pri_dk wrote:CA renter

[CA renter]

[quote=pri_dk][quote=CA renter]those who have decimated manufacturing in this country[/quote]

Decimated? You could not be more wrong.

The US is the largest manufacturer in the world. For decades, manufacturing has grown within the US and has consistently grown at the same pace as the rest of the world.

The U.S. share of world manufacturing output was amazingly constant between 1970 and the early part of this decade […]

http://seekingalpha.com/article/246484-the-u-s-is-still-the-world-s-top-manufacturer

[quote]BTW, do you know **why** we turned against Russia? Figure that out […][/quote]

Help me figure it out…

Is it because the USSR was killing millions of it’s own citizens through famine, brutal prisons, and outright execution?

Is it because the USSR seized all private property? (just paid cash for a house near the coast? It belongs to the state now!)

Is it because the USSR sized Central Asia, invaded half of Europe and then never gave up control?

Is it because the USSR outlawed free speech, free press, and the free practice of religion?

Here ya go:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/documentaries/2010/07/100624_doc_useful_idiots_lenin.shtml%5B/quote%5D

From your SA link:

The chart above shows the U.S. share of world manufacturing output, annually from 1970 to 2009, based on data from the United Nations. There has been a recent decline in America’s share of world manufacturing output, from 25.3% a decade ago in 1999 to 16.82% in 2008…

Are you trying to say that’s not a significant decline?

Here’s a chart for you (not sure if it’s adjusted for population growth…if not, it’s even worse than it looks):

http://americanmanufacturing.org/blog/chart-day-us-manufacturing-jobs-jan-2000-through-july-2011

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A good article about why so many people are getting riled up:

http://www.businessinsider.com/what-wall-street-protesters-are-so-angry-about-2011-10?op=1