Ok, let's buy American, starting with energy. Stop buying middle-east
oil!
Anybody here have a 401K? The value of your 401K is based on.... what? Most 401K values are loosely based on how well a company does somewhere. That CEO who closed a non-profitable or low-profitable plant in order to improve the bottom line, indirectly put money in your pocket via your 401K.
What is the country's current rate of unemployment? 4%? 6%? I don't remember it being 20% or 30%. Jobs are being created. Yes, some many folks have to retrain or re-educate. And I firmly believe the days of being able to barely get through HS and then go work at a high paying union shop job are long gone.
Let's face it, our kids will have two, maybe three careers in their lifetime. They will be going to school or training all of their lives.