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denem Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-25-09 10:39 AM
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Manufacturing in the United States: A lost cause?
Edited on Wed Nov-25-09 10:41 AM by denem
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I don't why this graph isn't coming up as an image.
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avaistheone1 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-25-09 10:46 AM
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1. Corporate greed as just about all but completely killed the golden goose.
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jdp349 Donating Member (372 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-25-09 10:47 AM
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2. Manufacturing Jobs are a lost cause, not manufacturing
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Barack_America Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-25-09 10:56 AM
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7. I believe that imported goods are factored into "production" stats.
In the sense of, slap a sticker on it and jack up the price and it suddenly becomes an "American" good.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=389&topic_id=6968919&mesg_id=6968919
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endless october Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-25-09 10:47 AM
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3. thanks, "free" trade.
hear that big sucking sound yet?
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Mari333 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-25-09 10:49 AM
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4. No one holds the uber wealthy corporations accountable
no one. not since the 80s. even Clinton was a moron with NAFTA. now the Obama admin is a badly rehashed version of the Clinton era.


buh bye jobs, hello serfs.
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Barack_America Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-25-09 10:54 AM
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5. Yes. A lost cause.
How many people do you see even trying to buy American these days?

It's almost impossible and people have frankly given up.
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CanSocDem Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-25-09 10:56 AM
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6. You might ...


...want to convert to the metric system.

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Fumesucker Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-25-09 10:59 AM
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8. The Magic 8 Ball says:
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