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There is one thing that Americans can do that will have a tremendous effect.
In fact, it would not only increase employment but increase wages as well.
There is absolutely NOTHING that you can do that would even scratch the surface of what this will do.
Don't buy cheap foreign items from Wal-Mart, Cosco, KMart, Target etc. etc. etc.
Buy American when you can.
You will feel better about your purchase, it will likely be of better quality and last longer - and you can walk around with the knowledge that you help your fellow Americans rather than hurt them.
You can't/won't do this?
Then you have no right to complain about the economy.
If only the majority of us had the extra money for gas to allow us to truck all over town, spending hours looking for an American made product. And even if we're lucky enough to find one, chances are some of its components were made in China, etc. Your "solution" is a pipe dream.
As long as people like you think it is - then it will remain so.
I bought a Dishwasher, Washer and Dryer...all 3 American made...all three are in the same store as all of the other brands.
Gosh - it took me like 6 seconds to Google "American made dishwashers".
Yeah - took a lot of effort.
BSH, a subsidiary of Bosch. Germany, makes the Ascenta dishwasher in North Carolina. In 2004 BSH expanded the dish washing factory by an additional 100,000 square feet and in 2008 announced the production of an entirely new dishwasher line called Ascenta. All Bosch dishwashers sold in the USA are American made.
It's not up to unions to do the innovating; that's management's job. Unions represent worker benefits, period.
Sorry not true. A worker on a shop floor will always be in a good position to see better ways to do the work he's doing. But, if he's a lazy union slob with job security and higher wages guaranteed by Democratic violence why should he care. 100 million starved to death in the USSR and Red China because the liberals destroyed the incentive to care. Now the liberals are bringing that mentality here with unions and welfare programs.
Under Republican capitalism everyone is encouraged to contribute, not to leech.
Tell that to the people who got swindled by the big investment houses a couple of years ago. You know, the ones -- rich and poor -- whose home values are about a quarter their worth because of their GREED a 'la capitalism run amok.
actually housing crisis was caused by Fed and Fanny Freddie. If you disagree please say why or admit that as a liberal you can't. Thanks
.That lack of evidence, however, doesnt stop ideologues from trying. Consider this attempt at rewriting the causes of the credit crisis by Kevin Hassett:
The worst financial crisis in generations was set off by a massive government effort, led by the two mortgage giants, to make loans to homebuyers no matter whether they could make the payments. Lenders were willing to lend money to just about all comers, no matter how low their income. Why? Because the lenders knew Fannie and Freddie would purchase the loans from them for a high price before bundling them into securities to sell to investors.
Now, this makes for a fascinating narrative that plays into a number of different ideological beliefs. It exonerates the radical free market deregulators, it ignores what the private sector did, and it somehow ignores the fact that Congress was controlled by a very conservative GOP from 1994 to 2006 the prime period of time covered leading up to and including the beginning of the crisis.
But worse than all of that, the data supporting Hassetts position simply isnt there.
Over the past 2 years, I have repeatedly asked the people who push this narrative to provide some evidence for their positions. I have offered a $100,000 if they could prove their case.
Specifically, I have requested some data or evidence that DISPROVED the following facts:
-The origination of subprime loans came primarily from non bank lenders not covered by the CRA;
-The majority of the underwriting, at least for the first few years of the boom, were by these same non-bank lenders.
-When the big banks began chasing subprime, it was due to the profit motive, not any mandate from the President (a Republican) or the the Congress (Republican controlled) or the GSEs they oversaw.
-Prior to 2005, nearly all of these sub-prime loans were bought by Wall Street NOT Fannie & Freddie
-In fact, prior to 2005, the GSEs were not permitted to purchase non-conforming mortgages.
-After 2005, Fannie & Freddie changed their own rules to start buying these non-conforming mortgages in order to maintain market share and compete with Wall Street for profits.
-The change in FNM/FRE conforming mortgage purchases in 2005 was not due to any legislation or marching orders from the President (a Republican) or the the Congress (Republican controlled). It was the profit motive that led them to this action.
These are data supported facts I pounded on in BN [Bailout Nation]
Sorry not true. A worker on a shop floor will always be in a good position to see better ways to do the work he's doing. But, if he's a lazy union slob with job security and higher wages guaranteed by Democratic violence why should he care. 100 million starved to death in the USSR and Red China because the liberals destroyed the incentive to care. Now the liberals are bringing that mentality here with unions and welfare programs.
Under Republican capitalism everyone is encouraged to contribute, not to leech.
without playing the blame game
http://www.usmessageboard.com/3478806-post1.html
without playing the blame game what happened to the jobs
the liberals destroyed them by
1) allowing unions to raise wages and ship 30 million off shore
2) by allowing illegals to come in and take 15 million of them
The question asked in the OP was how can jobs be brought back to America? The answer is not that simple, a lot of factors are involved. .
