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Originally Posted by Robbie
Why would that make you angry?
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Because they're part of the problem.
A big part.
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Originally Posted by Robbie
A business is supposed to make money. And a penny saved is a penny earned. If you can open a factory and make a big profit in a third world country as opposed to opening the same factory here and losing money because the govt. forces you to pay tons of benefits, health care, matching social security funds, etc., etc.
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That's all well and fine, but if their (relatively new) hiring practices are hurting the country at large (i.e. by diminishing the national tax base) they shouldn't expect the same tax breaks they were getting from Uncle Sam back when they were providing him with legions of middle class taxpayers.
Years ago people used to say that what's good for General Motors is good for America and it was true... then.
The game has changed and it's only fitting that the rules should be adjusted accordingly.
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Wouldn't YOU do the same thing?
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Of course I would, and like the fat cats, I would continue to do so until and unless I had a reason to rethink my business plan.
A corporate CEO owes his allegiance to his stockholders, not to the country at large, and that's the way it's supposed to be.
Our government, meanwhile, is supposed to be looking out for what's best for the country as a whole... and in that it has failed miserably.
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I believe that IF the American worker could actually compete against the rest of the world we would be better off. And no, I'm not talking about going back to the Draconian pre-labor union days.
But I do feel that the pendulum might have swung too far.
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To compete against a peasant workforce, the American worker would have to accept peasant wages. Problem is, Uncle Sam can't collect much in the way of taxes from peasants.
This unfortunate process is already well underway with the new service economy and that is, in fact, a huge part of our current economic dilemma.