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In reply to the discussion: Why do we keep blaming other countries for "stealing" our jobs... when it was greedy American billionaires who sold them [View all]Warpy
(113,698 posts)14. Most Democrats know the jobs were sent away by a bunch of fat cats who wanted to get fatter
so instead of upgrading equipment and facilities here, they just built shiny new ones offshore. Instead of continuing to pay the most productive workforce on the planet, they paid a lot less for a less productive workforce plush shipping costs on top ot it, mostly because they hated unions, even if their businesses had never had to deal with a union.
Republicans are the ones pushing the "they stole our jobs" narrative because whipping up hate of the "other" suits their purposes, they talk about punishing other countries with tariffs when it's the US population who will have to shoulder the cost of them.
It's a jorse shit narrative, but we knew that. The problem is that so many hateful Republicans are buying it.
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Why do we keep blaming other countries for "stealing" our jobs... when it was greedy American billionaires who sold them [View all]
applegrove
May 11
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Obama and Clinton tried to negotiate better trade agreements, they were bashed by certain Dems, giving us trump 1.
Silent Type
May 11
#3
Exactly. And one of our Senators flat ass lied that the agreement was going to be hidden from public for 5 years,
Silent Type
May 11
#30
"If it can be made in China, it will be made in China. If it can be coded in India, it will be coded in India."
dalton99a
May 11
#8
Who famously said he wished he could float his factories around on a barge looking for the cheapest labor.
Hassin Bin Sober
May 11
#18
Most Democrats know the jobs were sent away by a bunch of fat cats who wanted to get fatter
Warpy
May 11
#14
American consumers have enjoyed much lower prices on nearly everything they buy for decades...
CaptainTruth
May 11
#19
Focusing on the price of everything,while denying the value of that which is priceless.
BattleRow
May 11
#20
But government is the only entity big and powerful enough to curb the overreach of capitalism
maspaha
May 11
#21