Re:When the farming jobs disappeared... (Score 1)

I understand it's not a fun experience to be laid off, but there's no reason to panic and be so pessimistic about the future. The bottom line is that whether today or tommorrow, we're gonna have to face the competition from the rest of the world. Using our current high status to create artificial barriers will only make it a harder hit on us in the long run. Yeah we can use regulation to force jobs to stay here and pretend that everything's all right, but isolating ourselves like that will eventually be detrimental -- much worse than if we adjust ourselves to the changing economy and flow with it.

In the short term, for laid of workers who are truly skilled, it's cheaper than ever to start and run a business and actually be competitive in a lot of markets. I don't mean to sound as if it's trivial to do so, but hey, there's really no easy solution. Just a suggestion.