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3. "All great economic empires eventually become fat and lazy"... I wouldn't say that.

Sat Jan 7, 2012, 10:36 PM

Jan 2012

We still want to work. Mitt Romney types took our jobs away. How is that "us" getting fat and lazy?

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19 Facts About The Deindustrialization Of America That Will Make You Weep [View all] FreakinDJ Jan 2012 OP

K&R for the painful truth. Brickbat Jan 2012 #1

Wastepaper is our biggest export by weight, not by value. eppur_se_muova Jan 2012 #2

Complacency allowed that to happen FreakinDJ Jan 2012 #4

I have been saying this for 30 years. Curmudgeoness Jan 2012 #5

Manufacturing takes a heavy toll on the environment. Pacafishmate Jan 2012 #6

So "We pollute over there so we don't have to pollute here" ??? FreakinDJ Jan 2012 #7

I'm not saying that it's responsible. Pacafishmate Jan 2012 #8

Cheap stuff made in China - there I said it FreakinDJ Jan 2012 #11

. my2sense Jan 2012 #9

i`ve been weeping since 1977.... madrchsod Jan 2012 #12

this has been developing for decades.... unkachuck Jan 2012 #13