[dixie sass]

It could be said that we, the consumer are "buying" the jobs everytime we purchase something at a reasonable cost or even the stockholder who wants to make higher dividends.

[ARCADIA]

"It could be said that we, the consumer are "buying" the jobs everytime we purchase something at a reasonable cost or even the stockholder who wants to make higher dividends."

Just about anything "could be said". However, both our public, and our investors, are making decisions based on what they have been told. Our government is still reassuring them that everything is fine and that all alarmist are crackpots. I expect that they when they finally realize how far we have gone they will hang their elected officials, and change course immediately.