Quote from aegis:
The demand for labor that created the middle class simply isn't there anymore.
While I agree that the current system is going south, I completely disagree on the labor demand front.
What's standing in the way right now is the current power base that's not going to go quietly into the night. But, they will, once this system implodes.
Afterward, the demand for labor will surface, but maybe not in the same ways we've seen previously.
You can start with this country's infrastructure. There's plenty of roads, tunnels and bridges other there that need to be fixed/replaced, but more importantly, we've got to have the discipline to keep them maintained this time so that history doesn't repeat itself.
There's also a terribly outdated electric grid that's going to have to get improved and supplemented with nuclear power. Ditto on the maintenance front for this too.
Refineries? Been a while since we've seen a new one built. Ditto again.
Healthcare? There's an incredible need for front-line family G.P.s which is only become more acute if Obamacare sees the light of day.
I believe it was J.P. Morgan who cautioned to not short the USA.
We may be in for a few years, maybe even a decade of well-deserved lump taking, but we'll re-emerge from this mess with the world kissing our collective asses again.