Texashiker
Lifer
- Dec 18, 2010
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How about we balance it with "FAIR trade", not the one way bullshit free trade that we have now? Tariffs are only a small part of that and considering that China and other countries tariff the shit out of our stuff, we need to can the agreements and start over. Might be too late for that though as we have our head so far up China's ass that if we pull the breathing tube, we won't survive as we have forgotten how to breath on our own.
The internet generation will have no idea what its like to get their hands dirty. There are some of the inet generation that will go into the blue collar workforce, but for the most part, we are talking about a generation of paper pushers.
Unless a nation produces something, we are not adding to the overall wealth. Building an iphone in china, then some 25 year old kid buying that phone in Texas does not add to the wealth of a nation.
In 20 - 25 years when my generation retires, how is the inet generation supposed to pay my retirement and medical needs? They are not producing anything the world wants to buy.
If we think times are rough now, what is it going to be like in 20 years? I say 20 years because the baby-boomers will be needed constant medical care, and generation X will be retiring.
If we think the baby boomer generation is going to cost a fortune retiring, what is going to happen when gen X and the baby boomers are both retired?