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Corporate666

(587 posts)
44. You couldn't be more wrong - you just have no idea what you're talking about
Tue May 17, 2016, 03:17 AM
May 2016

We export over $1.5 trillion per year, #2 in all the world.

We don't export cheap electronics and low-priced junk. But we DO export machinery, electronics devices, spacecraft/aircraft, vehicles, oil, medical equipment, plastics, medicines, chemicals and much more.

Today you desperately need them, but it doesnt have to be that way. Jackie Wilson Said May 2016 #1
Because these deals line pockets in a big way, Congreess and lobbyists gain- we lose larkrake May 2016 #10
If you are willing to pay more for autos, electronics, etc., that are inferior, you can buy here. Hoyt May 2016 #2
Inferior today, agreed larkrake May 2016 #7
Sure, let's cut ourselves off from the rest of the world and see how that works. Hoyt May 2016 #20
They could pay tariffs and stay in trade with us larkrake May 2016 #27
Ever heard of a trade war? Look it up. Nationalistic America First won't work nowadays, Hoyt May 2016 #31
I am proposing Fair trade, instead of free, and not giving Corporations immunity to our laws larkrake May 2016 #39
A lot of us already live without. Rex May 2016 #3
This is true, and those trade countries do tariff their goods larkrake May 2016 #9
Similar thread here. KamaAina May 2016 #4
Thanx, very informative larkrake May 2016 #8
Less is more. nt bemildred May 2016 #5
I'm pretty sure I need coffee from one of those places. MH1 May 2016 #6
Ever hear of Kona? KamaAina May 2016 #11
Yes, but I learn something new every day MH1 May 2016 #14
LOLZ. I grew up on O'ahu and never did care for Kona Coffee.And have you seen the price these days?! Hekate May 2016 #68
More likely than not, you were getting a "Kona blend". KamaAina May 2016 #69
LOL, sadly some coffees have alot of fillers larkrake May 2016 #76
It does cost more. I wonder what is starbucks coffee source. larkrake May 2016 #75
Kona coffee is good enough, our other satallite offshoots also grow coffee and teas larkrake May 2016 #12
If I buy cheap Chinese shit from Walmart or I buy it from Amazon 1939 May 2016 #15
Yes, unions are vital to manufacturing larkrake May 2016 #17
Puerto Rico. AngryAmish May 2016 #66
If you want to go with USA only... Corporate666 May 2016 #13
Oh WOW larkrake May 2016 #16
I don't mean to sound rude but you couldn't be more wrong Corporate666 May 2016 #42
Ma bell started communications (as in Graham Bell) larkrake May 2016 #71
Tariffs decrease competition; that's the point of them muriel_volestrangler May 2016 #70
Yes, sadly the CEOs would vacumn up the profits, its the american way, in triplicate larkrake May 2016 #88
But couldn't that stuff be made here? Turin_C3PO May 2016 #33
I don't think it's that simple Corporate666 May 2016 #43
Interesting breakdown, you make sense. are we then to become a Global entity, larkrake May 2016 #89
Well Corporate666 May 2016 #101
California is bigger than most countries. Should it not trade with New York? How about with Canada? pampango May 2016 #18
Is the US Progressive? I can in good conscience say we are in REGRESSION larkrake May 2016 #22
Once again, you are wrong and have no idea what you are talking about Corporate666 May 2016 #45
I don't know where you get your information, I agree to disagree with you larkrake May 2016 #56
Of course the US is not a progressive country. But if we are to become one (which is our goal), why pampango May 2016 #48
It is a different scenario. FDR didnt have 5000 bases all over the world, he did not have two wars larkrake May 2016 #57
You may believe that FDR's views are irrelevant now. We do not agree. And progressive countries pampango May 2016 #62
No, Republicans prefer giving that power to Corporations who use child labor, desolate wages larkrake May 2016 #81
IF the US returns to the policies of FDR/Sweden on labor rights, taxation, regulation and safety net pampango May 2016 #103
sorry Pamp, please learn to digest what I said. The US is the victim of free trade larkrake May 2016 #29
Most Tilapia comes from China. karadax May 2016 #19
True. Since Fukishima and the BP spill, we are sorely lacking seafoot fit to eat larkrake May 2016 #26
