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Continuing where I left off from last time...

Rather than huge manufacturing industries reminiscent of America’s “Old Economy,” the “New Economy” is characterized by high-tech firms large and small.

Much of America’s formerly world-leading manufacturing industry has either relocated overseas or has been sold to foreigners.

While U.S. manufacturing has been in decline for three decades, 40% of its manufacturing base has evaporated since 2006 alone.

Everything, from pharmaceuticals and electronics, to toys, textiles and food products are now Made in China and being sold to U.S. consumers, swelling the U.S. trade deficit to new highs every year.

Advocates of America's unfair system of trade claim that innovation is now America's strength, and has created more, better jobs. But many of the jobs from the high-tech industry have been outsourced overseas, from Dell Computers and Amazon.com to Microsoft and IBM. And America's innovation edge is fading fast.

In America’s “New Economy” it has become exceedingly difficult to point to a single large corporation that has not outsourced jobs.

The young man pictured below has very good reason to smile.

Thanks to America's unfair trade policies, he now has a good, stable job in India.

He could work for Amazon, Dell, E-Trade, Bank of America, H&R Block, IBM, Microsoft, or hundreds of other U.S. corporations that have sent millions of jobs overseas. This man sees hope for his future. His living standards are much better than before. That's good news for him, but bad news for Americans.

But he should not get too happy because as soon as the corporation finds cheaper labor elsewhere, his job will be sent there.

Fortunately for him, U.S. corporations have bought off Indian officials ensure employees don't have the chance to organize so as to protect their wages. This increases the chances that his job is secure.

Advocates of free trade claim outsourcing has created higher living standards, lower prices for consumers and better jobs for Americans.

But as Ross Perot warned two decades ago, there has been nothing but a huge sucking sound of jobs leaving America. Living standards have increased, very rapidly; but only for developing nations and America's elite wealthy.

The leaders of the “New Economy” are the overpaid CEOs who extort shareholder equity using stock options;

Some commit blatant fraud, costing shareholders their retirement savings.

Do they go to jail? Of course not.

Do they return the money they stole? Only in your dreams.

They are politicians who take high-paying positions in the private sector and use their political muscle to land huge contracts that would otherwise not be awarded;

They are corporate executives who land high positions in Washington. Once firmly established in a high-ranking office, they send tax dollars to their former company.

They are Wall Street criminals – brokerage firms, mutual funds, hedge funds, analysts and bankers.

In some ways, the “New Economy” bears striking resemblance to the “Old Economy.” Each was run by elitists serving their cronies.

In other ways, these two economies have many differences.

The “Old Economy” was characterized more by equity and opportunity, while the “New Economy” is characterized by widespread extortion and desperation.

America’s “Old Economy” was a free market system.

Today, the “New Economy” represents nothing more than casino capitalism, where high stakes go to those at the top, and their mistakes are paid for by those at the bottom.

The "New Economy" represents bribes and stifles competition so that only monopolies and duopolies are remain. Whether its ATT or Verizon, Microsoft or Google, consumers don't have much of a choice in the "New Economy."

The financial leaders of the “New Economy” are scavengers of wealth, shuttling naive investors into overpriced mutual funds, which are actually quite risky during bear markets.

Most the financial leaders of the "New Economy" are criminals who have been placed above the laws of the land. They are permitted to exort money from shareholders. And when their investments sour, they receive the benefit of taxpayer bailouts.

Smaller thieves are selected as scapegoats in order to distract the largely unintelligent American public, so they will be fooled into thinking that America has justice.

But the biggest criminals always escape the law; not the Bernie Madoffs of the U.S., but the banking executives.

Politicians, corporate executives, and bankers; they are all in this special club. They don’t have a drop of honest blood in their bodies.

They have raped America and the people they were sworn to serve, all for the lure of money and power.

They could give a damn about the lives they have destroyed.

They are dirty, rotten criminal bastards and even bitches.

They must be brought to justice by the people of the nation, or else America is finished forever.

They live in luxurious multi-million dollar mansions.

They own vacation homes around the globe.

They own a fleet of exotic cars.

Some have their own private jets.

Others have their own yachts; some, the size of Carnival Cruise lines.

No matter how you slice it, chances are the people who own these mansions, cars, yachts, jets and everything else they enjoy showing off did not earn an honest living.

They stole this money from you.

History only repeats because people never learn.

You are paying the price for their estates, their Picassos, their Lamborghinis, their Learjets and yachts.

This is the reality of America.

Today, America’s “New Economy” is a service-based economy - mainly finance and technology services.

A good deal of innovation is paid for by tax dollars, but the fruits of labor go almost exclusively all the way to the top 1%.

The “New Economy” is characterized by attorneys and consultants who service the paper deals, transactions and legal agreements; bankers and traders who extract the wealth of others.

They provide very little absolute value.

Their intent is to scalp your assets over and over until you have nothing left.

And they’ve done a damn good job of it.

Instead of industries focused on producing goods and services needed by the world, America’s “New Economy” focuses on industries that service the wealthy; they build their mansions, maintain their estates, take care of their children and pets, keep them fit, and keep them safe – the construction crews filled with illegal aliens, the housekeepers, the nannies, the pet care industry, fitness trainers, landscapers, chauffeurs, the security personnel.

But of course, these industries aren’t restricted to the wealthy elite. Many Americans also use these services to help them feel like they have a good life.

There are other service industries as well. As the economy transitioned from old to new, millions of manufacturing jobs were sent overseas.

Many of these solid blue-collar jobs have been replaced with unstable service jobs, most of which offer no or few benefits, or at best, a dead-end career; valets, nannies, housekeepers, massage therapists, landscapers, fitness trainers and pet groomers.

Today, each represents a large and growing industry in America.

