries like machine shops, aluminum products, wood products, even electrical wiring isn't made here anymore, you really think people here are that stupid or blind? Don't answer, you do.

Feel free to include actual data. It would help your argument.

And yes, I do defend the Japanese when they employ Americans. Once again, your problem begins and ends with any good or service that isn't produced or delivered by union labor. I think more broadly than that.

Your anti-foreign fervor is noted. I wonder what distinguishes you from Archie Bunker? Not much, really.

manufacturing.

Practically any American branded product that you can think of that used to be manufactured here is now manufactured abroad and imported with an American corporate logo.

Department store house brands that used to be "Made in the USA" are now mostly "Made in China".

If Americans really want to save the U.S. economy, they will really practice "Buy American" and, in addition, tell retail store managers that they will only shop at companies who offer American made products for sale.

Don't wait for the government to fix the problem because, in that case, it probably won't happen in your lifetime.

P.S. To your list, you can add toys, tools, appliances, hardware, electrical supplies, shoes, and more.

Don't let Domestic auto companies off the hook. Many American branded cars consist in part or are entirely made from foreign manufactured parts. GM is doing a booming business manufacturing and selling Buicks in China.

the corporations only give them what they want.........and of course, poke at GM. Did you know GM ONLY makes cars in China for the Chinese market and is the number one selling brand? But I guess it's OK with you that japan makes cars in japan for America? :eyes: :eyes: :eyes: :eyes: :eyes: It's OK for corporate japan to compete here but God forbid an American company compete in another market other than America.........