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Justi: I agree with you concerning welfare for able-bodied folks. It creates a sense of dependency, laziness and lack of motivation.
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WavyDavy
on July 28, 2007 at 9:02 AM
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Ex Turpi: Regarding manufacturing and trade policy in general, the United States has a huge trade deficit. We aren't competing with Mexico, Canada, China, Japan and South Korea not to mention many other Asian nations. I don't see anything wrong with having a manufacturing and service economy coexisting in the United States.
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WavyDavy
on July 28, 2007 at 9:00 AM
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Nautikos: I know that these companies have a responsibility to their shareholders but they also should have a responsibility to their workers and the communities where their plants are located. The shareholders are greedy. Pure and simple! Just as long as their jobs aren't affected, who cares?
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WavyDavy
on July 28, 2007 at 8:56 AM
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Re: Wavy, I couldn't agree more.
Thanks! I enjoy reading your articles.
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WavyDavy
on July 28, 2007 at 8:52 AM
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Jacenta: I agree. I support increasing the minimum wage.
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WavyDavy
on July 28, 2007 at 8:52 AM
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Re: How would you be dealing with the trade unions......
Corbin: Some of the union demands are excessive but workers have to support themselves and their families too. If unions didn't exist, we would be just like Mexico or Vietnam.
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WavyDavy
on July 28, 2007 at 8:51 AM
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WavyDavy
The entire complex situation is causing great concern for all of us. Decent jobs are difficult to find and minimum wage isn't enough to support a family.
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jacentaOld
on July 27, 2007 at 11:52 AM
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Wavy, I couldn't agree more.
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Amanda__
on July 27, 2007 at 11:39 AM
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Wavy
You're touching on a lot of highly complex issues in this post. Let me just address one: the 'export' of jobs, both American and Canadian. In reality, it does not 'just' happen as a result of the desire for higher profits. Let's look at it in terms of a push-pull effect. The pull is indeed the presence of lower wages and lower living standards in the developing world. However, the push is the high cost of doing business in North America, and the expectation and indeed the demand of shareholders for the highest possible return on their investment, a time-honored principle of capitalism. Attempts to negate that principle, as has ocurred time and again under various forms of socialism, have failed miserably, as the history of the last hundred years clearly shows...
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Nautikos
on July 26, 2007 at 7:21 PM
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WavyDavy
Your most two recent posts are very interesting but they do not underscore sound economic pragmatics, nor nascent political realities. I am assuming you have not looked at the statistics. If so, I am of the opinion you would not propose here the changes that you have. On the weekend, in my blog, I will present a rebuttal to your posts. At this moment, I do not have the time.
I can appreciate your displaying the feelings of your gut. That is admirable; but the realities contradict your assertions.
Stay well; walk good my friend.
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EX_TURPI
on July 26, 2007 at 6:12 AM
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Wavy Davy
Excellent Post. I agree that the auto workers and others have demanded until they killed any possibility for their children to do as well as they did. However, I think if we cut out welfare for all able bodies under 65 we would be able to provide a lot of workers. We have not had any work to amount to anything since we built the parks and dams with WPA and some of those programs. If one keeps sending the jobs away that pay the people who pay the taxes to pay those who will not work we will much sooner than we appear to know run out of money...Look at the history of the Fall of Rome. I agree bring back the manufacturing, this is what we can pay and compete, take it or leave it but we will not pay welfare. (There is a page long comment to you on my post about Religious Garb on my comments page) Be blessed.
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Justi
on July 25, 2007 at 8:08 PM
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How would you be dealing with the trade unions......
that contributed in a very large fashion to America's manufacturing demise???
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Corbin_Dallas
on July 25, 2007 at 7:52 PM
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