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hollysmom

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87. You forgot the bangledesh building collapse that killed over 100 or the China Air pollution

Reply to d_legendary1 (Reply #58)

Wed May 4, 2016, 12:31 PM

May 2016

that you could cut with a knife. We have no idea how many that kills a year.

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How do you even explain this, let alone fix it? [View all] Proud Public Servant May 2016 OP

Years ago I read that Tyson wanted to ship chickens to China for slaughter, then ship them back here CentralCoaster May 2016 #1

I bet it's so they could get around humane treatment laws justiceischeap May 2016 #21

n o it isn't, curren tly we are not allowed to accept chickens from china they have killed so many hollysmom May 2016 #54

ARE sending chickens to China for "processing"..... marble falls May 2016 #23

Most of your pork is already shipped and comes back. Only two pork suppliers of any note. nt Jitter65 May 2016 #32

What is Hillary's stance on Chinese meat, offshoring, and labeling guidelines? CentralCoaster May 2016 #37

Why don't you look it up and source it rather than loosely speculating? Hekate May 2016 #45

We bought frozen salmon ...caught and processed ( gutted and iced) in USA dixiegrrrrl May 2016 #70

WTH is that? CentralCoaster May 2016 #71

I cannot explain hfojvt May 2016 #2

OK fine but quite beside the point that TPTB love cheap labor. CentralCoaster May 2016 #3

Because it was an impulse purchase Proud Public Servant May 2016 #6

Great response to a snotty post. tabasco May 2016 #9

no excuses hfojvt May 2016 #11

Which revolution is that? nt clarice May 2016 #40

As advised, check the Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy truebluegreen May 2016 #81

And sometimes people need that paper bag to reuse it csziggy May 2016 #49

I thought maybe it was because you didn't inquire first about silvershadow May 2016 #25

Must be VAT if the same product is cheaper even after shipping? angstlessk May 2016 #46

Recycled bulk paper is the US #1 export on top of that NightWatcher May 2016 #4

Pop quiz. HubertHeaver May 2016 #24

Can you imagine the amount of oil it takes to do that? zeemike May 2016 #31

and now, because people no longer have jobs, the economy continues to tank, which results in dixiegrrrrl May 2016 #72

Yep it is a lose lose situation. zeemike May 2016 #74

When I worked for a container shipping company in the 90's, we had three main exports to Asia: arcane1 May 2016 #55

Some manufacturing has come back but it's increasingly more automated La Lioness Priyanka May 2016 #5

Yep, I've been saying that for years too Proud Public Servant May 2016 #7

I think it's nostalgia and stereotypes of who La Lioness Priyanka May 2016 #10

I think it's wages. Loudestlib May 2016 #77

Manufacturing is getting increasingly more automated La Lioness Priyanka May 2016 #78

Yeah manufacturing is done. Loudestlib May 2016 #79

Also all these companies that are being replaced by tech La Lioness Priyanka May 2016 #80

What made the unions that brought good wages The2ndWheel May 2016 #12

Many jobs cannot be outsourced and unions raise the working conditions mountain grammy May 2016 #22

Even then, there are lot more people The2ndWheel May 2016 #27

Unfortunately, many of the jobs that cannot be outsourced can truedelphi May 2016 #82

And too... Plucketeer May 2016 #29

Exactly! mountain grammy May 2016 #18

What? Okay so there is nothing innately special about manufacturing except for some truedelphi May 2016 #76

Bingo - ohheckyeah May 2016 #83

The left is stuck in the 1950's economically The2ndWheel May 2016 #8

Unsupported premise. LanternWaste May 2016 #13

What is? The2ndWheel May 2016 #14

Be careful.nt clarice May 2016 #41

Right, why fight for $45/Hr manufacturing jobs wen we can get $7.25/Hr service jobs? Get a clue Vincardog May 2016 #16

With TPP, if an American company owns the plant in Vietnam ... GeorgeGist May 2016 #15

Cheap labor. Attention Americans-this is your future. jalan48 May 2016 #17

Quite honestly zipplewrath May 2016 #62

I guess it would depend on the type of business. jalan48 May 2016 #68

heavy industries do zipplewrath May 2016 #73

So who are these manufacturing industries that are relocacting to the US for "lower" energy costs? jalan48 May 2016 #89

Just one Example zipplewrath May 2016 #91

This is why moonbeam23 May 2016 #19

We can fix this! yallerdawg May 2016 #20

Any manufacturing that comes to the US will be highly automated and require only a few workers. Agnosticsherbet May 2016 #26

SPOOKY.nt clarice May 2016 #42

It's all going away Hydra May 2016 #75

This is why we need tariffs Mosby May 2016 #28

this is why we need honest politicians who can explain the REAL economy to people and not the Jitter65 May 2016 #35

YUP .nt clarice May 2016 #43

We better learn how to deal with it. Jobs like that are worth a whole lot Hoyt May 2016 #30

They deserve a chance too? Urchin May 2016 #36

I know, you are a Nationalist, America First type. We polluted world for years but it's up to poor Hoyt May 2016 #38

We may have polluted the world developing technology Urchin May 2016 #65

WOW!!!!!!!!!! nt clarice May 2016 #44

Apparently, you don't care about poor countries either. Hoyt May 2016 #47

Sure do...nice leap of logic.nt clarice May 2016 #48

Sounded like a Nationalistic, America First, type of "WOW." Hoyt May 2016 #51

I do care what happens in America first...it's where we live. That doesn't mean..... clarice May 2016 #52

I figured You "don't care" about other other countries. Lots of Sanders' supporters Hoyt May 2016 #53

Not one.lol clarice May 2016 #57

You seem to have no concept that we are talking about treaties that will pull a black curtain over hollysmom May 2016 #88

The short answer is that d_legendary1 May 2016 #33

It's a win for poor countries too, that's why they beg for trade -- jobs, Hoyt May 2016 #50

not always, it is a wion for the bribe takers and runners of countries, but hollysmom May 2016 #56

It "trickles" down more with jobs than it does without jobs. I'm not saying companies don't need to Hoyt May 2016 #59

Child labor OK with you,. I believe the Nike inspection began when they discovered factories hollysmom May 2016 #84

No it's not OK. But, hey are still likely better off than they were with Hoyt May 2016 #85

I think some people would be betterwithout factories, having air to breathe and land to farm hollysmom May 2016 #86

The Keystone Pipeline company won't get a penny. Congress backed off Hoyt May 2016 #90

How is exploitation a win for poor countries? d_legendary1 May 2016 #58

Let the world stop buying Chinese or Bangladesh products and it will be a lot worse. Not to mention Hoyt May 2016 #60

Worse for whom? d_legendary1 May 2016 #63

Another America First, Nationalist. Sorry, we live in big world and need to spread wealth around. Hoyt May 2016 #64

Free trade has nothing to do with Nationalism d_legendary1 May 2016 #67

You forgot the bangledesh building collapse that killed over 100 or the China Air pollution hollysmom May 2016 #87

I actually had China in mind d_legendary1 May 2016 #92

There is a future for American manufacturing KamaAina May 2016 #34

Now, that's at least looking at how we can help other countries and ourselves. Hoyt May 2016 #61

Unbelievable.nt clarice May 2016 #39

Nothing to worry about; soon everything will be Made In China... Jeffersons Ghost May 2016 #66

or robots Skittles May 2016 #69