Neoliberalism Will Soon Force Americans to Leave the United States

[Vogon_Glory]

134. I can envision a brain drain

I can envision a brain-drain, particularly as underpaid and debt-ridden younger Americans realize that our living standards have slipped, that their counter-parts in western and Central Europe live as well or better than they do and the denial that America DOESN'T have the highest standards of living finally cracks.

I realized this potential 15 years ago trying to argue with right-wing nuts. They were infuriated and shouted me down, in large part because I hadn't learned to book-mark or save the Internet addresses of sober, somber statistics that blew their denials to pieces.

That was 15 years ago, when the Clinton-era employment boom still protected a lot of people's middle-class status. Now, thanks to Dubya-economics, "conservative" Republicans, Tea Party types, and not one but TWO recessions (Counting 9-11), things have gotten noticeably worse.