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To: SliderOnTheBlack who wrote (13529)	11/20/2008 10:57:50 AM
From: philv	8 Recommendations Respond to of 50437

America's elite sold America in the hopes of gaining a bigger prize ... the world.

To: SliderOnTheBlack who wrote (13529)	11/20/2008 11:00:59 AM
From: jim_p	Respond to of 50437

Great post!!! It's sad, but very true.

To: SliderOnTheBlack who wrote (13529)	11/20/2008 11:07:28 AM
From: Condor	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 50437

We have entire socio-economic groups of people who can not compete, let alone even hold jobs in this modern economy. Tens upon tens of millions who are basically unemployable. Crime will probably run rampant as a spoiled people refuse to do without.

To: SliderOnTheBlack who wrote (13529)	11/20/2008 11:25:22 AM
From: Fiscally Conservative	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 50437

Slider "We have entire socio-economic groups of people who can not compete, let alone even hold jobs in this modern economy." I will not debate this with you. Your points are well taken but in some sense also do not shed proper light on the situation. It is not that we have entire socio-economic groups of people who can not compete or hold jobs in this modern economy but instead have a world awash in cheap labor competing for a finite level of production. The US has managed to outsource production costs to the countries with the cheapest labor costs. Entire line of fabrication have been outsource either entirely or in various facets because the vast majority of the world can do it cheaper because of their economic condition. No matter how well production might improve domesticly in the quality of such product the world knows they can produce it cheaper and the quality as good. Even if the quality were not as good the US would still lose because there are those who buy based on price not based on quality.

To: SliderOnTheBlack who wrote (13529)	11/20/2008 12:09:50 PM
From: FritzV	Respond to of 50437

Great message Mr. Slider Sez an awful lot..

To: SliderOnTheBlack who wrote (13529)	11/20/2008 3:55:19 PM
From: micdundee2	1 Recommendation Respond to of 50437

"Funny how the same argument isn't applied to Police Officers who make $3 a day in third world countries, or Doctor's who average about $40k a year in France's nationalized health care system, or Systems Administrators who make $14k a year in India, or Teachers who produce vastly superior results in China and India for pennies on the dollars of what US Teachers make etc." thats coming IMO... the 3rd worlding of america

To: SliderOnTheBlack who wrote (13529)	11/20/2008 5:20:45 PM
From: GoldBull no bug here	1 Recommendation Respond to of 50437

what a joke - the auto ceo's groveling for a lousy 5 - 10 billion each, but look at their international business. GM going big in China and elsewhere - google.com While it is shrinking in North America, GM's total world sales are up 19 percent in the past decade, with large increases in emerging markets such as China, Russia, India and Brazil. In the third quarter of this year, 61 percent of its sales came from outside North America. Ford - google.com Oct 10, 2008 ... Ford Motor China delivered sales of 240879 units through the first 9 months of 2008, up from 224849 during the same period last year...