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In reply to the discussion: So, fans of free trade, how does shipping jobs out of America create jobs for America? [View all]Zalatix
(8,994 posts)62. Your argument just keeps taking on more holes.
First of all, when the population grows by 80 million eventually at some point that many people need to find work. I did not say 100% of the population needs to be in the workforce - however, CLOSE to 100% will be seeking a job during their lifetime, and by your own stats only 1 out of 2 will find one.
And I noticed you totally ran away from my well-cited point about the TYPES OF JOBS that were created: namely, tons of good paying jobs went away and were replaced by lower-paying work. Since the 1970s we've been losing good paying jobs and replacing them with crap jobs.
Your post still shows a huge lack of understanding about... well... everything.
NEXT?
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So, fans of free trade, how does shipping jobs out of America create jobs for America? [View all]
Zalatix
Apr 2012
OP
That's what corporations have done to f**k up our country, and why our country is in this
Sarah Ibarruri
Apr 2012
#2
Because nearly everybody in both parties did this to us and they knew exactly
Egalitarian Thug
Apr 2012
#67
What difference does it make that both parties did it? It's still the government's fault
badtoworse
Apr 2012
#68
But this isn't the WWII era when the infrastructures of Japan and Europe lay in ruins.....
marmar
Apr 2012
#8
No, but TVs, clothing, shoes, appliances, toys, and just about every other consumer product were
Lydia Leftcoast
Apr 2012
#34
Your response shows you didn't read my question, so DO NOT lecture me about research.
Zalatix
Apr 2012
#24
It is not bogus. You once again did not read. I did put a question mark after it.
Zalatix
Apr 2012
#29
Good luck with putting toddlers to work on your revived AMC Pacer assembly line
KurtNYC
Apr 2012
#63
Ironic that you should use the phrase "Jobs making iPods" with respect to Chinese labour. (NT)
Heywood J
Apr 2012
#44
I have outsourced my DU posting to China, here is the answer (which cost me only 18-cents):
KurtNYC
Apr 2012
#48
Yup, we know that. The problem is nobody's buying what you're selling. We all see right through it.
Zalatix
Apr 2012
#57
Better question is who is going to fund Social Security, Medicare, Medicaid, etc.?
NNN0LHI
Apr 2012
#71