Plenty of seafood out there, some better managed than others. alarimer May 2016 #55
This is not really true alarimer May 2016 #53
Fish farms are an exciting industry, that requires live people to manage larkrake May 2016 #92
Because we want to sell our stuff to them? Nt hack89 May 2016 #21
We dont sell much to them , the exception being war planes and weapons of course larkrake May 2016 #24
You couldn't be more wrong - you just have no idea what you're talking about Corporate666 May 2016 #44
you are right, absolutely, sorry I was so casual in my reply. We used fair trade doing it, so why go larkrake May 2016 #86
You are clueless hack89 May 2016 #49
I already said we feed the world, we are both correct larkrake May 2016 #87
We export $140 Billion in agriculture products annually. hack89 May 2016 #54
Sorry, larkrake, but you really truly have no clue. Please learn. Hekate May 2016 #84
Fresh Produce. Texasgal May 2016 #23
Hawaii, Puerto Rico, I'm not sure about Guam, but wow would they flourish larkrake May 2016 #25
Unfortunatly I think it all comes down to cost. Texasgal May 2016 #98
We save a lot of money by growing our own vegetables. Rex May 2016 #30
I agree with you, I'm always going to neighbors to give them my extra tomaos, zucchini larkrake May 2016 #38
Us to. I am old enough that I have taught my kids and theirs jwirr May 2016 #72
True, we'd have to go back to seasonal eating of produce... Turin_C3PO May 2016 #34
I prefer frozen, there is no waste from forgetting its in the back of the fridge, and it is larkrake May 2016 #37
If you are not freezing it Texasgal May 2016 #99
I'm with you 100%. cheapdate May 2016 #28
It isn't the needs the drive trade, it's the wants. Lancero May 2016 #32
we are good on veggies, but fruit is limited to hawaii and our southern islands larkrake May 2016 #35
You really are clueless GulfCoast66 May 2016 #52
Sorry, but it is fact that many countries have banned Monsanto larkrake May 2016 #90
I'll bite GulfCoast66 May 2016 #93
I hand mix barley, oats and corn. Mold effects the nervous and pulmunary systems larkrake May 2016 #96
Thanks for the primer on horse feed GulfCoast66 May 2016 #97
I have to agree on the chocolate. larkrake May 2016 #36
You expect the 1% to be cool with a reasonable profit TransitJohn May 2016 #40
Profit margins haven't shot up with overseas manufacturing - fact Corporate666 May 2016 #46
How naive of me larkrake May 2016 #58
Stuff from Europe and Japan is frequently superior to US-made equivalents Spider Jerusalem May 2016 #41
I'm not too sure I could live without my job jmowreader May 2016 #47
Necessity breed invention larkrake May 2016 #59
That's just the sort of thing we should be making here KamaAina May 2016 #61
I really don't understand this desire for isolation..... Adrahil May 2016 #50
I agree with you 100% larkrake May 2016 #60
It is the desire to allow people to work with dignity AngryAmish May 2016 #67
yes, yet multinational and national corps are sociopathic larkrake May 2016 #73
You don't isolation for that. NT Adrahil May 2016 #74
No, you boycott. I am not wanting isolation larkrake May 2016 #91
Been tried. Failed. whatthehey May 2016 #51
agreed, isolation isn't the answer, neither is throwing open the doors larkrake May 2016 #63
Well you asked... whatthehey May 2016 #102
Coffee. You can pry my coffee beans from my cold dead hands. Hekate May 2016 #64
Lol, the one addiction I can support larkrake May 2016 #65
"free trade" is not synonymous with "trade" mooseprime May 2016 #77
You are so correct larkrake May 2016 #82
You are using a computer and the vast majority of those are made in China. Agnosticsherbet May 2016 #78
"Even American made cars use parts from various countries." KamaAina May 2016 #79
And we have free trade with Canada. The point being is that damn few of us are living without trade. Agnosticsherbet May 2016 #83
Of course, China isnt stupid. They know that manufacturing is the only way to go. larkrake May 2016 #85
Just a note we do make computers here- I googled larkrake May 2016 #95
We also make the processors here Mnpaul May 2016 #100
People are gonna look at you funny dressed in those squirrel pelts Warpy May 2016 #80
well, arent we a lazy country? larkrake May 2016 #94
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