Video Shows Exact Moment 1,400 Employees Learn They Are Losing Their Jobs to Mexico

Mediaite ^ | 2/12/16 | J.D. Durkin

[bert]

believe me, I know and understand what you guys are saying.

But like it or not, the period of post war American dominance is over. The rest of the world is becoming what we were by doing what we did. They want a better quality of life.

We must compete.

[meyer]

Not only are they doing what we did, but we as a country are slouching towards socialism/fascism at an accelerating rate. A combination of heavy-handed government regulations and high taxation have conspired to chase real manufacturing out of the country.

And I don’t just mean direct regulation - the president’s war on coal has already increased our energy costs significantly. And of course, who cannot see the enormous cost of complying with the new Obamacare, especially smaller outfits.

And many of our schools and colleges are preparing students to be welfare-sucking freeloaders instead of productive citizens. Because getting even with “the man” is more important than doing something useful these days.

[bert]

I have been reading Forbes for decades. In the last year or so, the editorial thrust has been away from what I think of as the corporate world of the Dow jones and S & P 500 and redirected toward the entrepreneurial efforts all across the nation. Forbes has become in some ways a primer for going into business.

Forbes is a multinational company with editions in fact separate magazines in Europe and Asia. they have a good grasp of the global business effort. To remedy the problems in America, Forbes has set upon the solution of innovation that is in fact in process on a pretty grand scale.

Youth and innovation will solve the problem is what I have come to believe. Reverting to the past will not

[Lagmeister]

But, you don't compete with China buy allowing their goods to be sold here tax free while our goods are highly taxed going into China. All of our trade agreements have not been 'fair trade', but rather pro corporate agreements that have allowed manufacturing abroad with maximum profits back in this country.

This is not competition as our founders envisioned, which is why they established the tariff. Competition is great, if there really is any. We have gone from a 'promote' the 'general Welfare' Constitution that was pro American business to self-identified global businesses that have knifed this country and the American worker in the back.

[bert]

you miss the point....

Americans like stuff available at a lower price. Americans don’t want a tax on imports.

What is wrong with maximum profits? that is the reason for being in business. To suggest otherwise is to be left wing in outlook

your introduction of the founders is malarky. the fledgling America had no tax base. the general welfare is what is in effect.

Inexpensive goods promote the general welfare

[Lagmeister]

you miss the point....

Methinks in colonial times there would have been a rail for you to ride on out of town, your body festooned with tar and feathers.

Inexpensive goods promote the general welfare

See, here is how this works: first you have a business and then you have something people go to called a job, or are you one of those who thinks that a government check for everyone is sufficient to buy the cheap goods - if so, I suggest the 'feel the Bern' forum for you. Ole Bernie is unfazed that 100 million working age people are out of work

the fledgling America had no tax base

No What you are saying is malarkey.They had a tax base initially from tariffs, for their needs where few. They also developed poll taxes and property taxes.

Well let's see, if we have a private sector of waiters, pizza deliverers and landscapers, we can have a middle class of government employees. I guess having everything made in China, Mexico et al fits into that type of economy.

As for a tax base, well, all the government employees can tax each other and pay each others salaries (deck chairs on the Titanic stuff) - and as we print more and more money and go 50 trillion in debt, well, who cares because Americans just love cheap stuff and that's how the founding fathers wanted it. Right? I mean after all you are the 'fledgling America' scholar.

[central_va]

Inexpensive goods promote the general welfare

You actually think corporations pass on production cost saving by off shoring on to the the consumer?

[Thibodeaux]

which specific corporations do you accuse of such collaboration?

[SaraJohnson]

What collaboration do you speak of?

[Enlightened1]

LOL!

[Lagmeister]

You actually think

I was quoting 'Bert' you bandwidth spamming moron.

[central_va]

That comment was for Bert and not you. I pinged you to see that comment because I thought that you would like it.

[Thibodeaux]

well, did you forget already?

“The global government many multinational business leaders are seeking”

[SaraJohnson]

Agenda 21 and Agenda 30 are both multinational agreements with the UN and to give the UN governing and vast taxing power and control over the natural resource use of Nations. It is being sold under the guise of being the solution to “climate change.” Don’t tell me you don’t know that multinational corporations have been involved in pushing this climate change deception on the globe. Google, Microsoft and Facebook are just a few of the elitist muckity mucks involved.