I'm not sure I ever made an introduction yet.

[Radtgaeb]

Originally Posted by Takeda Shingen

Combine that with a non-existent economic recovery, the gutting of American heavy industry, the devaluation of American currency and rapid inflation, and you have a very ugly picture indeed. All the more so in the light that the attitude stated by the OP is now the norm for high school graduates.

Not to get off topic...but NAFTA was signed when I was 4...my entire life I've watched the life drain out of my county seat, which used to be a GM hub, with Delco at one time employing 80%-90% of the population. With one stroke of the pen we signed away our future.

[Takeda Shingen]

Originally Posted by Radtgaeb

Not to get off topic...but NAFTA was signed when I was 4...my entire life I've watched the life drain out of my county seat, which used to be a GM hub, with Delco at one time employing 80%-90% of the population. With one stroke of the pen we signed away our future.

I understand completely. I was old enough to understand what was happening when I watched NAFTA drive the last nail in the coffin of Bethlehem Steel, a company that helped build some little known projects as the Empire State Building and the Golden Gate Bridge. That was a very sad day for America.

Now the old Bethlehem Steel Works is a friggin' casino. This isn't AC or Vegas, so people do not come to the Lehigh Valley to gamble. That casino preys on the community, leeching much more money from them than it ever returns in the way of employment figures.