In this thread, a small troop of faceless, anonymous DUmpmonkeys takes up the tired DUmp whine about all the good jobs going to Indonesians and Guatemalans. If someone would pay DUmmies $30 an hour to sew baseballs or assemble Barbie dolls, there would never be a recession! But these multinationals are greedy, and their accomplices, the American public, don't want to pay $20 for a pair of jockey shorts:
caty (1000+ posts) Sat Apr-17-10 11:22 AM
Original message
Am I wrong to think and feel that it is un American
when American companies do not bring back jobs, that they have sent to other countries, when our economy is so bad and so many people are unemployed? If every company would bring back enough of these jobs to put Americans back to work, they would still profit by putting more money into the pockets of Americans, who would then buy the products made.
Is what I think of as "common sense" too simple minded? How greedy do these companies have to be to justify watching their own country falter because of that greed? Has greed become more valuable than love of country?
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=389x8165869It's clearly un-American that these greedy companies don't look at unemployed Americans, and decide to commit financial suicide. Democrats specialize in performing unskilled manual labor under union rules, with union wage rates and union benefits. So patriotic companies should hire democrats and pay them top dollar, until the money runs out.
DUmmy HopeHoops is as stupid as the OP:
HopeHoops (1000+ posts) Sat Apr-17-10 11:24 AM
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1. No, you are not wrong. And yes, greed has overtaken love of country.
This DUmmy thinks that people in small business don't put their money where they'll get the best return:
Dyedinthewoolliberal (1000+ posts) Sat Apr-17-10 11:28 AM
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3. Raw, unfettered capitalism follows the money, do to speak. They will sell their mother if it meant a good return on the investment. This is why we need governmental regulation on businesses (I'm speaking mostly of corporate multi-nationals, not the small business community) to make sure they are doing the right thing. They won't do the right thing willingly. So no, you are not wrong to feel that way!
People in small business would rather hire DUmmies than make more money.
DUmmy prairierose has finally deciphered the trick WalMart has been playing on all of us. If this gets out, all hell will break loose:
prairierose (999 posts) Sat Apr-17-10 11:44 AM
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5. and that is why we should support the local small businesses and avoid supporting the huge transnationals that are only after our money and care nothing for us or this country that gave them the ability to make the billions they do.
Yes, we need to work on regulating business again and we need to elect congresscritters who are not bought and paid for by the time they are elected. But every single day, you can choose to shop at the small mom & pop hardware store, or grocery store, or the local farmer's market or other type of store instead of a big box store that only sells stuff made in china, viet nam, or....
Shopping is a political act even when you are too ignorant to understand that spending your money at chinamart undermines your own job. BTW, that always low prices thing is bs. If you know prices in your area, you will see that only certain products, especially the loss leaders are cheaper but much of your everyday purchases are the same price or higher as every other store in the area. That is the way it is here and I'm sure that it is the same where ever you are.
And on top of WalMart tricking us with those low prices, I was also unaware that those mom & pop stores aren't after my money! The DUmp is a great place for eDUcation! One thing I still don't understand, though. If the mom & pop store isn't after my money, why do they always want more of it than WalMart, for the same item?? I hope one of the DUmmies will clear that up for me.
DUmmy noob Naturalistnumbers wants in on this debate, and adds a valuable point:
Naturalist111 (248 posts) Sat Apr-17-10 11:48 AM
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6. Well stated but there is more to this painting. Not only do they need to bring back the jobs, they also need to pay higher wages. Example: Company pays workers and makes a product that is out of their fiscal range to buy the very product they are producing. With the outsourcing and low wages they have completely destroyed the American way of life. With some research you can see that this is fact.
Good point, DUmmy Natualistnumbers! Every production worker should be paid enough money to buy whatever he is helping to produce - Corvettes, yachts, mansions, diamond necklaces, swimming pools, everything. And if they can't make the payments, the bank should just eat the loan. Someone needs to check out how it works with that profit thingy, though.
crim son (1000+ posts) Sat Apr-17-10 11:54 AM
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8. I read somewhere recently that in the wake of IRS scrutiny of offshore accounts, wealthy people are giving up their american citizenship rather than do the right thing.
So now we know what happened with Dummy TwixVoy! He stashed all that Target dough in a Swiss account!
