The Collapse of American Standard of Living

By Stephen Bucaro

== Your Job Is Not Coming back ==

Over past three years, 3 million American jobs have been outsourced, primarily to China and India. In this article I'm going to tell you:

- How and why those jobs were lost - Why 14 million more jobs will be lost - why those jobs are never coming back - What future will be like for Americans - How you can survive collapse

Millions of American manufacturing jobs have been lost since 1960's. But American inginuity allowed many of those jobs to be replaced by high-tech jobs. The jobs we are losing now are in Engineeering, Computer Science, Research and Development, and most other high-tech areas.

Over many decades, American workers, through unions and scarcity of skilled workers, have raised their standard of living. American companies couldn't use cheap foreign labor because communicating and coordinating over great distance was costly and complicated. The Internet changed that.

Using cheap Internet bandwidth provided by American telecom companies, American companies are now able to communicate and coordinate with cheap foreign workers just as easily as if they lived next door. The Internet has leveled playing field for all workers world-wide. An American worker now competes for a job against workers in Beijing China, Calcutta India and everywhere else in world.

American companies have choice of paying a reasonable wage, or even minimum wage of $6.00 per hour, to an American worker, or paying 24 cents an hour for a worker in China, or 34 cents an hour for a worker in India. The choice is clear. Fire American worker.

Some experts are saying that job oursourcing trend is not permanent. Just like high-tech revolution of last decades, America will find a way to replace lost jobs. Unfortunately, wishful thinking does not put food on table. The job outsourcing can end only when American worker becomes cheaper than their foreign competitors.

Since China and India each have a population of over one billion (not to mention Indonesia and Africa), compared to about 300 million for United States, wages of American workers would have to drop until their standard of living collapsed to that of average Chinese or Indian.

== Why U.S. Government is Exporting Your Job ==

Over past three years, 3 million American jobs have been outsourced, primarily to China and India. A study by UC Berkeley predicts that as many as 14 million more jobs will be lost. Why doesn't our government do something? Has our government and Bush administration been asleep on job? To contrary, government is using export of your job as a political tool.

Recall tension between United States and China over Taiwan, and "spy plane" incident. China is a country with nuclear weapons. Why doesn't China just take Taiwan? Why didn't China respond more aggressively to spy plane incident?

Because tensions with United States would cause 10 million Chinese workers to lose their jobs. The 10 million American workers jobs "gifted" from U.S Government to China as a political tool. Loss of those jobs would bring China's rapidly growing economy to a halt and push China back into poverty of Mao Tse-tung era.

Recall tension between India and Pakistan over Kashmir and power base that radical Muslims have in these two countries. Both India and Pakistan are countries with nuclear weapons. Why haven't they responded more aggressively in struggle over Kashmir? Why have they taken strong action to keep radical Muslim element under control?

Because a war between India and Pakistan, or giving free reign to radical Muslim terrorists, would cause 10 million Indian and Pakistani workers to lose their jobs. The 10 million American workers jobs "gifted" from U.S Government to India and Pakistan as a political tool. Loss of those jobs would bring India and Pakistan's rapidly growing economies to a halt and push them back into poverty of Mahatma Gandhi era.

The last several decades have been very stressful and dangerous for United States and world. Personally, I am very surprised that world has avoided a nuclear incident that would kill billions of people. The reason it has avoided that disaster is because U.S. Government has been offering up American workers jobs to trouble- making foreign countries as an incentive to behave themselves.

The loss of 3 million American jobs and a trade deficit of $541.8 Billion is cost that U.S. Government is willing to pay to keep peace. To keep peace, we have to share pie. That's why 14 million more American workers will lose their jobs. That's why those jobs are never coming back.

== What Future Will be Like for Americans ==

According to Bureau Of Economic Analysis, GDP in U.S. increased at an annual rate of 4.1% in 4th quarter of 2003. You would think business would need to hire more than measly 21,000 new workers they hired.

A study by Cutting Edge Information found that 90% of all U.S. business hire cheap foreign workers instead of American Workers. That's why this has been a jobless recovery for America's 8.2 million unemployed.

Point - I did it better than my parents.

Point - You did it better than your parents.

Point - Teens do not care about points. It makes no difference if you are perfect parent. Adults get no recognition for whatever part they did right. In fact, because teen feels controlled, they do not see that anyone else did anything right.

They want to stop being treated like a child (even if they are acting like one). They want freedom to make their own mistakes and they don't care that adults think they are mistakes. They want their choices to be respected, because it is their choice, as one would respect choices of other adults; without trying to fix them. After all, they are almost 18 and are sick of being treated like anything less.