I have a friend here in California who is an electrician, and he said he did not realize how bad the economy was until he could no longer find work, and his pay went from $75.00 per hour to $25.00 per hour. I told him that 500,000 jobs were lost to China alone, and he said that he feels it. He has a few loyal rich old ladies who keep him working, so he will not starve, but we can all see that the economy needs to improve, and that more jobs need to be created.
We need fair trade deals, etc, and China needs to buy our stuff, etc.
And our new beef deal with the E.U. is great, our cattle ranchers are happy.
China needs to buy our beef too. Texas is huge, we can raise a lot of beef in the USA.
Salute,
Tony V.