The ULTIMUM Challenge - Improving the U.S. Economy Soup?

Question

Considering:

1. Most Products are now made overseas and thanks to those Big Brand Name Owners Influence, we have "Free Trade" -

2. U.S. Goods are TAXED at importation in these 'free-countries' so they are more expensive & possibly as expensive as European and Japanese products.

3. Big Brands get even more 'tax breaks' for providing, minium-wage jobs.

4. More Large companies and manufacturers are Closing & moving overseas where its cheaper to produce.

5. American Products" are perceived as "inferior", even in its country, compared to European and Japanese.(BMW, Benz)Creating less demand and finally more unemployment.

6. We keep playing 'Lone Rangers' globally against any country (that promises oil) but costing us TRILLIONS a day in wars.

7. Gas Prices... well that one continues to expand.

8. Anything we invented here is copied and sold in China at a fraction. No Real intl. patent security, no chance for USA to make anything that wont be reproduced elsewhere.

9. 10. ...

Answer 1

The US and the Americans are losing focus. The US is the largest economy of the World and its average citizen enjoys a standard of living and quality of life that is 30 to 50 times better than the developing economies and in any case better the most parts of Europe and Japan. Other countries will always try to grow faster and become economically stronger so that they can catch up with the US. The way the US can maintain its position is not by worrying about other countries taking away jobs and selling practically all consumption items in the US market. The only way for the US to lead is the way it has been leading in the past: faster advances in science in technology, reduced Govt. operatrions in economic and social sectors, absorb foreign capital, reduce dependence on oil, encourage Americans to work abroad and get real good worldwide exposure rather than beg for jobs at home, innovate new products that the developing world may need but cannot produce or invent in their countries, gradually but steadily eliminate the subsidies in agriculture, subsidies for the retired and the old, subsidies for bio-fuel,. Why spend time, energy, resources and money fighting wars at different places? Let the security guard jobs of other countries be their own responsibility - let America sell battle services or security guard services to other countries at a cost (missiles and weapons against rice, clothes, furniture, oil, shoes, cars, etc) - this should be a great export item for the US. Why fight wars and also give aid as in Afghanistan and Iraq. Let the US set up special import-com- export processing zones (rather than allow special export processing zones in China/ India to prosper) within US coastal areas so that the jobs shift from China and India and Mexico to US

Answer 2

Some times a forest fire is the way to bring in new growth to support life .