Made in America–Not: Part 2
John Gyorki
July 29th, 2008.
Because I received such an overwhelming number of e-mail responses on this subject in the May issue, I decided to write a second article. I invite you to read the first set of replies on the Design World website Insights blog.
Obviously, most people agreed with my opinion regarding the devastating loss of American jobs and the negative effect that “off-shoring” has on our economy. This included smart, prominent manufacturers who make US products, profitably! Only those who choose to off-shore our knowledgebase object to my opinion. In the hope of finding a government publication that supported my opinion, I consulted the Internet and read our president’s report on the status of the US economy for 2007 (called a 2008 report). I was surprised (and a little puzzled) to read that the president painted a very rosy picture of our economic status! He and his advisors did not own up to the fact that we were and still are on a steep path to recession, but rather, that our economy was “unsettled.” What a weasel word! The report went on to say that although unemployment was approaching 5%, it was not likely to reach it. At this writing, the number is 5.5% and climbing. It also claimed that the US was the largest exporter of goods and services of any country, but he did not immediately describe what these goods and services comprised. After a little more searching, I got the impression that he was equating those exported services with the jobs that we offshored — primarily software development to India and China. How can that be an export? Exports are supposed to bring in dollars, not pay them out in salaries to foreign companies. (more…)
Authors:
- John Gyorki (17)
- Larry Boulden (4)
- Leslie Langnau (4)
- Mike Emich (1)
- Scott McCafferty (2)
