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Originally Posted by baddog
No one is bringing jobs back. That is a pipe dream. Listen to McCain's suggestion and retrain these people who lost their jobs to outsourcing.
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I think we need a combination of training and retraining, but also some changes in trade and outsourcing. The training part of emphasized in Obama's proposals for education so that America can remain competitive.
A re-trained American may still lose his job to an equally trained 3rd worlder who costs a fraction to employ.
I actually don't know of any real solution here. If the Chinese can do everything we can but for cheaper, companies are going to go there no matter the training Americans have. This leads to the question: how can we have a functioning economy if there is no middle-class because their job is overseas.