Great post Zogger. Global economy is nothing more than a buzz word for "corporate greed". We'll have a global economy when people in India, China, Korea, or a few dozen other countries are making more than $3/day or when people here can afford to live on $3/day. Wanna bet on which happens first? I had to essentially shut down a business due in large part to the fact that my customers started sending tooling overseas in order to "compete on a global playing field". And I'm not the only one. Coincidentally, I found out over the Holidays that my Mom is losing her job in 3-9 months along with 100 others in her department because the company she works for has just built a factory in China. Now then...to all you "global economists" that seem to prefer to look at it from the standpoint of a job being created (in China) rather than a job being lost (in the U.S.), got any job openings for about 100 people in the Milwaukee area?
But you know what....it's OUR own fault. If more people were willing to spend more of that oh-so-precious money to BUY AMERICAN the corporate millionaire's wouldn't have the "global competition" excuse. You wanna make more money?...then spend a little more to help guarantee your neighbor's job.
Sorry but this thread just pisses me off. Doesn't anyone find it ironic that the countries that are taking all of our work are the very same countries we don't get along with very well politically? Hmmmm....economic WAR maybe? What a concept....
Take care
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Great post Zogger. Global economy is nothing more than a buzz word for "corporate greed". We'll have a global economy when people in India, China, Korea, or a few dozen other countries are making more than $3/day or when people here can afford to live on $3/day. Wanna bet on which happens first? I had to essentially shut down a business due in large part to the fact that my customers started sending tooling overseas in order to "compete on a global playing field". And I'm not the only one. Coincidentally, I found out over the Holidays that my Mom is losing her job in 3-9 months along with 100 others in her department because the company she works for has just built a factory in China. Now then...to all you "global economists" that seem to prefer to look at it from the standpoint of a job being created (in China) rather than a job being lost (in the U.S.), got any job openings for about 100 people in the Milwaukee area? But you know what....it's OUR own fault. If more people were willing to spend more of that oh-so-precious money to BUY AMERICAN the corporate millionaire's wouldn't have the "global competition" excuse. You wanna make more money?...then spend a little more to help guarantee your neighbor's job. Sorry but this thread just pisses me off. Doesn't anyone find it ironic that the countries that are taking all of our work are the very same countries we don't get along with very well politically? Hmmmm....economic WAR maybe? What a concept.... Take care