Originally Posted by Tempest

Sorry, wrong.. No politician has the political will to do what's needed.. The US is a me me me society where everyone is out for themselves regardless of whether or not the long term results of that end up destroying themselves. The "free market" is too ingrained in the US mindset that anything else isn't even considered. The US is all about getting out of the way of business and letting it do it's thing, even if that means fucking up the US. There's no "let's work together for the benefit if the US and each other" but instead it's every man for themselves.

The US needs manufacturing in order to stave off becoming a country of low paying service jobs. But the policies in the US aren't geared towards creating and keeping manufacturing, not to mention ensuring that there are no trade imbalances. How long has that been going on with China?

Germany is a great example of how the US could achieve what's needed but they'd never implement the sorts of policies that would be required.

Pretty good article here about Germany
http://prospect.org/cs/articles?arti...conomic_engine