Other victims of free trade have enrolled in for-profit colleges hoping to transition into another career. Little do they realize, most of these “new job opportunities end up being dead-end jobs.

The growth of for-profit colleges in America has been astounding.

Yet, many of these colleges charge higher tuition than the finest private education money can buy.

That has not stopped millions from enrolling. They have been made desperate by the effects of unfair trade policies that only benefit corporations and the wealthy. So they will pay whatever it takes for the hope of a better life.

Sadly, many of them end up with a huge pile of debt they are unable to repay.

Others have looked to scratch out a living by any means possible.

Today, millions of out of work Americans have become sellers on eBay, Amazon and other sites; bloggers working with Google hoping to pay the bills when people click their ads.

Others have become stock traders inspired by the manipulative commercials by discount brokers and the lies and hype pumped out by CNBC. As you can imagine, this new “career” isn’t going to last long.

If you watch any of this trash, you will lose money. I'll guarantee it.

Even the talk show liars have even gotten in on the scam, pumping gold.

Gold dealers know that American's are so fixated by media "celebrity" status that they will take investment advice from Dr. Phil and Oprah.

But of course, Goldline doesn't have quite enough money to pay these clowns so they've settled for other bozos as shown below.

And we can't forget about the manipulative commercials from E-Trade and Charles Schwab.

You know the E-Trade babies, right?

If babies can trade stocks, sure you can too, right?

Aww, they're SO cute! I've just been subconciously programmed to start trading stocks!

Moreover, with every trade, market makers are skimming them by illegal means. The extent of fraud in the futures and foreign currency markets is much higher than the stock market.

Today, it is likely that you know someone who thinks they are going to strike it rich as a forex or futures trader. These naive indiviuals fail to realize that futures and forex trading is considered speculation.

And we cannot forget about the multi-level marketing and get-rich-quick infomercial scams that have growth by leaps and bounds.

People fall for these scams because the desperate will resort to extremes using poor judgment when they have no where else to turn.

Of course, Trump isn't the only loser to exploit the desperation of millions. There are thousands of these vultures.

My message to Trump: you know you are a loser when you can't even make money in the casino business.

These people cannot be blamed for their desperation, or any of the bad decisions that come with it. They are just trying to survive. They are victims of widespread fraud and economic extortion from America's wealthy elite.

Economic and career opportunities are shrinking by the day in America; all due to the system of unfair trade advocated by politicians who have been bought off by industry lobbyist groups.

Which would you rather have; a manufacturing job with a nice stable salary, healthcare, disability, and retirement benefits, or a job parking cars for tips?

If you’re a teenager or college student, you might opt for the later. The work is easy and you get several employee benefits - you get to see “hot” girls and drive “nice” cars. But those of us in the real world would prefer a stable job with a salary and employee benefits.

America's "New Economy" high-tech cities are primary based in California. In contrast, the financial powerhouses reside in New York City, Boston, and Chicago.

But as you might already know, New York has been in decay for many years, as has Chicago.

And even the high-tech capital of the world, California is facing bankruptcy, as are most states and cities.

Most people realize that America's largest cities have been in decay prior to the current economic meltdown.

For well over a decade, "white flight" has been responsible for the overdevelopment of suburban America.

Many of these regions have sought to isolate themselves from larger nearby cities stricken with the effects of socioeconomic decay.

To achieve this economic and societal independence, they built sports stadiums, airports, expensive schools and even museums; everything needed to enable them to remain in their Utopia, so they do not have to endure the societal decay caused by decades of poor leadership by Washington.

But these projects were financed largely by city taxes - property taxes, sales taxes and other taxes; taxes that can’t be paid.

What I am speaking of is a bubble in many small suburban areas across America that no one mentions. And it's in the process of imploding.

Owners of professional sports teams have made promises they cannot keep in order to extort money from taxpayers for new stadiums.

They promised economic growth and more jobs; only if taxpayers agreed to fit half of the bill for their stadiums. And incompetent brainless city council members and mayors across America have agreed to this taxpayer fraud.

But the plot thickens. These greedy owners have cut sponsorship deals with America's largest corporations to have these stadiums names after them.

Each year, they pay millions of dollars to these sports franchise owners.

And that money comes from higher prices charged to consumers for their goods and services.

You might want to pay a visit to your local "suburban Utopia," because things won't be looking so great in a few years. Defaults will soar, as will taxes.

But of course, things are much worse elsewhere.

President Obama is already discussing what to do with the glut of ghettos and slums that continue to grow by the day.

Bulldozing them just might be his best idea yet.

Don’t be fooled by Washington’s hacks. America's Second Great Depression is still in its early stages, so hold onto your hats and try to stay afloat, because I don't see anything getting better on a permanent basis until real solutions surface.

And real solutions will NEVER materialize as long as lobbyists exist.

America’s tightly controlled media industry continues to preach the myths of free markets and democracy as the nation moves closer to a Banana Republic.

If Americans allow this charade to continue, they will only have themselves to blame.

History repeats only because people don’t learn from the past.

And America's media monopoly has turned the majority of Americans into ignorant, brainwashed, compliant zombies.

Can you imagine what would going on if these crimes had been committed in France, Spain, Italy, Greece and many other nations?

The streets would be set ablaze.

There would be daily riots.

The people of these nations still have a chance to escape enslavement and tyranny because they won't stand for that kind of abuse.

Americans are much different.

Give them their chips and soda, American Idol and sports, credit cards and prescription drugs, and along with the help of the very dangerous media monopoly, Americans behave like caged monkeys, willing to take any amount of abuse the elite criminals can muster.

It's truly a disgrace. I'm ashamed to call myself an American.

And I'm more disgusted at the American public at their ignorance and complacency than I am the criminals who have destroyed this nation.

America. What Went Wrong (Part 2)