In response to the article written on global trade, although seemingly unfair to small town blue-collar workers, my opinion is in favor for new economic standards of trade. However cliché the term, times are changing and today's collegiate generations are now being well prepared for that. Education, post high school, is thriving in comparison to people in our parents' age range because we are no longer looking for simple factory or manufacturing jobs. What we've seen in the past five or six years is an enormous shift into entrepreneurial and scientific fields of study because most of us desire the more professional careers with corner offices and larger salaries. .
When the article mentions small Carolina towns, I can't help but to immediately think of older generations, and forgive me for this, but slightly "red neck,"" for lack of a better term. What I mean is less educated and in a way, almost sheltered away from the booming economy that is beginning to shine its light brighter than ever. These are the ones, for the most part, who have never seen any work outside manufacturing and do not have the education or the skills to do much else; and unfortunately, are the ones left carrying the burden. What they are about to be faced with is evolving technology and mass communications across the globe which they are just not ready to handle.
What's causing people to take a second look at global trade is the fact that there are a lot of communities unable to dig their nails in and go along for the ride; instead they're being left behind in the dust with little to nothing. However, I do believe that, in time, what we are likely to see is the expansion of these rural areas, allowing the hundreds of people now left unemployed and struggling, to find better jobs with better salaries accompanying them. When Stephen Hader of Parker Poe Adams & Bernstein LLP says, "The most important asset we have is human intelligence and ability,"" I couldn't agree more.
