If you're unemployed, it's not because there isn't any work.

[david13]

66. I don't think ...

capitalism has been a failure or collapsed.
I do think communism has been shown to be a non workable solution.
I think the only solution is some type of hybrid or mixed system.
But I also don't think that is why there is no work.
There is work. There are jobs. It's just a question of finding it/them.
And I have been failing at that.
I think the problem is the trade balance.
The USA used to be a producer nation, until 1971. Then the balance evened out.
And started falling.
Today nothing is produced or made in the USA any more (in terms of dollars).
The trade imbalance runs into billions of dollars.
The USA is a total consumer nation. It will become a 'third world nation' in the future.
This is not the fault of only the Reps or the Dems. They are equally guilty.
But it is a simple fact of nature.
A tree grows, matures, then dies. The USA is in the latter stage.
Did you ever hear of the rise and fall of the ... Roman Empire, Third Reich, etc?
Maybe it's simple physics. What goes up, must come down.
dc