Heart breaks in the Mid-West

I read some stories today that how the economy is wreaking havoc on the lives of people in the Mid West especially Ohio and the states where the old manufacturing are dying and not being replaced by anything tangible like other manufacturing jobs which can lead to at least a middle class living. It is eye opening that the people who have worked hard all their lives are now being shut out of the economy since they are not equipped to handle the service sector.

The more jobs are vanishing, the more it is pushing people to retire prematurely and filing for unemployment and disability benefits and selling their stuff to pawn shops just to get by. The emphasis on education is fine and dandy but if the jobs are not there how are you going to put that education to use. If you move to where the jobs are then whole cities in the Midwest will die. And if there is no major employer than the affiliated businesses like schools, hospitals, restaurants, grocery stores, departmental stores, entertainment houses will not exist also. The only job right now for young folks in that area is to go to the Military. They have the option to move but for older folks who have lived all their lives there and built what is supposed to be middle class lives, where are they suppose to go at this age. This is the main thing to ponder right now. We cannot and should not expect that everybody is able to work for the service sector. We really need to revive manufacturing in this country for the sake of the future generation who all may not to work at minimum wages in the service sector and who like to follow in the forefathers footsteps.