This is an editorial on the web site economy in crisis. Do you think Americans should be concerned with our kid’s future due to poorly negotiated trade and immigration policy?

PREPARE YOUR KIDS FOR THE FUTURE — AS A SERVANT

EC-In 1994, more than 1 in 8 jobs in America was in manufacturing. In 2014, if US government (Bureau of Labor Statistics) projections are to be believed, that figure will have slipped to less than 1 in 12.

The government is actually telling us in black and white that the policies that they are enacting will decrease absolute and relative manufacturing employment to levels below that of the 1950’s ““ over 2 million jobs below. In the 1950’s, 30% of US employees were in manufacturing ““ almost one in three jobs! This country was a relative manufacturing superpower.

In less than 20 years since America put in place some of its most self-devastating policy decisions (NAFTA, WTO, CAFTA, etc.), this country will have almost completely converted from a self-sufficient sovereign state, capable of manufacturing what it needs to sustain and protect itself, to a country of servants ““ serfs, working at the behest of foreign employers or engaged in the sales, marketing, and distribution of foreign-made goods ““ working at their discretion, for wages they determine, and forced to pay their prices for needed goods. This is the definition of a servant.

Yeah, Peter was about to finish the Turkmenistan post when that news flashed across his screen. He is writing a new one in light of today’s events.