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Cyrano (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-05-11 10:59 AM Original message |
The only thing still made in America is money |
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Chimichurri (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-05-11 10:59 AM Response to Original message |
1. We do make one other thing. War. |
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Cyrano (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-05-11 11:03 AM Response to Reply #1 |
4. "We" make war to make money. And of course, there's no "We" about it. |
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Atman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-05-11 11:00 AM Response to Original message |
2. And even THAT is now worthless. |
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Buzz Clik (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-05-11 11:00 AM Response to Original message |
3. I make enough money. And they make venetian blinds in town. |
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Cyrano (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-05-11 11:35 AM Response to Reply #3 |
8. So does that make you oblivious to what's happening to your fellow citizens? |
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Buzz Clik (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-05-11 11:42 AM Response to Reply #8 |
11. No, it just makes me annoyed at the hyperbole in the OP. |
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Cyrano (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-05-11 11:47 AM Response to Reply #11 |
12. It's not hyperbole. It's the world that far too many Americans are |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-05-11 11:49 AM Response to Reply #12 |
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Cyrano (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-05-11 11:35 AM Response to Reply #3 |
9. dup -- self deleted |
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FSogol (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-05-11 11:03 AM Response to Original message |
5. I'm designing an addition for a school. America companies will then construct the building using |
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Cyrano (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-05-11 11:38 AM Response to Reply #5 |
10. Good for you. But what about the millions of Americans who |
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pampango (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-05-11 11:06 AM Response to Original message |
6. Americans make plenty of money ($47,132 per capita). We just don't distribute it very equitably. |
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hifiguy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-05-11 01:48 PM Response to Reply #6 |
24. You have hit the nail squarely on the head. |
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damntexdem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-05-11 11:17 AM Response to Original message |
7. Hey, c'mon, many more things are made in America: |
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cali (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-05-11 11:50 AM Response to Original message |
14. although I largely agree with the point you're making we actually still |
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Speck Tater (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-05-11 12:04 PM Response to Original message |
15. And Velveeta. We're still the only place that makes it. nt |
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Spike89 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-05-11 12:12 PM Response to Original message |
16. I get your point, but actually we still make more than anywhere else |
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sammytko (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-05-11 12:25 PM Response to Reply #16 |
19. What about the people designing and putting together those robots, |
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Spike89 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-05-11 01:34 PM Response to Reply #19 |
21. True enough and a good secondary point |
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FSogol (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-05-11 12:57 PM Response to Reply #16 |
20. Completely right: "the U.S. economy is not going to be "fixed" by bringing back the manufacturing |
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DianeK (612 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-05-11 12:20 PM Response to Original message |
17. I just bought my friend a pair of pink flamingos |
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sammytko (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-05-11 12:21 PM Response to Original message |
18. We also make Al-Clad pots and pans |
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hifiguy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-05-11 01:46 PM Response to Reply #18 |
23. Agreed |
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hifiguy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-05-11 01:45 PM Response to Original message |
22. A few areas where the US still makes the finest products in the world |
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Spike89 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-06-11 11:24 AM Response to Reply #22 |
25. Funny, but lots of us can list things in a category we know well |
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Cyrano (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-06-11 11:37 AM Response to Reply #25 |
26. My guess is that the U.S. is number one in license plate manufacturing. |
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Brickbat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-06-11 03:06 PM Response to Original message |
27. Throwing up your hands about American manufacturing does a huge disservice to those companies that |
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