[soundman98]

everyone thinks once the gravy train starts rolling, there's no stopping it!

in my lifetime, i've watched/listened as production/people were moved from america, to china, and now we're seeing the shift to india.

originally, everything was produced in america for america, because trade routes weren't as well established, the workforce and material was cheap, osha didn't exist, and america in general at the time was a growing nation.

then things were produced in china for america because everyone in america moved up the pay scale, other countries pushing for trade treaties, the overall cost of goods in america rose, and china became the developing country that america had been in the first stage.

now we're starting to see the shift to india for the exact same reasons that brought so much production to china, but now china's population is becoming better off, and the goods/services are now able to be provided by india for a more competitive rate...

it's somewhat interesting to watch in one way or another, both with the rise/fall of trade methods, but also how different forms of government deal with the result. china's subsidized the hell out of shipping to keep manufacturing there.

but with all these countries moving away from production to service industries, it's curious what the future's going to hold as the service model becomes unsustainable as it will eventually, but the countries workforce is too entrenched to re-start at the bottom of the system.