Paper 8 As an American I find that most or our environments have become more pessimistic in nature rather then optimistic. This goes with many different experiences that I have had. I grew up in a home where my father worked in the local pipefitting union. He would pay so much out of every hour he worked and he would put that into a health package that would pay for older member’s health plans. A big issue that came up was the fact that many doctors were filling way to many prescriptions. Many times prescribing things that were not really a problem. Later in life my father relied on the same system when he started to have heart problems. These people are doing their jobs and are really doing it well. I feel that one of the main problems with American capitalism is the fact that people put so much focus on personal needs. The sense of if I can get more out of my neighbor I will have a better time in life. Or summed up with the known saying; keeping up with the Jefferson’s. This same type of feeling can be seen in how larger companies have turned to sourcing to fill their production means. Americans have felt drastic changes in our history. As people we have moved from agriculture, industry, to service based economies. From the start of the push of services we have lost a lot of jobs and gained a lot of jobs. But even now tech based service are being set up in other places as well. Moving to Eastern Europe and India. If this trend continues what will be the condition of the job market in twenty years? A country can not survive on currency exchange alone. If enough of our capital is sent overseas what will we have to work at with at home? We are so focused on the bottom line that we forget that we are working with peoples lives. And that every decision made in the work place trickles down into what happens not only with the company but of its employee’s lives.