The town in which I live was once known as the sock capital of the world.  That is until all the Free Trade Agreements sent our companies running overseas and to Central America where the labor and real estate are cheaper.  If there was another world war we no longer have the factories here to convert to defense building plants.  We no longer make things!  It doesn't take a rocket scientist to know that our economy is dieing because we no longer produce anything.  The fewer people in the work force paying taxes only creates a drain on our country.  We have got to find a way to bring jobs back to the states, that's the only way to bring our economy and standard of living back.  I can remember when there was 125 sock mills in this town.  If you lost you needed a job you had no problem finding one.  Now there are only 5 left and it has had a devastating effect on the town and it's dwindling population.  One by one more and more businesses are closing and work is getting harder and harder to find.  We have got to find a way to bring our jobs back state side or there will be more and more towns like mine that was once the home to something. 

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