Goodbye Old Jobs, Goodbye New Jobs.

Well there you have it. The last light bulb factory in the U.S. is closing. Well, at least the last old-fashioned incandescent bulbs. It's just like we were told by our government over the last decade or so. New technology will replace the old jobs that are going overseas, with newer, greener, high tech jobs for the future. Problem is, these newer, greener, high tech jobs are going overseas too. What? How could that happen? There were promises made. Assurances given. Can't we do something? Can't we require that these new technologies, many that are developed right here in the good ole U. S. of A., also be made here? Can't we do that? No. International law won't let us. Hey. The heck with international law, we're America. We'll do it anyway. What's to stop us? For starters, if we do that, the rest of the world will do it to us, and rightly so. It law is supposed to make for a level playing field. What we have to figure out is how to keep those jobs here without losing our higher pay. The problem is more economics then anything. Most, actually could be made here. All it would require is a little cut in pay, coupled with a cut in executive compensation and a cut in profits. Those last two are just not of any interest to companies who like to think of themselves as good citizens. Even if they don't pay any taxes or keep jobs here. At least they still complain about high corporate taxes and a government that isn't friendly toward them. Isn't friendly? They don't pay taxes. How much more friendly can it get?