Quote Originally Posted by GoldenBoy812
I have a much more optimistic view of America. First and foremost, American workers fucking rock! We are the top producers, and the top producers per capita. American ingenuity is second to none, no matter what the liberal media portrays in a given week.

The American infrastructure is second to none, and i mean in its fullest regards. Our post secondary education system (college/university) is probably the surrest hedge against deep depression. The second wave economy, known primarily as the production economy, or even the mass production economy is slowly transitioning into what experts call the third phase: the knowledge based economy. These message boards, facebook, and any advanced means of communication (skype) are a true testament as to where the future of our economy is heading. Outsourcing compulsive work has actually paid great dividends, as American workers are now able to produce/ design more advanced code which gives us a hands down edge over the rest of the worlds economies.

Furthermore, America is the world leader in research and development. We are without a doubt the dominant winners of every nobel prize (minus peace, and literature) since its creation. As the information age blooms, and the knowledge based economy really sets in, i believe without a shadow of a doubt that the US will experience another golden age even as the Chinese economy eclipses ours in the next 20 years or so.

Americans, be happy, be thankful, and most of all prosper and strive for the good of yourselves. It is that thinking that has brought us to the forefront of human existence; there is no reason for us (pun intended) to step down.
Under the thought of the US Becoming an "Info" Based Economy, I have Two Questions....

1. In case of wartime productions-Where does the US get its Ore for Steel and Aluminum and where is it Processed into usable Products like Ammo/Ships/Tanks/Planes?? (Assuming that there is a naval blockade of US waters or the war we would be fighting disrupted the Supply Lines from these areas of the world that currently supply the US)

2. Considering that a workforce trained into earning its living in an "Info Economy" sit behind a desk and run a Computer where do you figure the find the Personnel to work in the factorys that build War Supples....You need all kinds of Skilled Employees in the Steel and Manufacturing Industrys to do this and we have sent These Jobs Overseas!! (Sorry you cant build a Tank without the help of a good Welder)

This is my Bitch about "Outsourcing" what is now considered "Manual Unskilled Labor" (Like a GOOD Welder is "Unskilled",My Ass!!) is that at some point in US history we as a nation will not be able to defend ourselves without having to pull an "Iraqi War" Style Stunt on some country we have no Beef with for their Resources and Manufacturing Base just because We lacked the foresight to see this.