IN his column today, The Courant’s Rick Green says farewell to the old economy, complete with a scary graphic showing that Connecticut has lost over 15,000 manufacturing jobs in the last year. And then Mr. Green wonders if anyone is listening.
Actually, considering his appearance on the panel with Peter Schiff on Face The State, I find this highly ironic. (Watch the exchange that starts at about 3:00.) Hasn’t Schiff been the one saying that we’ve stupidly, deliberately exported our manufacturing base to Asia? I love watching people throw the accepted wisdom at Schiff.
With apologies to Mr. Green, having lost over 70,000 jobs in a year, I think we’re saying farewell not just to the old economy, but to our ability to pay for the welfare state we have constructed.
