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In reply to the discussion: You want to know what is taking middle class jobs? [View all]Chan790
(20,176 posts)non-luxury consumer goods are, and that is primarily the buying behavior of the middle class...blaming this on multinationals, technology and the wealthy is misplaced. It's the fault of common people.
If you want to see the people destroying the economy and middle-class jobs...go stand outside Walmart or Target for an hour. It's people buying imported consumer-grade goods. They want cheap and don't want to pay more for "Made in America" or "Union-made" labels. They're the same people who gripe when their job disappears because of their own buying behavior.
It's pretty simple...if you want to save middle-class jobs: buy American and buy union-made products; fuck Walmart's cheap prices and shoddy goods; oppose free-trade because the cost is too high; and buy local from real people because every dollar spent in your community in locally-owned-and-operated-businesses returns $1.41 in value to the local community that disappears when you buy from a big-box chain owned by a multinational.