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originally posted by: Mirthful Me
Perhaps that will "snap" you out of your misguided bliss...
You want manufacturing jobs to come back to America? Elect politicians that lower the cost of doing business and incentivize businesses/manufacturers to stay in the US via competitive tax rates/regulations.
originally posted by: Krazysh0t
a reply to: Mirthful Me
I take issue with your source. It threw veteran's benefits in there. Veteran's benefits are earned through the soldier's enlistment and are owed to the person. It's not a benefit it's a damn obligation!
Subtract the 3,297,000 who were receiving veterans' benefits from the total, and that leaves 150,026,000 people receiving non-veterans' benefits.
The 153,323,000 total benefit-takers at the end of 2012, said the Census Bureau, equaled 49.5 percent of the population. The 150,026,000 taking benefits other than veterans' benefits equaled about 48.5 percent of the population.
Low wages are the result of "people" willing to work low and keep their own standards low.
Corporations on the National and International levels are Progressive models.
Small independent businesses are not in the Progressive model.
Once people begin to realize that obstruction of competition and economics is the root cause of our sufferings, the sufferings can end.
Yes, they have high tax rates and also dispense large amounts of welfare, but they also enjoy a more capitalistic market than we do in the United States.
originally posted by: intrepid
Not likely when outsourcing has taken a lot of decent paying jobs and are using foreign workers at a fraction of the cost. AND you are equating a few TOTALLY rich individuals to a whole country's welfare system? That has been burdened by these outsourcing assholes? Do the math by person and you'll see the difference.
originally posted by: Krazysh0t
a reply to: Mirthful Me
Ok fair enough. You got me. Usually I try to at least skim a whole article, but I let my emotions get the better of me when I read the veteran's benefits thing, being a veteran myself.
You want manufacturing jobs to come back to America? Elect politicians that lower the cost of doing business and incentivize businesses/manufacturers to stay in the US via competitive tax rates/regulations.
originally posted by: Mirthful Me
originally posted by: intrepid
Not likely when outsourcing has taken a lot of decent paying jobs and are using foreign workers at a fraction of the cost. AND you are equating a few TOTALLY rich individuals to a whole country's welfare system? That has been burdened by these outsourcing assholes? Do the math by person and you'll see the difference.
Forest...
Trees...
You're off topic, and responding to a reply that was made to demonstrate how clueless some of those participating here are. You may want to reread the original post, and my reply again... Carefully... Most of the replies in this thread are unsubstantiated drivel, devoid of credibility or sourced with progressive websites that are channeling Karl Marx...
originally posted by: Mirthful Me
originally posted by: intrepid
Not likely when outsourcing has taken a lot of decent paying jobs and are using foreign workers at a fraction of the cost. AND you are equating a few TOTALLY rich individuals to a whole country's welfare system? That has been burdened by these outsourcing assholes? Do the math by person and you'll see the difference.
Forest...
Trees...
You're off topic, and responding to a reply that was made to demonstrate how clueless some of those participating here are. You may want to reread the original post, and my reply again... Carefully... Most of the replies in this thread are unsubstantiated drivel, devoid of credibility or sourced with progressive websites that are channeling Karl Marx...