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<blockquote data-quote="JustTired" data-source="post: 625713" data-attributes="member: 10234"><p>Pob,</p><p> </p><p>While your arguments sound good at first glance, I don't see it holding water in todays economic climate.</p><p> </p><p>If you expect a workforce to go from $10-15/hr(just as an example) to $3 a day, then the price of your product better reflect that savings. Otherwise, who are you going to sell to.</p><p> </p><p>What I've seen is, for the most part, a search for cheaper labor in other countries without a drop in price to the consumer here. That's fine for a while. But as more and more corporations jump on that bandwagon, their customer base here dwindles away.</p><p> </p><p>Those same corporations and those with money made from those decisions are the first to complain about a "welfare state" or "redistribution of wealth" when in fact they are responsible for initiating it. Oh, they can blame the government, but in fact they are blaming themselves. After all, who really controls the government. They have tried to abolish all government regulation. That would be fine if they could act responsibly and not let greed control their actions. We all can see and are feeling the effects of (basically) an unregulated banking and investment industry. Talk about making money without actually providing any meaningful productivity.</p><p> </p><p>As I've said before.....to compete in a global economy, you have to be on a level playing field. It's much easier to bring this country down to a 'third world country' status than to bring those third world countries up to us. And with the exodus of most of our manufacturing jobs, we're well on our way.</p><p> </p><p>We will become a "service based economy". Only because those jobs can't be exported. But what good is a service if there is no one left who can afford it?</p><p> </p><p>Sadly, I feel that we are on a spiralling down-spin that will continue until someone wakes up or it becomes too late even if they do. Then it won't matter if you're a teamster or a retired manager sitting at home. You can have all the money in the world and it won't really matter. Your heritage will be destroyed. Your country will lay in ruin. And it may take every penny you have to be allowed to live.</p><p> </p><p>Sorry.....got a little carried away. Greed bothers me...in case you didn't notice.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="JustTired, post: 625713, member: 10234"] Pob, While your arguments sound good at first glance, I don't see it holding water in todays economic climate. If you expect a workforce to go from $10-15/hr(just as an example) to $3 a day, then the price of your product better reflect that savings. Otherwise, who are you going to sell to. What I've seen is, for the most part, a search for cheaper labor in other countries without a drop in price to the consumer here. That's fine for a while. But as more and more corporations jump on that bandwagon, their customer base here dwindles away. Those same corporations and those with money made from those decisions are the first to complain about a "welfare state" or "redistribution of wealth" when in fact they are responsible for initiating it. Oh, they can blame the government, but in fact they are blaming themselves. After all, who really controls the government. They have tried to abolish all government regulation. That would be fine if they could act responsibly and not let greed control their actions. We all can see and are feeling the effects of (basically) an unregulated banking and investment industry. Talk about making money without actually providing any meaningful productivity. As I've said before.....to compete in a global economy, you have to be on a level playing field. It's much easier to bring this country down to a 'third world country' status than to bring those third world countries up to us. And with the exodus of most of our manufacturing jobs, we're well on our way. We will become a "service based economy". Only because those jobs can't be exported. But what good is a service if there is no one left who can afford it? Sadly, I feel that we are on a spiralling down-spin that will continue until someone wakes up or it becomes too late even if they do. Then it won't matter if you're a teamster or a retired manager sitting at home. You can have all the money in the world and it won't really matter. Your heritage will be destroyed. Your country will lay in ruin. And it may take every penny you have to be allowed to live. Sorry.....got a little carried away. Greed bothers me...in case you didn't notice. [/QUOTE]
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