Reply #3: Great article - thanks for posting! [View All]

[Avalon Sparks]

I know it's the LA Times - but I think because these jobs are leaving at such a fast pace now, the word is getting out to people.

I see articles about this almost everyday now, and letters to the editor in the Houston Post, Dallas Morning News, and Austin Statesman quite frequently about it.

Word is getting out and I do believe it will have an effect at the voting booth.

This quote from the article is what we need to harp on:

economists say it is likely that many of the lost jobs will not be restored. That's because most of the losses are attributable to permanent, structural shifts instead of the cyclical layoffs typical of past recessions.

I think for awhile many people have been thinking this is just a normal business cycle, but the longer it goes on and the more information like this that gets out, people will start to wake up.


This also caught my attention:

"They're not all going to come back," acknowledged National Assn. of Manufacturers President Jerry Jasinowski. Displaced factory workers "will have to move on," he said, into growing sectors of the economy, such as home building and health care.

This is bullshit - if jobs keep hemorraging like this, there won't be much demand for homebuilding and more people won't have access to healthcare due to lack of insurance or money.

Are we headed toward a society that barters services for food and rent? Who is going to be able to pay for services when that's all a majority of people can offer?