Posted on 09/14/2014 6:52:13 AM PDT by george76
Facts are stubborn things, but statistics are pliable. ? Mark Twain.
I never believe government manufactured numbers. They will always be adjusted, massaged, and manipulated to achieve a happy ending for the propagandists attempting to control and fleece the sheep. Yesterday, the government produced retail sales numbers for August that were weak and the corporate MSM propaganda machine immediately threw up bold headlines declaring how strong these numbers were. Positive stories were published on the interwebs and Wall Street hack economists were rolled out on CNBC, where the bubble headed bimbos and prostitutes for the status quo like Jim Cramer and Steve Liesman declared the recovery gaining strength. Woo Hoo.
If everyone else is whipping out that credit card, why arent you? Credit card debt has reached a new post recession high. They tell me consumer confidence is soaring. Forget about the 92 million working age Americans supposedly not in the labor force. Forget about real household income hovering at 1999 levels. Forget about median household net worth still 30% lower than 2007. Forget about what you see with your own two eyes in malls, strip centers and office parks as you motor around our suburban sprawl empire of debt. Those Store Closing, Space Available, and For Lease signs mean nothing.
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It appears our friendly government drones may be pumping the current data to give the appearance of recovery
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To support what was made in America.
I completely agree with you!
Well said, General.
I know what you’re saying about size selection.
I’ve found that smaller sizes are hard to come by these days. If you wear XL, XXL, XXXL, or even XXXXL in some cases, you can find plenty.
A Penneys salesgirl told me if I find something I like in a small, I should grab it now and bring it back later if I have to, because they’re heading toward the larger sizes. But like you, I think Penneys’ merchandise has taken a nose dive...I don’t go there anymore.
Years ago I was told the same by a sales gal at TJMaxx. She was right. GRAB IT!
The problem is, anymore anything which Americans buy, there is only a small portion of the cost which actually stays in America.
Most everything is made now, in China.
That is where all the profits are going. To China.
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The problem is we have an economy dominated by the government. See my tagline.
Not only that, since leaving corporate America I like to wear tee shirts with a pocket.
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Me too. Every now and then I dress up and put on a polo shirt. lol
More and more, it is appearing our big problem is our corporations, continue to offshore manufacturing.
We have been building up China now for over an entire generation.
Both parties.
Everyone is selling American companies, to China.
+1
I quit reading at “the interwebs”.
As long as the restrictive Federal regulations and taxes are in place, the companies won’t return.
I don’t know.
Right now we have (badly) gone overboard, both parties have been in the globalization game for so long nobody is paying the first bit of attention to America anymore.
At some point, things begin to come back.
I am still in a huge minority. Nobody in either party is saying we need to bring back American manufacturing.
But I say we need to bring back American manufacturing.
The biggest single concern, is which party will eventually adopt American jobs as their platform.
I am trying hard, to raise the issue for Republicans.
I fear, it will be democrats, who finally run with this.
America is hurting badly now, for jobs. We need to bring back jobs.
Jobs.
GOP bring back American jobs.
I think I get the picture: you see a problem, you don’t care to consider what caused it, and don’t care to consider a solution. Heck, when the economy finally does recover, you’ll be out of a job.
I’m sorry, but you sound like a broken record, and you still don’t seem to understand how to “bring back jobs.”
IF YOU WANT COMPANIES TO COME TO THE USA, YOU MUST AMEND THE TAX CODE AND REGULATORY FRAMEWORK TO MAKE THE BUSINESS CLIMATE COMPETITIVE.
If you don’t do that, the companies are never coming back. Since neither party seems interested in tax code reform, I think you shouldn’t hold your breath waiting for manufacturing to return.
Four administrations, from both political parties, have been sending American jobs overseas now for more than an entire generation.
America is now nearly 18 trillion dollars in debt.
America needs jobs.
And you fail to see the link between sentence 1 and sentence 2. Moreover, “you’re not really interested.”
We go into recession. China takes a BIG hit. No more communists.
I am glad I am not the only one who noticed the awful clothes. Flimsy, material. Ugly big ole flowers. Low cut for everyday use.
Also the shoe prices way up. Going shopping is no fun anymore.
I do, now, LOL.
(Wish I could have luck finding good stuff at T.J. Maxx)!
Everything reaches a limit.
Right now, America needs to rebuild.
Bring back American jobs, and manufacturing. Stop importing everything from China.
Last year we imported 440 billion dollars of goods from China.
Last year we only exported 122 billion dollars of goods, to China.
This huge trade imbalance, is now happening every single year.
(and our debt, continues to skyrocket)
18 trillion dollars, almost.
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