The Attack of the Killer Capitalists

[kentuck]

The capitalists have never been the friend of working people or the middle class. We have swapped our labor for their meager wages forever. They hate unions because it forces them to take less of the profits, at the benefit of labor. There has always been a struggle between the two since capitalism was born.

However, in the late 1990's, the struggle took a dramatic turn. When the NAFTA trade treaty was passed, corporations and capitalists were no longer dependent on American labor. They could get cheap labor in Mexico. But it did not take them long to see that they could get even cheaper labor in China, Indonesia, Vietnam, and other places in Asia. So buenos dios and adios.

Now we have seen over 50,000 American manufacturing plants go "off shore". How many jobs did we lose? They said we would create more jobs than we would lose but that was the "big lie". Even low-paying jobs throughout the South, like textile jobs, making shoes and shirts, were sent overseas. The tech industry, born in this country, deserted the workers and the nation at the first opportunity. They could get customer service reps in India and other places much cheaper than the $8-$10 they were paying American workers.

Now, we wake up and see that we have very few manufacturing jobs or jobs of any kind left in our country. About 20 million Americans are looking for jobs that no longer exist. The capitalists have finally won the long struggle.

[underpants]

1. Walgreens is outsourcing their billing and (I think) accounting department

My contact there is currently training her replacement. The switch will be completed by the end of the year.

http://articles.economictimes.indiatimes.com/2010-01-08/news/28385414_1_genpact-ceo-pramod-bhasin-walgreens

[snagglepuss]

3. DU should have an Outsourcing Forum to keep track of stories like this.

Without unremitting public pressure Washington will do dick all to stop it; without intervention there will be no end to it.

[Mel]

2. I recommended this and

it didn't even show up who's downing this one........too bad, don't matter, Kentuck is speaking the truth!

[blindpig]

4. In their 'win' lies the seeds of their doom.

They reveal themselves and Capital, and through almost all their own work a spectre thought dead arises.

Laugh now Capitalists, we're coming to get ya.

[kentuck]

5. There is a solution...

It is within We, the People. We are the government. We have the capacity to create jobs for each and every one of these people. We need leaders to educate the people. We need a Fed chairman that is willing to print money for infrastructure jobs. There is plenty of work that needs to be done all across this nation and there is no reason to be dependent on the corporations and the capitalists. We have to do it ourselves.

[kentuck]

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[sam11111]

6. 29 million jobless ... last time i looked

Link has stats below and LOTS more;
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(U.S. BUREAU OF LABOR STATISTICS)

Officially unemployed: 14.0 million (9.1%)
Hidden unemployment: 15.3 million
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Total: 29.3 million (18.3% of the labor force)
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[lonestarnot]

7. And Israel is into the hiding dough apparently. But some here apparently already knew that.