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In reply to the discussion: NYT 2009 American workers are overpaid. Gap must close. Happening now. Thanks, Obama. [View all]ucrdem
(15,512 posts)68. NYT, November 2008: Let Detroit Go Banrkrupt
Let Detroit Go Bankrupt
By MITT ROMNEY
Published: November 18, 2008
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/11/19/opinion/19romney.html
Meaning, so what if the NYT ran some RW business insider's opinions? This is what PBO ran against, not what he ever planned to do or is doing. Please try to do better. If you want to know what TPP is really all about or why Barack Obama supports it, please click the link in my sig. It's not about driving down wages or letting Detroit go bankrupt. That much I can guarantee.
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NYT 2009 American workers are overpaid. Gap must close. Happening now. Thanks, Obama. [View all]
madfloridian
Jun 2015
OP
Oh, a new meme is that, somehow, the entire agreement has been completely rewritten or something
djean111
Jun 2015
#1
It's a self defeating attitude to assume that the rest of the world can live like Americans.
Jesus Malverde
Jun 2015
#80
Is it a liberal attitude to assume that the rest of the world has no right to "live like Americans"?
pampango
Jun 2015
#86
Very well off people are writing this tripe. Torches, pitchforks, and the National Raz . . .
Ed Suspicious
Jun 2015
#8
Los Angeles Times this week: Gap's management and product line suck badly. Front page.
Hekate
Jun 2015
#10
Ha! Well you can certainly see how I might make that mistake in context of current events
Hekate
Jun 2015
#44
Correction: They're not raising the standard of the other country, they're pocketing the difference.
Spitfire of ATJ
Jun 2015
#12
They claim the product will cost a fortune if they have to pay US wages....
Spitfire of ATJ
Jun 2015
#135
Get conservatives to join us by telling them that Globalists have effectively committed treason by..
AZ Progressive
Jun 2015
#14
Very true. That is precisely what has happened. And the Republicans and Obama are to blame.
JDPriestly
Jun 2015
#32
The Military and our National Leadrship considered China a "threat" long before Free Trade.
bvar22
Jun 2015
#136
So, what is your solution. Are we supposed to impede China, Russia, Brazil, India, etc.,
Hoyt
Jun 2015
#19
I think our lifestyle will be on the decline for awhile without having to do anything.
Hoyt
Jun 2015
#26
I agree, tax the rich first. As to VAT, it's just not a simple as self-styled "progressives" want
Hoyt
Jun 2015
#133
You don't read very well do you. My life doesn't "rock," but it's better than poor in many places.
Hoyt
Jun 2015
#64
Rather than attacking my reading capabilities, try listening to those living hand to mouth
me b zola
Jun 2015
#66
I said those in the "lower" 20% or so need progress. The other 80% needs to get prepared.
Hoyt
Jun 2015
#116
American dream, is just that. I'm sorry, There's a reason we are referred to as "greedy Americans."
Hoyt
Jun 2015
#37
Yeah, my yahoo neighbor tells me America First junk too. We should not whine about other countries
Hoyt
Jun 2015
#48
For how long? The trade deals have slowed economic improvement and progress for the bottom
JDPriestly
Jun 2015
#60
Fuck yeah, the phrase: "The TPP is a corporate coup" should be heavily repeated
AZ Progressive
Jun 2015
#58
Your assumption that the trade deals are good for the world's poor is false.
JDPriestly
Jun 2015
#61
Something has been good for the world's poor since the bottom 2/3 have the best income gains
pampango
Jun 2015
#77
Attacking the character of the poster rather than responding to content of the post.
pampango
Jun 2015
#79
I post what FDR actually did. If you believe FDR was "parroting Business Roundtable talking points",
pampango
Jun 2015
#89
Listen to Deportee some time. Guthrie cared about the world's poor, in a time when most folks knew
Hoyt
Jun 2015
#119
In other words, you don't care. That's clear. What do you do that is so easily shipped overseas?
Hoyt
Jun 2015
#118
Damn straight, the progressive movement fought for and won for us the standards of living that we have enjoyed
AZ Progressive
Jun 2015
#55
Exactly. The progressive movement fought to lower tariffs and raise income taxes. FDR knew that
pampango
Jun 2015
#78
The middle class wasn't just "denied" to African Americans, it was built on them
Recursion
Jun 2015
#110
Nobody's going to run what's effectively a charity to employ Americans at the wages we are used to
Recursion
Jun 2015
#99
Your sentences below really spoke to me, and I agree wholeheartedly with them:
CaliforniaPeggy
Jun 2015
#56
I am feeling better, and thank you so much, my dear madfloridian...You're a sweetheart.
CaliforniaPeggy
Jun 2015
#132
Yeah, it's all the fault of too much trade - which we do much less of than countries with high wages
pampango
Jun 2015
#73
only republicans have stated they want to do away with the Federal minimum wage AND
Sunlei
Jun 2015
#85
Article recommends up to 20% cut for American workers for "global balance."
madfloridian
Jun 2015
#122
It looks to me like the 1% are so unwilling to let go of a single penny that they
djean111
Jun 2015
#102
Dang it. A whole nation, built by murdering the indigenous people and stealing their homes and
jtuck004
Jun 2015
#114
Why should "karma" come back on the lower classes? It was the wealthy that reaped the
rhett o rick
Jun 2015
#128
The big lie is that they don't intend to bring the rest of the world workers up
rhett o rick
Jun 2015
#125