The Philadelphia Story - USA

November 2000
The American economy is booming, with record growth and record job creation. But global economic pressures mean that some jobs are downsized and some jobs disappear - while others make fortunes. After travelling by train with a primary health care team across one of South Africa's poorest provinces last week, Life this week visits Philadelphia, the capital of Pennsylvania, where the Declaration of Independence was once signed, to look at how the global economy is destroying some traditional employment while making others rich.

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[mbrunken]

Daniel Bell talked about this trend of decline in manufacturing and the rise of a post-industrial economy. Unfortunately, most of the new jobs in the service industry pay cannot support a typical family. If you take a drive through Philadelphia, sometimes all you will see are nail salons, delis and scratched and dented repair shops. This was made in 2000, does anyone know of a counter trend or improvements in the wage level in the service industry?

[rickbar123]

I have lived and worked in Phila. all my life. Phila. is dead. I work as a visiting nurse (RN) in these hoods. Every day I see hundreds of empty factorys across the city. If you want to help Phila. and the rest of America - END THAT BULLSHIT, FUCKING SHAM NAFTA. IT IS KILLING THIS COUNTRY. PUT THE BASTARDS THAT SOLD IT TO US IN JAIL. END NAFTA END NAFTA END FREE TRADE END FREE TRADE

[abzvinny318]

Life this week visits Philadelphia, the capital of Pennsylvania

...wut?

I guess I've been lied to about my state's captial all my life. :O

OH wait. Beat me to it.

VVV

[deliciousmorton]

Harrisburg is the capitol of Pennsylvania, not Philadelphia.

[ejmac11]

And the moral of the story is.........Stay In School!!! Don't end up working in a factory who wants that anyway?

[rustyspikey]

how old is this video? philly today is better than this.

[Shaftttttt]

The problem is America is trying to hang on to the past glory while other nations are catching up to claim the peice of the pie. The only solution to create a formula that for industrialists that create manufacturing jobs in the US to have tax bracket.