In a message dated 10/15/2009 9:56:44 A.M. Pacific Daylight Time, [email protected] writes: Marnie, In a time of economic turmoil, it is hard not to resent a country (government) which exploits their poor, hard working masses to take economic prosperity from those who have become accustomed to living with it and feel entitled to it. People will 'Buy American' again when the folks here make good quality products at the lowest price. Asking for less is asking for you to support me with an extra 'donation' because my nationality is the same as yours. Regards, Bob S.
============= That's all well and good, Bob, if you believe in globalization of the US economy. Me, I wouldn't mind a little more protectionism. It definitely isn't a dirty word. I wonder how many American tax payers realize they were paying taxes to a government that, over years, facilitated corporations to move their businesses to another country? Paid taxes to a government that directly helped them lose their jobs? I wonder how many would be seriously ticked off? I know I was and I am. There is no use trying to put a pretty face on it, it isn't pretty, it's petty. And I still don't support communism or totalitarianism. Never will. Hopefully the Chinese will eventually form labor unions and lobby for higher wages. Which they need to do for themselves, but will also in the long run help everyone else too. Once things, wage-wise, are on an economic level, world-wise, then the level playing field will determine where jobs go based on expertise. (Of course, at that point, corporations will just move their business to another country that allows the paying of their citizens dirt wages. But it will take a long, long time before we run out of countries like that.) Marnie --------------------------------------------- We can't solve problems by using the same kind of thinking we used when we created them. Albert Einstein -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
