Movie: Wal-Mart : The high cost of low prices

[427TJ]

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You know, I'm not quite sure who to blame for the idea that as a nation we could base our economy on consumer spending, while we produce nothing.Was it the Republicans who made the folks in those double wides with the attached porches, that with enough plasma screen tvs, gas grilles, Nascar CDs, and 160 channel dish network that they were really "upper middle class"?
That unions are bad because they value senioity over personal initiative, so it's harder to suck your way to the top. And as flawed as they are, until we all decide to treat each other with respect, and fairness, it's better than having to deal with a friggin idiot on a power trip.
Or perhaps we blame the Democrats. Slick Willy supported NAFTA. And as much as GOPers hate to admit it, he was very good to business. Lotta stuff went to China under his administration.
But I guess in reality, we can just blame our selves. That's a tough one.Hard to just blame Wally world when the major lending institutions have sold out to foreign investers. Your home loan through Citigroup is most likely held by someone with a last name of middle east decent, or Mandrin.
Amazing. We won WWll, not because we had better equipment, or superior soldiers. We won because we had GM, Chrysler, Ford, International Harvestor, McDonnell Douglas, etc. We out produced the other side, and as time passed, our equipment did surpass the Axis. We made our own steel, and had craftsmen, welders, tool, and die makers, patternmakers, pipefitters. Skilled workers who had, and worked with pride.
How do you suppose that compares with being a Walmart greeter, where you wear the flag on your shirt, and don't have a clue why.
Maybe when the Chinese get tired of sellin us stuff, and just decide to take the place over, about the only thing we can do is throw hot Starbucks double lataes at em, and some Dunkin donuts. With a little luck they'll all die of high cholesteral before the take over the whole country. Then we'll have to get some illegals to clean em up I guess. Sorry for the rant.

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Well said.

"We have seen the enemy and he is us." (From an old "Pogo" cartoon by Walt Kelly.)