Quote Originally Posted by Phil View Post
And, of course, when your countrymen - and mine - priced themselves out of the drudgery and toil involved, the jobs moved overseas to low wage economies in Asia and elsewhere........ I think you can see where I'm going. To that "brave new world" you talk about where we might find ourselves in a thirld world country ourselves in a few generations.
The really sad part is we didn't price ourselves out of the drudgery, and the ironic and pitiful part is that American workers and small business owners paid good money for that. The U. S. Chamber of Commerce, using dues paid by owners and workers from across the country, predominantly small towns like I grew up in where membership was a sign you had arrived, set up offices around the world. The membership was told they were providing money to fund the search for new markets for our exports, but in reality the main thrust was to find people willing to set up factories to use cheaper labor. In other words, American business men sold out their neighbors, their communities, and their families so a few could make a bigger buck.

And no, I didn't make that up. I got that from conversations with Chamber executives, abroad at first, confirmed with those back home. It took careful listening, an ear for evading propaganda, and careful questioning, but finally sheepish admissions.