Another comment from Europe

We've been getting some nice feedback from folks in Germany, UK, and Netherlands. Here's an interesting follow up email from David R. Williams in London. What do you think?

The problem as I see it with America is that whilst your looking in the rear view mirror is adjusted to view the back seat.  America and its labour unions will be overtaken by manufactured goods made abroad. China, Japan, Taiwan they all make goods far cheaper. South Korea is a advanced nation - they have video on mobile phones for example.(so what I hear you think)

 

America needs to focus away from oil and the wars that are fought over this resource because very soon your not going to have the balance of payments to be able to afford the cost.  This is serious - what is the American $ really worth when daily imports exceed exports?  Just think of the major corporations that are bankrupt if you take pension liability into account.

 

When foreigners or aliens as immigration likes to call them visit they find America like a poor country - their money goes a long way.  But America has made itself unwelcome to visitors. They are unwelcome in many countries around the world - people know this - what other nation is frightened to travel abroad?

 

America needs to position its rear view mirror to see out - but it will still be surprised to find itself overtaken.

 

The problem with Zionism is that it is isolationist and heavily outnumbered.  What America needs is a major technological breakthrough perhaps in the field of nanotechnology - but whatever, it is needed fast.

In the air America is challenged by the A380, in software Linux is gaining ground, in cars the battle is already lost to Japan. What do we in Europe buy from America - software and computers yet these two items are threatened by convergence of communications and computing and open source software.

 

It is not just about nice shift in the homeland it is also about globalisation. The village 12 miles away is called China. Europe is one big nation - a nation that threatens American manufacturing on every count.

A nation that flies advanced aircraft, cruises in advanced ocean going ships of leisure and war and needs to purchase nothing from America.

 

America need to stop inventing Osama bin laden and focus on setting it people free to trade fearlessly in the global village.  America the free - yet The Statue of Liberty is the symbol of a prison without bars.