Corporate Greed,

aided and abetted by our elected officials, is the reason for the outrageously high unemployment in this country.  The problem has nothing whatsoever to do with the "mismatch" of "skills."  In the search for ever increasing profits, corporations ditched high-paying jobs here in favor of near slave wages in countries like China, and never mind the disastrous consequences for the United States when people could no longer purchase the products which are made elsewhere (and products THOSE workers cannot afford).

Manufacturing MUST come back here in order for this economy to survive; people are tapped out to the gills on credit, so things can no longer be "purchased" that way.

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