Nathan Deal-Southern economics

[wilt the stilt]

Georgians- Has anyone seen the nathan Deal commercials? He is espousing what I consider third world economics. He has stated that he will lower taxes to attract new businesses. In other words steal from other states. The south has contributed very little to the economic health of the ENTIRE nation. They hardly contributed to the two great economic movements that benefited the entire nation(Industrial revolution and the Information age).

Why would we as Americans listen to the Southern republicans on economics. The south's idea of economics is cheap labor. Wake up America.

[aikoaiko]

1. You're right about Deal, but wrong about the south contributing very little to nations economy

There was a reason why Lincoln wanted to the nation whole and it wasn't because of his love of grits.

[wilt the stilt]

3. I mentioned the two great ecenomic movements

Industrial Revolution- South was agrarian
Information age- Silicon Valley was the birthplace and really drove it. What did the South contribute to these two economic powerhouses.

Let me quote them "Move down here no unions and cheap labor" That is pretty third world.

[aikoaiko]

6. Energy, raw materials, and food.

As I said, Deal is a turd, but to claim that the South makes very little contributions to our economy is ridiculous.

If you want to play that game, then you have to own the exploitation of children and adult workers in factories and the exploitation of poor black and whites who processed raw materials the industrial age, the California dot.com economic bubble, and current financial disaster brought on by NY Wall Street financiers. Really, should we blame NY for the current economic failure?

[wilt the stilt]

8. energy, Raw matetrials and food

commodities and cheap labor. No actual intellectual property. There was a book written called Made in Texas. This is actually exactly what he deals with. Third world countries think of their value in commodities and cheap labor. It is intellectual capital that is what a western civilization is built on. The others items are pure "third world economy".

[GoCubsGo]

2. Saw it here in SC

I live near the border. TV/radio originates in GA, and am subjected to twice the bullshit. Just heard my first ad from Nikki Haley. Same shit, different asshole. Johnny Isaakson is spewing that tripe on the TV in the other room as I type. I really don't understand the mentality here, or why they keep electing people into office who\ hold their constituents in such contempt. Best I can guess is that they are all huge fans of Jeezus. Jeezus really loved the poor and downtrodden, so I'm thinking they're just trying to curry favor with him or something.

Speak of the devil...there's ol' Nathan now. :puke::puke::puke:

[OHdem10]

4. Most Southern States are perfect examples of the fruits of

Conservative Economic Fundamentalism. So Pro Business that
quality of life issues suffer. Highest Poverty Rates. Educastion
they are down at the bottom of scale. Health care evern for
kids way down relative to rest of nation.

[TNDemo]

7. That's funny.

Educastion and evern. Educated in the south?

[tularetom]

5. Lower taxes = poorer education system

Poor education = less educated workers

Less educated workers = more money spent training by employers

Less educated workers = more mistakes

More money spent trainng and more mistakes = lower profits

This has already hit with a couple of auto companies who curtailed plans to open plants in the deep south because they found the local labor force to be untrainable.