Reply #2: In addition, the wonderful things we used to make aren't so wonderful

[Warpy]

any more, thanks to piss poor craftsmanship and quality control in a lot of those shiny new factories using near slave labor.

Every ill facing this country can be traced to the 40 year war against US labor, aided and abetted by conservative government after conservative government backed by both parties.

Most people aren't spending now because they can't, we're in the end game of wealth concentration, wage depression, and job migration overseas. People like me aren't spending because most of the stuff we'd like to be able to spend on is garbage, not worth the money.