ORIGINAL: NM2K
Once upon a time, ordinary Americans felt that they had a prosperous future ahead of them. Ingenuity was valued and rewarded in the workplace. Young'uns were encouraged to use their head and their hands. Alas, no more. There are no jobs that pay excellent wages for folks that use their hands as well as their heads. No one will buy their products, saying that they are shoddily built and too expensive. Usually without checking to see if this is true before buying something from China or something with a Japanese name. Then they wonder why their kids can't leave home...
You're getting too old and out of touch if you believe any of that, Ed. Stop listening to what certain folks would have you believe, and start getting involved. You'll find many, many young people that are exactly what you say they're not. And many who are. Same as was the case with your generation, and each and every generation before that.
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