To: american spirit
That's silly talk. It's not like us "free traitors" made a conscious decision to screw over the almight US manufacturing worker by buying foreign goods. It's just that most of us are capitalists that believe in getting the best bang for our buck. Overpriced shoddy American crap is not as good a deal as underpriced shoddy foreign crap.
To: Conservative til I die
Well good...be sure you let me know about all the money you've saved on your next purchase of a car, stove or refrigerator now that the tariffs are dropped. I'm sure these car dealers especially are going to drop their prices like crazy now that some of their steel costs will be lowered.....yeah keep on dreaming amigo. While you're at it, please enlighten me on all the $ you've obviously saved on shoes, shirts, pants, etc. that now cost 2-3 times what they did when those products were manufactured here in the states. How is it that clothes now manufactured with labor costs that are fraction of US workers, done in areas with no federal work regulations still are priced higher than ever?
In case you haven't figured it out yet, this free trade idiocy was never about lower consumer prices instead it's been about lowering the cost to manufacture goods while keeping prices artificially high and the increased profits go into the hands of multinational corporations who care nothing about the economic future of this country.
104 posted on
12/06/2003 11:13:21 AM PST by
american spirit
(ILLEGAL IMMIGRATION = NATIONAL SUICIDE)
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