In the past three decades, American companies have exported millions of quality jobs in:

Which has caused the following problems:

Potential solutions:

Manufacturing

Assembly

Garments

Information technology

Engineering

Middle management

Accounting

Call centers

Customer service

Voting.  We now actually allow a British company to electronically count US votes.  Yikes – democracy for sale!  Should private corporations control our elections (more than they already do)?

Reduction of wages for poor and middle-class workers

Dismantling of unions

New jobs created in the “service sector” are low paying and part-time with no benefits.  Little to no room for advancement - aka the working poor

Elimination of the middle-class

No job security

Elimination of worker incentive – harmful to American innovation and long-term prosperity

Widening wage gulf – increased poverty and worker resentment = more gated communities

Weak economy – no one has enough money to make significant purchases that create growth

Trade deficits, exploding debt =  tax dollars down the drain (14% of taxes go to interest)

Reduced tax base = public services slashed (schools, infrastructure,  head start, aka: the future)

Increased burden on Welfare, Medicare, and Unemployment

Social ills – poverty and crime rates increase: prison construction booms, school funding is slashed

Transfer a portion of profits from executives and shareholders to workers wages

Provide companies with incentives to keep quality jobs at home

Create more locally owned businesses where owners and workers are part of the community

Create jobs with real opportunity & security

Create a national “living wage” that raises all full time workers above the poverty level

Eliminate corporate subsidies, bailouts, and offshore tax havens that make it impossible for small companies to compete

Enforce penalties on companies doing business with countries that violate human rights and environmental laws.