gm ,ford,kraft and thousands of jobs being cut and lost and outsourced,how many years before America tanks out
112846
I think America is already beginning a tank out right now and I gie it 10 to 15 years. The big clue to this wsa the fact that nations around the world, including us, have been pleading with China that as it is becoming more powerful it become more of a big brother and friend to the rest of the nations around the world.
1159805
Eventually US jobs will be nothing but low paying service jobs. Globalization will accelerate this.
199083
There is no more middle class.  The American Dream is gone.  We are still making the same amount of money (or less) that we did 20 years ago, yet everything costs much more than it did 20 years ago.  The rich are getting richer and the poor are getting poorer.  I think it's just a matter of time until America crashes and we enter another depression.
222608
I really believe in the future we are not going to have a shortage of college educated, degree holding, psychology majoring, individuals in this country....and there is nothing wrong with that...but a shortage of well trained and qualified mechanics, plumbers, carpenters, electricians, hospital workers, etc....supply and demand will dictate the degree of compensation. Our manufacturing industries are all but lost due to so many factors that would take hours to talk about, and that is sad. I agree with you, we need revamping of the system.....from the top down.
841732
Michigan - double the average US unemployment, with a Democrat governor that won't part with a business tax that punishes businesses in downtimes like this. Foreclosures at national highs. Continued downsizing of the automotive market, with 1000's of skilled people being laid off.\n\nAnd now the Democrats want to finish us off with their impositions of ridiculous mileage requirements. Bah!
905000
I believe American Automakers will.  We've seen this happen before in the late seventies and early eighties when there was a huge shift to Japanese vehicles because they were so much more fuel efficient and generally had a better build quality.  By the mid eighties, Detroit had responded with great success in producing cars the consumer wanted.  By the late nineties, SUVs were all the rage and no one was really talking about American automakers build quality when the general public was snatching up Suburbans and Expedtions in droves.  In fact, the build quality wasn't and isn't really all that bad.  The real problem is this: Detroit is behind on the curve in building vehicles the general public wants.  They didn't forsee the huge upswing in oil prices and didn't adjust their manufacturing of SUV's in accordance with it.  When oil prices went up, the general public went to Honda, Nissan and Toyota who have specialized in builiding fuel efficient cars.  Meanwhile, the big 3 suffered losses as they continued to churn out SUVs and full size trucks.  Detroit has finally realized that they need to focus more on building more fuel efficient vehicles rather than depending on SUVs and full size trucks for the bulk of their profits.  Another thing killing detroit is the pension plans they are obligated to provide to their retirees.  Ford and GM are in the process of trying to buy out their employees and once they clear up their obligations, it will once again be full steam ahead for Detroit.  \n\nIf you have any doubt that american build quality is improving, geet into a 1992 Ford Taurus or a 1992 Ford Mustang and compare it a 2006 Ford Fusion or a 2006 Ford Mustang.  The difference should speak for itself.
120685
it is a car made out of the usa that takes jobs away from americans.
439756
It's happening right now before your eyes. The USA is becoming marginalized just like Europe and most recently England. It will be drastically apparent in about 20 years, as China begins to approach the US economy in overall size (GDP).\n\nIt is interesting to see that some Americans are starting to sense something historical is happening. Historians of the future 100 years from now, will look back at the early 1990's when China first started taking off. Yes, it has been happening for that long, but 99% of Americans just didn't pay attention, now there is no stopping China and India from becoming the center of the world for what probably will be for the rest of the existence of humanity.
280810
There is no more "American made" all manufacturing is done in China  or Korea or some place were labor is cheap.
473173
Your key here is the general migration of manufacturing jobs to RELATIVELY low-wage states: this was beginning to occur even during the war.\n\nTake a look at migration patterns, etc, and note the beginning of the postwar boom in great urban centres starting around 1945 or 1950. Small-scale manufacturing continued in relatively high-labour-cost states (e.g. New York) until the 1960s and beyond - even to the present day - but keep in mind the bigger picture: manufacturing goes to where labour is less costly, sites are plentiful and raw materials (via ports and locally) accessible.
1111712
Actually there are two heads to this coin.\n!. we have learned a hard lesson about our out of date unionization from more competetive non-unionized forign companies.\n[Automobiles for instance]\n2. Out sourcing has been disastrous in some ways because the employees from say India for example cannot speak enough English to communicate on the phone to US customers. BIG PROBLEM.
209777
ok. bad. a huge loss of jobs. people will lose their jobs to robots that can do the job much better without human error. eventually, as seen in pop fiction such as the matrix and terminator series, it can possibly wage war against humanity duing to the fact taht if they think like humans, they would probably not want to be slaves.
1110869
Nope. Gone already. Be prepared to work at McDonald's and Wal-Mart your whole life because America's ability to manufacture ANYTHING has been sold overseas. It's called "outsourcing", the death-knell of America...
253909
This has been happening since the end of World War II.  Being in a capitalist society, which is the only society that gives hope to the poor man, you will have things such as outsourcing happen in the name of profits.  The fact is there are very few manufacturing jobs left in this country and of those that are here the majority use parts made in other countries.  We have become a nation of technology,  service, and agriculture as well as the health professions being where most of our jobs today and the future will be.  I wish that we would not have lost as many jobs as we have, however it did not just come sneaking up on us in the past couple of years.  To get reversal on this practice will take more than a couple of years as well.
646995
Not in the next 50 years.  Ever since we started using oil commentators have been saying it's about to run out.
120250
No. The economy in the US is changing--other jobs are being created here.
753472
The economy is getting ready to crash.  Congress has enacted several laws in the last couple years that are having a direct effect on our future economy.\n\nIt is now legal to charge nearly 40% interest on credit cards (that used to be called USARY, but now, it's called first step to bankruptcy) Our interest rates have gone through the roof, the fees financial institutions are allowed to charge are breaking us, with the rise in prices for gas, heating & insurance, and the falling home values, there are going to be many, many people out of jobs in the next year.\n\nAnd meanwhile, what are elected officials worrying about?  Crap, gay rights, abortions, their own paychecks, retirements and health care.  Sure as hell not us.\n\nAnd I would hazard a guess that there are very few people who own their homes outright.  In fact, many people owe more for their homes than they can sell them for.\n\nWe are in for a rude awakening my friend.  \n\nWhile we continue to sue and tax American companies out of business, we sit back and wonder where are all the jobs going.  And don't tell me "service industry" that line only works if there are people with money to buy the services.  Here in Metro Detroit and Michigan, even McDonalds is starting to lay off.\n\nAs my company does business with other companies all over the country I can tell you this, we are headed for a serious recession.  Many small industrial companies are teetering on the verge of bankruptcy.  70% of the jobs in this country are directly related to small business.  While our local and state governments give all the tax breaks to the large corporations for the benefit of the unions and their foreign suppliers they now buy from,  the rest of us are drowning and losing our incomes.  Yet our cost of living has shot through the roof.\n\nBelieve me, or not, it's coming and it's going to be as ugly as it was in the early 80's.  History is repeating itself and no one seems to notice.\n\nGood luck to us.