Hey, I just observe what I see... The VA Tech shooter got wonderful grades thanks to his Tiger Mom, but he had no business being in college or even around other people.
Watching it happen over the last 40 years. Knowing that even with better education, I am doing less well than my dad did with his union membership.
Um, wrong again.
First, most of those manufacturing jobs were lost to automation and process improvement.
Secondly, working in manufacturing, the problem is, white Americans really don't want those jobs. Having worked in several factories over the last decade, most of those people on the line are Hispanic, Polish or Indian immigrants.
Third, Manufacturing was never more than 33% of the workforce, even at it's height. It wasn't that anything was offshored, it was that the rest of the world just caught up.
Fourth, what caused the decline in the Middle Class was the decline in Unions. Without a union, wages become a race to the bottom.
Again, all through our history, some dumb-ass ******* bigot like you whines about "immigrants".
150 years ago, it was the Irish
100 years ago, it was the Germans.
50 years ago, it was the Poles
Today it's the Mexicans and tomorrow it will be the Indians.
Immigration is GOOD for America. Without Immigration, we'll end up like Japan, with too many old people and not enough young people to support them.
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And Godzilla. Let's not forget about Godzilla!