Tell that to the people who got swindled by the big investment houses a couple of years ago. You know, the ones -- rich and poor -- whose home values are about a quarter their worth because of their GREED a 'la capitalism run amok.
actually housing crisis was caused by Fed and Fanny Freddie. If you disagree please say why or admit that as a liberal you can't. Thanks
I agree that F&F jumped into the subprime business and had the same problems with derivatives and packaging that private mortgage companies did, but they were NOT the sole cause, nor did they initiate what became a downward spiral.
Get Me ReWrite! | The Big Picture
.That lack of evidence, however, doesnt stop ideologues from trying. Consider this attempt at rewriting the causes of the credit crisis by Kevin Hassett:
The worst financial crisis in generations was set off by a massive government effort, led by the two mortgage giants, to make loans to homebuyers no matter whether they could make the payments. Lenders were willing to lend money to just about all comers, no matter how low their income. Why? Because the lenders knew Fannie and Freddie would purchase the loans from them for a high price before bundling them into securities to sell to investors.
Now, this makes for a fascinating narrative that plays into a number of different ideological beliefs. It exonerates the radical free market deregulators, it ignores what the private sector did, and it somehow ignores the fact that Congress was controlled by a very conservative GOP from 1994 to 2006 the prime period of time covered leading up to and including the beginning of the crisis.
But worse than all of that, the data supporting Hassetts position simply isnt there.
Over the past 2 years, I have repeatedly asked the people who push this narrative to provide some evidence for their positions. I have offered a $100,000 if they could prove their case.
Specifically, I have requested some data or evidence that DISPROVED the following facts:
-The origination of subprime loans came primarily from non bank lenders not covered by the CRA;
-The majority of the underwriting, at least for the first few years of the boom, were by these same non-bank lenders.
-When the big banks began chasing subprime, it was due to the profit motive, not any mandate from the President (a Republican) or the the Congress (Republican controlled) or the GSEs they oversaw.
-Prior to 2005, nearly all of these sub-prime loans were bought by Wall Street NOT Fannie & Freddie
-In fact, prior to 2005, the GSEs were not permitted to purchase non-conforming mortgages.
-After 2005, Fannie & Freddie changed their own rules to start buying these non-conforming mortgages in order to maintain market share and compete with Wall Street for profits.
-The change in FNM/FRE conforming mortgage purchases in 2005 was not due to any legislation or marching orders from the President (a Republican) or the the Congress (Republican controlled). It was the profit motive that led them to this action.
These are data supported facts I pounded on in BN [Bailout Nation]
And on the CRAs:
CRA Thought Experiment | The Big Picture
horsehockey.When the big banks began chasing subprime, it was due to the profit motive, not any mandate from the President (a Republican) or the the Congress (Republican controlled) or the GSEs they oversaw.
actually housing crisis was caused by Fed and Fanny Freddie. If you disagree please say why or admit that as a liberal you can't. Thanks
I agree that F&F jumped into the subprime business
Interesting thread I had missed before today. Having worked in a union in my early career they often provide excellent insight into working better through suggestion plans and just plain sensible ideas. They also annoy management who are often not the smartest tools in the box, but they have negatives too. Outsourcing in the large industries is now in the thousands of overseas employees and time differences actually contribute to some of that growth. I find it fascinating that righties worship capitalism as if it were some gawd or ultimate principle? It's just people, many of whom would screw you in a second to make a buck. And those who blame Obama for an economy that American corporations have created, and Americans support through their purchases of foreign products, and their lack of support for fellow American workers is just partisan blather. Look sometime at the sad job record of Bush Sr and Jr.
without playing the blame game what happened to the jobs
the liberals destroyed them by
1) allowing unions to raise wages and ship 30 million off shore
2) by allowing illegals to come in and take 15 million of them
Cheap overseas labor is what happened to the jobs.
We could outlaw unions, cut corporate taxes to zero, and eliminate every regulation on the books and that would do nothing to change the fact that foreigners will work for a fraction of their American counterparts.
Cheap overseas labor is what happened to the jobs.
We could outlaw unions, cut corporate taxes to zero, and eliminate every regulation on the books and that would do nothing to change the fact that foreigners will work for a fraction of their American counterparts.
What about infrastructure? We need to get going with manual labor but costs are sky high. The thing companies were hoping for was affordable healthcare which adds to the cost of their product but Repubs put the kibosh on that.
There is a lot that can be looked at but not with all of the infighting in congress.
