Two Americas
Who’s right? Are globalization and the Bush tax cuts making Americans better off, or has the country put all its eggs in a 19th century basket only to have them whisked away to China and India? When telecommunications companies put their call centers in Calcutta and every toy on the market is manufactured in China, a pair of Rockports on sale probably isn’t enough to change my mind on the issue. Although I’m just as threatened by globalization as the next person, I also recognize it as inevitable. We can just allow it to happen as it will, or we can try to direct the course of economic events to benefit larger numbers of people. Bush won’t do the latter, because the former is more likely to work to his personal advantage, but maybe Kerry/Edwards will.