Posted on Dec 24, 2015
Why a poor Southern city’s only hope was a Chinese company moving in
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Senator Webb calls out the Left and President Obama. "Obama's comments in Monday’s NPR interview show how out of touch this administration and the Democratic Party have become with working men and women. His comments degrading the working class by asserting that they cannot adjust to change, and calling factory work a "bargain", are examples of the left’s doing all it can to isolate that demographic group as idiosyncratic. They are publicly humiliating respected ways of life in order to avoid accountability for not having protected this vital component of America's future growth. Is this the bargain Obama speaks of: http://wapo.st/1SbQbL3?
Obama told NPR, “…wages and incomes have been flat-lining for some time, and that particularly blue-collar men have had a lot of trouble in this new economy, where they are no longer getting the same bargain that they got when they were going to a factory and able to support their families on a single paycheck…”
Obama told NPR, “…wages and incomes have been flat-lining for some time, and that particularly blue-collar men have had a lot of trouble in this new economy, where they are no longer getting the same bargain that they got when they were going to a factory and able to support their families on a single paycheck…”
Why a poor Southern city’s only hope was a Chinese company moving in
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It was an interesting article, thanks for posting it.
This country is changing from a diamond (small number of rich, small number of people in relative poverty and large middle class) to a triangle with a small number of rich, moderate number of middle class and large number of Americans with no real economic security. It's not a positive change.
This country is changing from a diamond (small number of rich, small number of people in relative poverty and large middle class) to a triangle with a small number of rich, moderate number of middle class and large number of Americans with no real economic security. It's not a positive change.
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It is popular to blame politicians for the lack of jobs and certainly they hold some of the blame for bad economic policy, over regulation etc. The real culprit in jobs going overseas can be found in the mirror, the average American consumer.
We wanted cheaper consumer goods and when companies figured out they could move production overseas and get a lower landed cost of goods, off we went. Many have followed suit and many things simply are not made here any longer. Every time you go to Walmart/Target and the like and buy something made in (insert country here) you are part of the problem. Who remembers Walmart in the beginning. Sam Walton's philosophy was goods made in America for Americans. He must be rolling over in the grave so fast he would make a redlined camshaft look slow.
The doom loop continued for many years as we wanted cheaper goods, we got them and the jobs went off shore and wages and better jobs went away here, then all the average person can afford is the cheaper foreign made goods.
We wanted cheaper consumer goods and when companies figured out they could move production overseas and get a lower landed cost of goods, off we went. Many have followed suit and many things simply are not made here any longer. Every time you go to Walmart/Target and the like and buy something made in (insert country here) you are part of the problem. Who remembers Walmart in the beginning. Sam Walton's philosophy was goods made in America for Americans. He must be rolling over in the grave so fast he would make a redlined camshaft look slow.
The doom loop continued for many years as we wanted cheaper goods, we got them and the jobs went off shore and wages and better jobs went away here, then all the average person can afford is the cheaper foreign made goods.
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Very true, but hard to pay extra for something, when you're barely getting by as it is.
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Anyone that knows me knows that I lean towards the right (Maybe more than lean) in my political beliefs. However, I believe that we, the people of the United States, have been completely sold out economically by both parties. There's no reason that a person can't get a job that pays a decent wage, other than manipulation by both parties, for the benefit of a few.
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LT Charles Baird
SSgt (Join to see) What's a decent wage? is a McDonalds worker making $15 an hour a decent wage? Is the minimum wage a decent wage? Is a journeyman electrician in El Paso Texas who makes $15 an hour making a decent wage?
Just wondering
Just wondering
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LT Charles Baird A wage that will support a family without government assistance. But it's much more than the wage. It's the rest of the economy too. I should have made that clearer in my original post. For example when I was growing up my family heated our house with wood, generally slash and slab, from a lumber mill or cores from a veneer mill, as we considered propane too expensive. For the cost of the entire family working Saturdays during the summer, we'd put up about 10 cord of wood. Today all the mills that we got wood from are closed, and the ones that still have it sell it instead of giving it away, often at prices that make it worth using gas. My point is that wages aren't keeping up with the cost of living. Even for those of us who are willing to work a little harder to make ends meet.
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