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Phlem

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13. Cost of living baby!

Reply to dkf (Reply #9)

Wed Jun 20, 2012, 02:52 AM

Jun 2012

it just plain costs more to live in the US than anywhere else. Unfortunately, US salaries don't reflect that.

It's the global economy!

I've and I'm sure quite a few have known that the global economy was en excuse to knock back living wages in the US.

what can we do?

-p

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Globalism is a weapon that is being used to make American workers poorer. [View all] Zalatix Jun 2012 OP

Heard a Washington Post comment on News Radio today... lib2DaBone Jun 2012 #1

How many know that there is another wage-lowering "free-trade" agreement in the works? AnotherMcIntosh Jun 2012 #2

That law goes far beyond free trade. It's an attack on our sovereignty as a nation. Zalatix Jun 2012 #7

Agreed. So-called "free trade" is just double-talk. AnotherMcIntosh Jun 2012 #10

KICK Phhhtttt Jun 2012 #3

The jobs go there or the people come here...there is a huge supply of cheap labor. dkf Jun 2012 #4

The policy seems to be to do both. It is a race to destroy what's left of the American working AnotherMcIntosh Jun 2012 #11

It sets us on par with KT2000 Jun 2012 #5

With all due respect, snot Jun 2012 #6

Good points. Phlem Jun 2012 #8

They would still pick the cheapest labor...and thats not us dkf Jun 2012 #9

Which is why you can't win the game and so shouldn't play TheKentuckian Jun 2012 #12

Cost of living baby! Phlem Jun 2012 #13