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Originally posted by nenothtu
Originally posted by buster2010
And why is it cheaper to make the product 10,000 miles away? Because the people are treated like virtual slaves. They are paid a fraction of what their jobs are really worth. The free trade agreement did help to kill our infrastructure.
That's one way of looking at it, I reckon - but it's not the way I see it. My view is that it's cheaper overseas because too many American "workers" (predominantly unionists) demand they be "paid what they're worth", and then proceed to grossly overestimate their own value. Greed, pure and simple - it's not the exclusive provenance of "the rich"... it also pertains to the "wannabe rich".
Now when that union over there manages to over-inflate it's own value, this union over here has to over-inflate IT'S own value in order to just keep up. It has to demand some fabled "living wage" because the other guys pumped the cost of living all out of proportion with THEIR over-estimate of their value.
It becomes a never-ending cycle, swirling along like the dirty bath water circling the drain. Next thing you know, they're BOTH out of a job, because some little guy overseas says "HEY! I'll WORK for that!".
THEN all their greed is for naught (since both are now broke, whiny, and generally out of sorts that no one else accepted their over-estimate of their own worth), and the US starts mounting up a "trade deficit".
edit on 2013/3/1 by nenothtu because: (no reason given)
Originally posted by prophetboy12
reply to post by madenusa
If it walks like a dictator, talks like a dictator, THREATENS LIKE A DICTATOR and spends like a dictator, Guess what" IT'S A DICTATOR.
Originally posted by beezzer
Originally posted by FeatherofMaat
reply to post by beezzer
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I never lived under Nazi rule either.
But I can still know enough that it'd suck.edit on 3/2/2013 by AshleyD because: (no reason given)
Originally posted by MystikMushroom
Silly president.
Jedi's don't mind meld, Vulcans mind meld. SMH
If one is going to use science fiction based metaphors, at least get them correct!
Originally posted by mrperplexed
Doesn't Obama dictate what healthcare we should have?
Doesn't he dictate what our "fair share" should be?
Doesn't he dictate what the press should say?
He asked for a vote by the house and senate, which the house and senate passed - Obama signed into law
Again, house and senate vote on all bills, not the president "Dictating".
Its unfortunate - the whole Woodward thing..
The executive branch and legislative branches are separated for a reason
The sequester will affect government spending across the board. The military will see $550 billion in cuts, drawing funds away from national security and military operations. On the domestic side, cuts will affect health care, education, law enforcement, disaster relief, unemployment benefits, non-profit organization funds, scientific research and more.
Originally posted by JohnPhoenix
Oh My God. We're SCREWED.
The sequester will affect government spending across the board. The military will see $550 billion in cuts, drawing funds away from national security and military operations. On the domestic side, cuts will affect health care, education, law enforcement, disaster relief, unemployment benefits, non-profit organization funds, scientific research and more.
www.huffingtonpost.com...
Originally posted by dirtybird
reply to post by beezzer
hes as much of a dictator as hitler at this pointand alot of people see it that way.
Originally posted by TheQuestion81670
I also posted this in another part of this website. I am new to the forum and thought this would be a could place to get some answers. I have heard, from a friend, that in Denver that King Obama was making a secret bunker under the Denver international airport for reasons unknown. Where I live which is in the Las Vegas area we have a large airport (Mccarran) which already had 2 large terminals and they are building a third. My question is this they have been building this terminal for something like 5 years and usually here construction does not take so long could Obama and his cronies be doing the same thing here? Has anyone heard about anything like this here or in their home state?
Originally posted by JohnPhoenix
Oh My God. We're SCREWED.
The sequester will affect government spending across the board. The military will see $550 billion in cuts, drawing funds away from national security and military operations. On the domestic side, cuts will affect health care, education, law enforcement, disaster relief, unemployment benefits, non-profit organization funds, scientific research and more.
www.huffingtonpost.com...