| ^ That's most likely the first thing to happen. A lot of manufacturing has already switched to Mexico, mostly just because Asia can't sustain the output that western society has required. The point is that the system is driven by a short-sighted economy, and nobody in office or contending for office is actually acknowledging that the US economy will suffer as other countries begin to flourish. It's always the other guy's fault. Electing someone new isn't going to erase the history of out-sourcing industries, and it's that out-sourcing that is causing a decline in the US economy. When manufacturing starts becoming more expensive in other countries, prices are going to rise and the US dollar is going to be worth less and less. This sort of thing is out of any of their hands, for the most part, because none of them will actually turn their heads to the future. It's not the government that's hurting the country's economy, even if it's run by an ******* like Bush - the right sort of maneuvering can only be so conduscive. |