It's not up to America to provide a decent wage, it's a framework so people can provide a decent wage to themselves.

I agree that our military is over reaching and should be contracted. All said and done, I still love my country and truly believe if we start thinking more locally we can become a prosperous nation once again.

I personally have never been unemployed since I have been of legal age to work, and since I was a young child I always did work to earn my way. I find it strange that there is a culture of people that simply don't want to do anything for themselves nowadays. People that eat out for every meal, pay someone to do all the repairs on their house, pay someone to do all the repairs on their car. These are all premium things in my opinion.

Also I work for an American manufacturing company, we have been on a stable profit pattern for many years now. We actually sell parts to China, because they are unable to produce them, themselves.