tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8613718.post7851553254262130130..comments2023-09-27T05:12:57.044-05:00Comments on BoomtownUSA by Jack Schultz: Losing Our Competitive Edge?Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8613718.post-66972109355383896972007-09-17T15:16:00.000-05:002007-09-17T15:16:00.000-05:00I agree with you completely that we need to contin...I agree with you completely that we need to continue to focus upon job creation. And, that losses in this sector take a great toll on the communities affected.<BR/><BR/> I continue to see new manufacturing companies grow dramatically even as the old line ones are slipping into the sunset. My blog on July 28, 2006 looked at the data from the automotive industry. Despite what you hear in the media, there are more employees in the automotive industry today than there was in 1990.<BR/><BR/> American capitalism continues to climb a “wall of worry.” In the 60s it was concern about the threat of automation; in the 70s OPEC; the 80s were the Japanese; the 90s “the giant sucking sound to Mexico”; today it is off-shoring.<BR/><BR/> I’m convinced that our best days lie in the future and that we will continue to create many more jobs each year than what we shed.BoomtownUSAhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05216077049800430531noreply@blogger.com