Briefly, I disagree that the jobs I listed are "last century blue collar." Many of those people are knowledge workers that just happen to use their hands as wel

Briefly, I disagree that the jobs I listed are "last century blue collar." Many of those people are knowledge workers that just happen to use their hands as well as their minds. Secondly, in my younger years I worked as a software developer at a Tier 1 automotive supplier. I've got a lot of friends in the business. I wasn't being an alarmist. Many of these companies are on the brink. On top of that, there aren't many "strong" auto companies to "bail out" the suppliers. Right now the forecast is a pitiful 9MM autos sold this year. At this rate, we're going to have serious problems, even Toyota may face bankruptcy. And about Chrysler... they were bailed out, invented the mini-van, and, by acquiring Jeep via AMC,ignited an SUV market. That's a corporate success story. It's been 30 years, there's been titanic shifts in the global market.