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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-07-11 09:45 PM Original message |
So many companies are giving up on the US Consumer... |
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Skittles (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-07-11 09:47 PM Response to Original message |
1. and there you have it |
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OhioChick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-07-11 09:49 PM Response to Reply #1 |
2. Just as planned n/t |
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Skittles (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-07-11 09:53 PM Response to Reply #2 |
5. they send our jobs overseas, then complain we are not buying enough |
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Mimosa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-07-11 10:00 PM Response to Reply #5 |
8. Skittles, you nailed it. |
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ixion (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-07-11 09:59 PM Response to Reply #2 |
7. and once it's complete |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-07-11 11:28 PM Response to Reply #7 |
13. I dont think we will get there |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-07-11 09:49 PM Response to Reply #1 |
3. It is time we think how to fight back and what to push |
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dbonds (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-07-11 09:52 PM Response to Original message |
4. Now those are good planks for our platform. |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-07-11 09:56 PM Response to Reply #4 |
6. Any party that starts running on living wages |
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Ikonoklast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-07-11 10:43 PM Response to Original message |
9. Tariff wars and isolationism will kill this economy quicker than anything currently happening. |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-07-11 10:45 PM Response to Reply #9 |
10. Yep, because NAFTA has worked so well |
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tsuki (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-07-11 11:17 PM Response to Reply #9 |
11. Tariff's should be equal. China charges 25% on an American vehicle. |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-07-11 11:27 PM Response to Reply #11 |
12. And we should charge Apple the same exact 25% |
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Populist_Prole (774 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-07-11 11:45 PM Response to Reply #9 |
14. Low tariffs and globalization has already killed this economy |
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jwirr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-08-11 12:30 AM Response to Original message |
15. That sounds good Nadin, I just hope we get the chance to do it. |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-08-11 12:32 AM Response to Reply #15 |
16. I fear we will have to take that onto our own hands |
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jwirr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-08-11 12:45 AM Response to Reply #16 |
17. I know but I am afraid of corporatism. They do not fight fair. |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-08-11 12:46 AM Response to Reply #17 |
18. Yeah but the law of unintended consequences is starting to take hold |
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Selatius (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-08-11 12:58 AM Response to Original message |
19. I favor a system of bilateral trade agreements as opposed to one-size-fits-all free trade. |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-08-11 02:21 PM Response to Reply #19 |
20. You mean like it used to be? |
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swilton (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-08-11 02:56 PM Response to Original message |
21. Perhaps this will stimulate production by local economies |
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