US Olympic Outfits

Sparkle · 07-16-2012, 07:52 AM

It's the Olympics, not the Hunger Games...I don't need our athletes to spontaneously combust or be bedazzled.
I actually think the design looks professional, crisp and smart.
So long as female athletes can choose between the skirt and the trousers, I'm fine with the outfit.

As to manufacturing jobs moving to Asia... Um.... that started happening in the 1960s, Folks. And there is a very good chance that 90% of YOUR wardrobe was made overseas.

I grew up in an area of NY State known for producing high quality leather goods (specifically gloves), our region was economically decimated by the loss of leather manufacturing jobs that began in the 60s and was complete by the late 80s.

While our area has been economically destroyed - it was HUGELY improved, environmentally. And statistically the rate of carcinoma in the population has vastly decreased.

I'm all for encouraging our companies to keep production in the US, I'm also all for improving the working conditions and wages in Asia. ...Apple. Gap. Dell. to name but a few...

But the problem, as I see it, is that while all of these manufacturing jobs have been shipped overseas and a whole generation of people left without jobs....we have, on the whole, failed to invest in public education, failed to invest in re-training our workforce, so now we are working on a second and third generation of under-educated workforce without a lot of hope of earning a livable wage.

Invest in education, invest in skills training, invest in alternate energies and emerging industries.

07-16-2012, 07:52 AM	#36
Sparkle Senior Member How Do You Identify?: Femme Preferred Pronoun?: She, please Relationship Status: Loved Up Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: Western MA Posts: 2,183 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 9,001 Thanked 6,553 Times in 1,552 Posts Rep Power: 21474854	It's the Olympics, not the Hunger Games...I don't need our athletes to spontaneously combust or be bedazzled. I actually think the design looks professional, crisp and smart. So long as female athletes can choose between the skirt and the trousers, I'm fine with the outfit. As to manufacturing jobs moving to Asia... Um.... that started happening in the 1960s, Folks. And there is a very good chance that 90% of YOUR wardrobe was made overseas. I grew up in an area of NY State known for producing high quality leather goods (specifically gloves), our region was economically decimated by the loss of leather manufacturing jobs that began in the 60s and was complete by the late 80s. While our area has been economically destroyed - it was HUGELY improved, environmentally. And statistically the rate of carcinoma in the population has vastly decreased. I'm all for encouraging our companies to keep production in the US, I'm also all for improving the working conditions and wages in Asia. ...Apple. Gap. Dell. to name but a few... But the problem, as I see it, is that while all of these manufacturing jobs have been shipped overseas and a whole generation of people left without jobs....we have, on the whole, failed to invest in public education, failed to invest in re-training our workforce, so now we are working on a second and third generation of under-educated workforce without a lot of hope of earning a livable wage. Invest in education, invest in skills training, invest in alternate energies and emerging industries. __________________ I am made of stars