I thought you were a Cruz supporter, no?
The 0001% are, and that’s who the GOPe cares about.
Amen Jum. The loss of our manufacturing base has nearly destroyed the middle class in this country and without question has added to the breakdown of the nuclear family.
Well said Trump 2016
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Jim, this is why we need to reduce the corporate tax down to 4% or less. Not only are our wages higher, but the taxes are, too. Money is being left off-shore and never getting back here for reinvestment, even when it otherwise would be needed.
Agreed. Why any country would voluntarily ship its manufacturing base overseas is entirely beyond me.
The American Industrial Base™: don’t fight a world war without it.
No, we’re not better off and it’s time we elect a president that’ll turn it around.
Go Trump!
Going by my memories of the 1980s the answer is no, not even close.
I'll point out that this is a much more complicated issue than most people realize. I've been saying for years that the number of U.S. factory jobs that have been lost to outsourcing is dwarfed by the number of these jobs that have been lost to automation and technology.
Kudos to the Freeper who pointed out several months ago that U.S. manufacturing employment would have been declining for years even if the U.S. was the only country in the world, and there was no such thing as "foreign trade."
So, those manufacturing jobs are shipped elsewhere. To places where they have to worry about things like where their next meal is coming from, and how to find a drink of water that doesn't put a parasite into them that ruins their health for the rest of their life. The people who live in places like that aren't bothered by a bad smell, or a smokestack, because they're just happy to be able to put a roof over their heads.
But here in America, non-super-educated people like that are S.O.L. And politicians and media people pander to them, displacing blame anywhere but where it belongs.
Yes.
Economic suicide = National suicide.
I’m not singling out Walmart, but here is a very interesting visualization - take a few minutes and watch:
http://projects.flowingdata.com/walmart/
Now we all know Walmart claims to have “lowest prices always”, but we who live in smaller communities at least also know the has been a price to pay. Are we better off now with a couple of acres of asphalt and bigbox store, or when we had thriving “mom and pop” stores and downtowns that people actually felt safe going to? How many towns benefited from the generosity of local business owners who gave back when they had the opportunity? How many churches, sports leagues, and non-profits were taken care of by local donations by people who worked in local stores and were’t just minimum wage-slaves with a blue apron?
Trump says he likes free trade but it has to be smart trade an fair trade. The Walmart example is a good one to pose the same question: are we better off?
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There's 95 million people out there who have given up looking for work...But yet they still eat everyday...On someone's dime other than their own...
Cruz says to cut corporate taxes, regulations etc. and this will give the corporations more cash to invest in their business and increase jobs...Eventually...
The flaw in the plan is that while the other countries manipulate their currency, we will never be able to compete so the American corporations will spend their new windfall in those countries where they can make bigger profits...
Course everyone knows this but I thought I'd throw it out there anyway...
I'm sticking with Trump...
“Is ushering in free trade before (or without) reducing our own costs the equivalent of national suicide?”
Yes, well on our way, with TPP the coup de grace.
Protectionism is the lazy way out. It may provide a short term solution to the problem.
We as a nation need to realize that the myriad, feel-good government bureaucracies (EPA, OSHA, EEOC, etc) are a major cause of the jobs losses.
Another major cause is our corporate tax structure.
Deficit spending has made the dollar worth $0.14 compared to 50 years ago.
Finally, unions need to recognize that they must compete, sooner or late, with foreign labor.
Higher tariffs mean that anyone purchasing anything imported is subsidizing union labor, government regulations and high taxes.
Try living for a while in a country with high import duties or trade restrictions. It is a real aggravation!
The USA used to be able to compete with the rest of the world. We can again, if we choose to do so.