Originally Posted by Radtgaeb

No. Just no.

Other countries will advance technologically. We'll buy or inherit those technologies or ideas; but it's going to be a long time until America is once again an innovator. That's how the cookie crumbles. Nations rise and fall. We've been on top for 200 years, I'd say we've had a good run...but as I stated previously, we've signed away our producing power. All we have now is purchasing power, and that's the only thing that's keeping us safe. Once all the jobs are gone, we may not even have that.