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Yeah just sitting here stewing over how everything is going to crap!!! From restaurants to service and quality.
We saw the best of this country!!! Now we are going to witness the worst.

 

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I'm old enough to tell you things have been going in the crapper for decades, friend. It didn't start recently. Things started to go off the rails in the 1980's when the race to get "American" companies moved overseas began. I have long underwear made in the coal regions of Pa. by lady garment worker's union sewers that are STILL in good shape after 25+ years. No seams coming apart, frayed cloth - 100% good shape. But hey ...... women making $8 to $9 / hour were paid way too much (?) - so overseas those companies went for child labor / cheap labor for about $5 per week. I'm wearing some under my sweatshirt as I type this. Today's longies made in China, Bangladesh, India - you're lucky to get 2 seasons out of them before they fall apart.

My wife and I just got back from buying new bath towels. None made in the U.S.A. to be found. Made in India or Pakistan - both VERY QUESTIONABLE "friends /allies" of the U.S. - depending on which way the wind is blowing on a given day. We actually went through the whole pile of the color she wanted to find 4 towels that didn't have the seams coming apart - and they're BRAND NEW!! Missed stitching, terry cloth thread pulled in the middle of the towels, end corners coming apart from unfinished lock-stitching, etc. Why should customers be forced to inspect dozens of towels to find 4 that aren't already CRAP??? No quality control overseas - just cram as many out the doors in the shortest amount of time as possible. And the "global" companies, including "American" name brands -------- don't care.

I have no complaints about restaurant food or service around where we live. Restaurants & their service are pretty good.

yeah I’m no spring chicken ….I have been directly affected by the free trade acts and the global economy bs. We use to make the worlds goods now we are the biggest consumer….we were sold out long ago.

I have some very old quality made clothes….I still have a couple things that were my Dads 50 years ago that will wear now and then…

I agree we have been sliding down hill for a long time but NO DOUBT the hill has gotten steeper and the slide has excellerated greatly since 2020 and Covid.The woke stupidity and the lack of people who take pride in anything is at a levels I don’t think many saw coming.

 

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It wasn't "woke stupidity" back in the 1980's, friend. The country was BS-ed into voting for people that were in the pockets of corporate "America" - and the speech by a certain president back then who said, "We're going to change our economy from a manufacturing-based economy to a service-based economy" - that's when the race to move jobs offshore started. "Woke" has NOTHING to do with jobs moving overseas. When asked - most "in the know" people can't even define "woke." You get about 40 different answers, each given to pacify one's own needs / gripes.

You know what would be SMART for Americans if they want jobs to come back here?? Vote for those who MAKE THE MOVES - not just run their mouths & say pretty things for votes - to get jobs back here. Maybe instead of fighting with each other & spewing hate at each other (see below) ...... we stand together and DEMAND that industries build here & employ American workers again. I'd like to see us "average Americans" stand together on some things - for the betterment of OUR lives for a change.

*** When we're busy "hating" each other politically and infighting, we're distracted from the REAL issues we should be addressing. Like creating GOOD PAYING jobs here in the U.S.A. Keeping our air, water, and soil clean and free of harmful pollutants. Keeping Social Security, Medicare, and Medicaid for us ........ and our kids & grandkids. I doubt our kids & grandkids will all become ultra-wealthy. When we fight and hate each other, the guys who are drinking single-malt Scotch and puffing on hand-rolled cigars while flying in their private jets are laughing at us ...... because we aren't addressing REAL things that could make us "average" folks' lives better. Those things might make their record bottom lines just a little less spectacular. And of course we have to WORK for it - no handouts. They'll always be rich, (and I don't hate them for that) but us "average" families might have it a bit less stressful to get by.

Did you even read my post !!! Said nothing of wokeness in the 80’s …friend. Free trade deals.
Different paragraphs indicate I moved on!

last paragraph actually stated from 2020 onwards….friend