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abelenkpe

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2. You could add those disappointed that their jobs were lost to offshoring

Reply to truedelphi (Original post)

Wed Sep 3, 2014, 02:40 PM

Sep 2014

Lots of entertainment jobs have fled to Canada, New Zealand and the UK. US workers can't win against subsidies offered by other countries so many have left or are underemployed now. Whats needed are countervailing tariffs that make such offshoring unattractive. But no politician would dare offer that.

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Some reasons why Obama's Calif. Popularity is only 45% [View all] truedelphi Sep 2014 OP

Might be useful to cross-post in the California group KamaAina Sep 2014 #1

You could add those disappointed that their jobs were lost to offshoring abelenkpe Sep 2014 #2

Ironically, back in the Reagan era, a group of various truedelphi Sep 2014 #3

Agreed on all counts MindPilot Sep 2014 #4

I'm especially with you that last part. nt TeamPooka Sep 2014 #6

There is no reason to think that such a progressive state Doctor_J Sep 2014 #5