oh I wish... I wish there was a channel I could turn to and not have to see Tom Daschle foaming at the mouth and lying his ass off. (He's the Senate Minority Leader D, SD for the uninformed)
As a new employee in the manufacturing field here in NY, I can say that my company is hiring. They hired me and one other engineer. Since I started (6 weeks ago), they've hired at least 3 other line assembly workers. The pay isn't the best (for me either), but you can live on it and the benefit package is pretty good. We are moving into a new facility that will be almost 3 times the size of the current plant. We'll be hiring more when we move into the new plant.
But over all, I'm very very worried about loss of jobs and businesses in the manufacturing sector. America produces some of the highest quality stuff in the world... but we can't compete with the slave labor market of China.
If you want to solve the job problem, ban all trade with China, and make the products they provice ourselves. As long as we have to go head to head against slaves and no environmental protection, there is no way we can compete. Unless, that is, Americans wake up and boycott products not made in the USA.