There's been a lot of talk in the media about outsourcing lately but, as with anything else, it's being used politically. Yes, this country is shipping a lot of its manufacturing jobs overseas, but that's because company owners and stockholders want to maximize their profits and consumers want to be able to buy things more cheaply. So, are both sides of the equation guilty of something? It doesn't seem that either one is to be blamed for wanting the benefits of cheaper labor, so how can Democrats accuse the Administration of sticking a knife in the back of the American worker? Everybody agrees that goods and services produced abroad lessens the burden on consumers. And very few would willingly pay more for a product just to keep its manufacture domestic. Theses shifts are market-driven and inevitable, leaving the American worker with the option of improving his own skills and moving into higher-paying jobs. It's incredibly tough. I know this for myself, being an overqualified guy in a job a bonobo could do. At some point soon, when I get tired of doing what I do for the wages I earn, I will move back into higher-level employment and reap the rewards of my own motivation. The vast majority of Americans can do the same. They can move to where the work is, as I have done before; they can get some schooling that will qualify them for that better job, as I have also done; and they can economize where necessary. Great Societarians and welfare statists have to realize that the genius and potential of our country's economy is in our freedom to move out and upward and do anything else we wish to do to make ends meet. Nobody's guaranteed or entitled to anything, except the right to benefit from the fruits of one's own labors. So, get out there and get your learn on or pack up the house and get to where the gettin's good. If this is a nation of immigrants, then migrate!