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USA's capitalists sent them the factories, jobs, and customers to do it. Why? Because they love NCjack Mar 2016 #1
Our greedy Nationalists will say "that should be our middle class' money, screw rest of the world." Hoyt Mar 2016 #2
so long as you've still got your's i guess tk2kewl Mar 2016 #4
I have nothing against people in foreign countries sharing in the world's wealth. Why do you? Hoyt Mar 2016 #5
Right? Recursion Mar 2016 #6
really? tk2kewl Mar 2016 #8
Yes, I do. The past 20 years prove that. Recursion Mar 2016 #11
of course i care tk2kewl Mar 2016 #15
No we aren't; that's a complete lie Recursion Mar 2016 #16
U.S. Census Bureau tk2kewl Mar 2016 #20
OK, sure, it's higher than at a given point in the past Recursion Mar 2016 #22
The 2014 poverty rate was 2.3 percentage points higher than in 2007 tk2kewl Mar 2016 #61
Yeah, no fair counting the time after Wall Steet wrecked the economy!! Hassin Bin Sober Mar 2016 #81
The neolibs cry "ZENERFOBIA" . . . . HughBeaumont Mar 2016 #13
There is no such thing as zero sum trade Recursion Mar 2016 #14
Well, OK. You said it, so it must be true. HughBeaumont Mar 2016 #27
yeah... i hate the poor brown people tk2kewl Mar 2016 #17
You sure seem to Recursion Mar 2016 #18
how's the caviar? tk2kewl Mar 2016 #21
Can't get it here Recursion Mar 2016 #24
you mean where even my government employer hires tk2kewl Mar 2016 #25
Sure, if that's how you see it. How's the caviar? Recursion Mar 2016 #26
i wouldn't even know where to find it. tk2kewl Mar 2016 #28
Yes, in fact, in the seafood section Recursion Mar 2016 #29
never had it tk2kewl Mar 2016 #31
Well, you lied about that so I stopped reading Recursion Mar 2016 #32
they hire them tk2kewl Mar 2016 #35
Oh, so a *contractor* hired them? Recursion Mar 2016 #36
sorry if I'm confusing you by being brief tk2kewl Mar 2016 #39
Honestly I'm still enormously skeptical Recursion Mar 2016 #41
I work for a muni tk2kewl Mar 2016 #42
If you want to. Recursion Mar 2016 #43
I PM'd you so that you may confirm my account tk2kewl Mar 2016 #58
Actually, we will do much better as world progresses, unless hatred/greed of some consumes us. Hoyt Mar 2016 #19
If they get no job of equal pay to replace the one they were forcibly displaced from, it kind of is. HughBeaumont Mar 2016 #30
Denying people in other countries a chance, is disgusting. Most job displacements here, were not Hoyt Mar 2016 #37
That's intentional "parts without a whole". HughBeaumont Mar 2016 #49
Job off-shoring to you, but a chance at a decent life for some "peasant" elsewhere. You can't see Hoyt Mar 2016 #71
AT THE PRICE OF A WORKER'S LIVELIHOOD. HughBeaumont Mar 2016 #73
Americans first, I know, screw the rest of the world. We've taken more than our share of the world's Hoyt Mar 2016 #74
OK, what income level would be acceptable for an average American family to make? HughBeaumont Mar 2016 #77
What income is OK for a Mexican "peasant" so you can have your desired income? Hoyt Mar 2016 #79
ANSWER THE QUESTIONS. HughBeaumont Mar 2016 #84
I would say you're not mentioning that everyone is sort of cool with it The2ndWheel Mar 2016 #82
True, but we like being in the world's military, it helps protect our Nationalistic greed. Hoyt Mar 2016 #83
Not exactly. Octafish Mar 2016 #87
Bingo! Now that's the kind of response I expect on a progressive site. brush Mar 2016 #40
if anyone were serious about lifting the third world out of poverty tk2kewl Mar 2016 #66
Someone must be serious about it since it is happening. There being no 'invisible hand'. pampango Mar 2016 #69
Well that and historical, and economic, blindness whatthehey Mar 2016 #33
^^ Wisdom Recursion Mar 2016 #34
The British solved the one way payments problem 1939 Mar 2016 #50
Yep - that's the insularity of the Qing and western military might bit whatthehey Mar 2016 #59
Opium 1939 Mar 2016 #62
Yes indeed. The better response whatthehey Mar 2016 #63
what have you shared? tk2kewl Mar 2016 #7
Most of those doing better in India, China, Mexico, etc., aren't working for G Sachs. Hoyt Mar 2016 #23
The OP isn't talking about "the world's wealth". He's talking about my wages. n/t lumberjack_jeff Mar 2016 #45
Our livelihoods absolutely depend on trade Recursion Mar 2016 #9
we can create a better reality tk2kewl Mar 2016 #10
We are, right now. The Indian and Chinese middle classes prove that Recursion Mar 2016 #12
Wow. Just wow. revbones Mar 2016 #51
Lifting all boats in helping other countries progress. You Nationalists crack me up. You realize Hoyt Mar 2016 #70
Siiiiiiiiiiiiiiighhhhh . . . HughBeaumont Mar 2016 #75
Actually, I'm making the argument that it's not just America's 1%ers who are greedy. Hoyt Mar 2016 #80
I have news for you socialism is alive and well awake Mar 2016 #3
Is world prosperity a "zero-sum, us-vs-them" affair? Trump, et al would say "Yes". pampango Mar 2016 #38
If we live on a finite planet, then yeah, it's zero-sum The2ndWheel Mar 2016 #52
So we have to hold others down or kick them down, so that we can prosper? pampango Mar 2016 #55
Kicking down seems to be popular :/ (nt) Recursion Mar 2016 #57
Well that's where we get into trouble The2ndWheel Mar 2016 #64
Anything other than random 'shared sacrifice' or 'sacrifice just in poor, weak countries' will have pampango Mar 2016 #68
And that's where it gets complicated The2ndWheel Mar 2016 #72
I think most liberals are willing to sacrifice for the greater good. I'm pretty typical in that way. pampango Mar 2016 #85
Your second paragraph is one of the most beautiful statements jwirr Mar 2016 #76
Thank you. n/t pampango Mar 2016 #86
Define "accept that fact" n/t lumberjack_jeff Mar 2016 #44
From $1.99 to $2.00 a day? How big a difference are we talking here? Bradical79 Mar 2016 #46
Mostly from about $1 to about $3 Recursion Mar 2016 #47
Do you have a source? Bradical79 Mar 2016 #48
I'm sure you did read that Recursion Mar 2016 #53
It's your thread Bradical79 Mar 2016 #67
The walton family made 150 billion offshoring american jobs Csainvestor Mar 2016 #54
You may not know it but you just confirmed what the OP jwirr Mar 2016 #78
Digitalization and large container ships have shrunk the world. Trust Buster Mar 2016 #56
Liberals: We're all in this together. Conservatives: Keep those poor people and their problems away pampango Mar 2016 #60
Lots of us have been watching, Recursion. This didn't happen yesterday. Hortensis Mar 2016 #65
LOL! Rex Mar 2016 #88
"It was not the fall of socialism" tenderfoot Mar 2016 #89
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