Why did the US send so much work overseas?

[AlpineTrout]

Quote from Renegen:

Ah yes, the "sweat shops are great, they provide jobs to communities" argument.

Forget about the fact these people could have their wages doubled and we wouldn't even notice it, that's how low their costs are in the final cost of a product.

Or maybe the fact that if you're over 40, you're fired! They only want fresh teens to work in their sweat shops. So much for great opportunities.

Or maybe ask yourself this question, why is it that these poor people have NO jobs? I mean, why aren't they tending the farms, like their ancestors have done for thousands of years? WHERE did these people who spontaneously ask for sweat shop jobs COME from? What were the jobs of their parents, sweat shops? No, they didn't exist then. Think for a second.

Their parents were farmers. Their grand parents were farmers. It all ended with "globalization", with "free food, foreign aid" and with "shock therapy" and subsidized corn from the US forced these farmers to declare bankruptcy, because after thousands of years, their vegetables weren't competitive anymore. It's hard to compete against US agri-business that's subsidized to boot, or free food from rich countries every year.

And so these farmers lost their jobs, and the only food available is out of their reach... unless of course, they work for the heroic sweat shop that rolls into town, that barely pays enough for the US corn on display in the market.


Liberals, republicans, they can all be swayed by emotions. But what beats all of them is cold hard truth. It's why we're here on ET. And not a political board. We value information. These pro-sweat shop groupies are filth. They know they're lying, and they're doing it anyway.

If you can't see the opportunities that globalization is bringing to the people of India and other countries, well than ...........

 

[MaklodaSux]

The purpose of my previous post was to wake up the sheeple! If the sheeple REALLY want to stop the transfer of wealth/technology/jobs...then the US has to BEGIN by getting out of the WTO. Any jackass politician who makes a statement that they want to "bring back the jobs" or they say they "want to save the jobs" is full of crap, unless they mention getting out of the WTO. I think any politician who makes such a statement should be confronted with a petition to get the US out of the WTO. If the politician refuses to sign the petition...they should be booed out of the arena, off the stage...whatever!

-gastropod [/B]

Ya Barack been saying that shit for a long time now and has done nothing about it except talk. Really, the only politician I listen to is Ron Paul. Despite whether you like the guy or not, he actually would have pulled the trigger on anything he said.

 

[Random.Capital]

Quote from MaklodaSux:

Ron Paul... he actually would have pulled the trigger on anything he said.

Ron Paul and Shelby had a chance to completely derail the bailout last fall, and chose not to. They were more interested in voting NO on a bill that PASSED than in actually keeping the bill from passing - because that way they can sit in the peanut gallery tossing snickers wrappers at everyone and congratulating themselves with "I told you so" without having to risk the consequences of their own propaganda.

They're both politicians, thru and thru, and both were deeply disappointing when it mattered most.

 

[ByLoSellHi]

Quote from loza:

you are right about most of the politicians (they are scum, whores) both left and right, but you are conveniently forgetting the true puppet masters, the big multinationals. The bankrollers of the house, the senate, makers of kings (ok, presidents) If you think for a moment that a politician, even as high as the president of the USA would stand in a way of a giant oil company or insurance company, then you are a naive idiot. They mowe down anyone who seriously threatens their oligarchy and power, this goes by the way for military contractors too.
All the fucking idiots in the US bitch and moan about the "evil" banks, at some level they are choir boys compared to the military industrial complex, oil companies or an insurance giant.

Eisenhower's farewell address, January 17, 1961. Length 15:30.
President of the United States (and former General of the Army) Dwight D. Eisenhower used the term in his Farewell Address to the Nation on January 17, 1961:

"A vital element in keeping the peace is our military establishment. Our arms must be mighty, ready for instant action, so that no potential aggressor may be tempted to risk his own destruction...
This conjunction of an immense military establishment and a large arms industry is new in the American experience. The total influence — economic, political, even spiritual — is felt in every city, every statehouse, every office of the federal government. We recognize the imperative need for this development. Yet we must not fail to comprehend its grave implications. Our toil, resources and livelihood are all involved; so is the very structure of our society. In the councils of government, we must guard against the acquisition of unwarranted influence, whether sought or unsought, by the military-industrial complex. The potential for the disastrous rise of misplaced power exists and will persist. We must never let the weight of this combination endanger our liberties or democratic processes. We should take nothing for granted. Only an alert and knowledgeable citizenry can compel the proper meshing of the huge industrial and military machinery of defense with our peaceful methods and goals so that security and liberty may prosper together."
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Military-industrial_complex

Thank you for speaking truth to facts, and acknowledging the forgotten hero of the U.S.A., Dwight Eisenhower.

It's too bad America ignored him and his warning.

 

[eusdaiki]

Quote from Random.Capital:



They're both politicians, thru and thru, and both were deeply disappointing when it mattered most.

Unfortunately, the people running the government (not only in the US but pretty much everywhere... ) are ALL politicians... Those who are not politicians and get to positions of power, quickly become politicians.

 

[olias]

Quote from AlpineTrout:

If you can't see the opportunities that globalization is bringing to the people of India and other countries, well than ...........

I think that's a good point. If the US can outsource a job that dramatically improves the lives of an Indian family, at the expense of a US worker having to take a lower paying job, then I'm totally for that. Am I supposed to care more for the guy who is 3,000 miles away than the guy who is 15,000 miles away? Because 'he's one of ''us''? Who needs that job more? Where does it create the most impact? If US citizens and economy suffer a bit in the struggle for equilibrium, then so be it. The same guys who want to tell you that globalization is wrong are probably the same ones complaining about the government interfering in the 'free markets'. It's hypocritical.