Sunday, August 15, 2010

HEY ASSHOLE...WHERE'S OUR FACTORIES...?

I CAN'T BELIEVE THAT AFTER LOOTING THE US ECONOMY FOR 20YEARS...AND OFF SHORING ALL THE PRODUCTION JOBS...PLANT AND EQUIPMENT...

THAT SOME PUNDITS HAVE THE GALL TO SAY : "AMERICA NEEDS TO MAKE THINGS AGAIN....!"

WELL WE SHOULD HAVE THOUGHT ABOUT THAT 10 0R 20 YEARS AGO...

IT HAS BEEN REPORTED THAT GERMANY HAS PRESERVED THEIR INDUSTRIAL BASE...AND IS NOW PREPARED TO LEAD THE EUROZONE AS A PRODUCTIVE ECONOMY WITH A MAJOR EXPORT BUSINESS...

BUT GERMANY ALWAYS HAD A CRAFT AND SKILLED LABOR BASE TO WORK FROM...

AMERICA WAS ALWAYS LOW END FACTORY JOBS... UNSKILLED LABOR WAS BROUGHT TO AMERICA BY THE BOAT LOAD...IN THE 19TH AND EARLY 20TH CENTURY...

THE LABOR WAS NOT FROM THE CRAFT TRADITION OF EUROPE OR THE MIDDLE EAST...BUT RATHER JUST CHEAP GRUNT LABOR TO DO UNSKILLED JOBS IN MINES AND FACTORIES...

THOSE JOBS ARE GONE...AND AMERICANS ARE STUCK WITHOUT A TRADITION OF CRAFT OR SKILLED LABOR...

NOW SUDDENLY THESE ECONOMIC PUNDITS ARE ASKING : "WHERES THE FACTORIES?"

SORRY ASSHOLES...AMERICANS SHIPPED THEIR FACTORIES TO CHINA...AND THEY AIN'T COMING BACK ANYTIME SOON...

AND AMERICA LACKS THE SKILLED CRAFT TRADITIONS THAT GERMANS AND MANY EUROPEAN AND MIDDLE EASTERN ECONOMY HAVE...

REALLY PITIFUL...