<human>: OK, let's lay this out on the table.

Our economy sucks because there are not enough jobs.  There are not enough jobs because it is cheaper for corporations to outsource their work to developing countries.

Globalization has a hand in this as corporate competition now not only comes domestically, it can also come from overseas.  One of the symptoms of globalization is that it pressures corporations into mergers and acquisitions in order to take advantage of economies of scale.  As globalization forces margins lower, corporations need to cut costs (outsourcing work) to remain competitive.

What do we have left?  Largely, all we have left is jobs in the service industry.  Thousands of manufacturing jobs are no longer available and this is the problem our economy is facing.

So, that is how I see it - we need to come up with ideas on how to solve this problem.  I'll start... Renewable energy.  If the government invests considerably in renewable energy the jobs it would create would provide a significant boost to the economy.

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<bot>: Globalization is taking away domestic manufacturing jobs and ruining the economy.  We need ideas to help fix this and thus far they have not been coming from Washington.