How do you know it is a “few”? Some estimates run as high as 1/3 of all jobs. Besides, if it is just a few, then why not toss us few a bone to help us out? Small problem, small solution.

(* quote: The U.S. must remain competitive in this increasingly global economy–erecting walls around us will only make the situation worse. *)

Free trade may optimize widgets, but not necessarily jobs. Are cheap Walmart trinkets more important that good and varied jobs? We cannot all be insurance salesmen. There is the assumption that the Next Big Thing will come to save us. What if it stops coming, or comes to other nations instead?

How do you know it is a “few”? Some estimates run as high as 1/3 of all jobs. Besides, if it is just a few, then why not toss us few a bone to help us out? Small problem, small solution.

(* quote: The U.S. must remain competitive in this increasingly global economy–erecting walls around us will only make the situation worse. *)

Free trade may optimize widgets, but not necessarily jobs. Are cheap Walmart trinkets more important that good and varied jobs? We cannot all be insurance salesmen. There is the assumption that the Next Big Thing will come to save us. What if it stops coming, or comes to other nations instead?