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

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We have been given up for dead as a country several times in the last few decades. Great depression, Communist red scare, Jap's buying everything in sight in the 80's now Wal Mart and the so called "Global Warming" scare where we spend Billions to go green while the developing countries continue to have zip for regulations.

Big government and regulations is the real problem. Ask any small business owner. These are the same poor folks that are likely hurt by Wal Mart's tactics.

We will get through it. This is the greatest country ever!


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I "Agree"........and it will happen thru "Self" Thinking individuals........and not the Sheep (Cheap) mentality.......

Ken

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The Regulatory Beast

Any folks that are truly concerned about the loss of our manufacturing base (as I am), need look no further than your nearest state or federal office for the following;

Environmental Protection Agency
Occupational Health and Safety Administration
Internal Revenue Service
Department of Transportation
ECT. ECT. ECT.

We have quite simply allowed ourselves to be regulated out of our own jobs. Wal-Mart is one symptom, not the problem. With the current trend of our country's "race to the bottom" for low prices, "economics of scale" i.e. the Wal-Mart model, will dictate that we farm out our national defense needs to China or Iran, thereby saving the taxpayer money. If we're lucky, we'll have no strategic value to anyone by then and we can rebuild our manufacturing base. A strong manufacturing base is not only economically desirable, but essential to our national security.

[kwhizz]

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We have been given up for dead as a country several times in the last few decades. Great depression, Communist red scare, Jap's buying everything in sight in the 80's now Wal Mart and the so called "Global Warming" scare where we spend Billions to go green while the developing countries continue to have zip for regulations.

Big government and regulations is the real problem. Ask any small business owner. These are the same poor folks that are likely hurt by Wal Mart's tactics.

We will get through it. This is the greatest country ever!


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I "Agree"........and it will happen thru "Self" Thinking individuals........and not the Sheep (Cheap) mentality.......

Ken

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The Regulatory Beast

Any folks that are truly concerned about the loss of our manufacturing base (as I am), need look no further than your nearest state or federal office for the following;

Environmental Protection Agency
Occupational Health and Safety Administration
Internal Revenue Service
Department of Transportation
ECT. ECT. ECT.

We have quite simply allowed ourselves to be regulated out of our own jobs. Wal-Mart is one symptom, not the problem. With the current trend of our country's "race to the bottom" for low prices, "economics of scale" i.e. the Wal-Mart model, will dictate that we farm out our national defense needs to China or Iran, thereby saving the taxpayer money. If we're lucky, we'll have no strategic value to anyone by then and we can rebuild our manufacturing base. A strong manufacturing base is not only economically desirable, but essential to our national security.

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And don't forget the Lawyers that sue for every little thing that also drive up the "Cost" of doing business in the U.S..........Do you think in their short term goal of getting as much as they can from Litigation that they care if they drive Corporate America out of their own country to do Business elsewhere?? (Look into how John Edwards made all his Money)......As I said Earlier.....This is a very difficult problem to solve in a Free Enterprise Economy...

Ken

[Salvatore]

Man Kwizz, You Hodges and Schonye for President!!

[Mr70]

You should have heard him before his vacation..

[ANDY M]

China has a population of just over 1 Billion people, and about as much real estate as the lower 48 states. The level of poverty is staggering compared to the USA, and the communist government is just now loosening up enough to allow a middle class, thanks to our demand for cheap products.
Keep in mind that the reason for China's "one child per family" rule is to prevent the inevitable population explosion. Women are second class citizens, hence the export of girls for adoption by Americans. The reason for bringing this up is that there will soon be a critical shortage of natural resources to support the growth and modernazation of China. The price of oil will double to $200 a barrel as we are outbid by China with our own money that bought all that cheap stuff. The people there are tired of riding their bikes to work, and GM is now building cars for them. They can't make enough steel or concrete to keep up the pace of modernization. When they run out, they will not have the materials to expand the infrastructure they need. Nothing like driving to work on a dirt road.
Now substitute the name India for China. Guess what, they will have the same problems, except that they have more people with less government, so corruption is even worse than China.
As the Chinese like to say, "May you live in interesting times".