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To: bentway who wrote (265600)8/1/2010 5:11:50 PM
From: Jim McMannisRead Replies (1) | Respond to of 306849
 
RE:"Everyone KNOWS this, but that middle class was built with good-paying manufacturing jobs that now reside in China"

Uh Bent, I'm surprised you don't get it.

Those jobs became TOO GOOD paying. Especially when you add in Medical and Pensions.

Plus government regulation like OSHA, Environmental.



To: bentway who wrote (265600)8/1/2010 5:12:35 PM
From: grusumRead Replies (1) | Respond to of 306849
 
" So what to do HERE, to revive and support OUR middle class?"

slash spending, cut taxes, curtail the red tape, cut regulation of small businesses. convince businesses that you won't change the rules mid-stream on them..



To: bentway who wrote (265600)8/1/2010 6:20:08 PM
From: patron_anejo_por_favorRead Replies (1) | Respond to of 306849
 
Stopping illegal immigration and heavy duty protectionism would help, along with massively devaluing the currency. 1 out of 3 so far......



To: bentway who wrote (265600)8/1/2010 10:31:15 PM
From: koanRead Replies (1) | Respond to of 306849
 
To give you and outliar idea. Our strenth is our argicultrue as well as our technology. We develop our agricultrue and unionize it!

We can pull middle class jobs out of that if we think about it.