You hear alot of negative press these days about the transitioning that has taken place from an isolationist society to global production. I myself would have to agee..there have certainly been reductions in the availability of jobs in the plastics industry.
Yet I still support the move..why? Because what we are experience is merely backlash..the transition has left a void that is merely closing back in upon itself..the same as if you took a portion of sand from the center of a sandbox. I feel that this move has the capability of making the country stronger as a whole..
I still feel strongly that in the end, this move will be a positive move towards the success of our country...but there is one important point to make...
When the move was made, the common sense behind it was that the production facilities we lost would be replaced with higher technical positions. For these types of positions to be created, people would need to have the knowledge and skillsets needed to fulfill the duties of the positions.Higher positions does equal higher wages.. but this requires education... and I've seen no real education reform as was a lobbying point when Clinton was pushing NAFTA. Don't get me wrong...I am not slamming democrats. I am making a point that government has failed to provide us with the tools we need to deal with these changes, and the opportunities that were promised.
So many of us left standing..hands in pockets...
..as a primal scream flows from our chest, saying,
"WHERE DO WE GO FROM HERE!"
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