[AZWolf]

I'm all for taking serious [censored]-labor issues as far as they need to go.

Also, I won't accept a single illegal working in the local store....and (KILLER ISSUE HERE) a single sign or overhead announcement in Spanish....

What country is this again?  

[wcpope]

If you get the chance read the book "Free Lunch" I can't remember the author but it says a lot about walmart and the way america is headed. Locally we give our 8.25% sales taxes on every sale (for the next ten years) in the store directly to the wealthy Walton Family!!! Gotta love how the rich have found political ways to destroy the middle class whilst they have robin leech over to video their fancy toys...

[AZWolf]

Ew......
 

[3deroticer]

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AZWolf said:
Also, I won't accept a single illegal working in the local store....and (KILLER ISSUE HERE) a single sign or overhead announcement in Spanish....

What country is this again?  

The last time I check, this land belong to the native Americans but were invaded by foreigner. As for the language, It's no longer proper English, as it has been mesh together from many different countries. Not disagreeing, but offer to keep that attitude in check and remember who most of us are. Walmart have repeatedly plunder starving countries for the import, and hire illegals by way of contract to another company so they take the blame.

It's the food industry that I worry about, as we get import from China, and the Bush regime are pushing for lower standard for food quality. The word to research on is "Codex Alimentarius"
 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VmrF9KjlGsc
to get started, forewarn, the womans voice is ingrating.
My roommates work at New Season, and they get update all the time on how Monsantos is pushing to get their food label organic with lobbyist. If we don't stop Codex, it will plan to happen in December 2009. You can choose to not buy some product from Walmart, but choosing to not eat is not an option.

[pedonbio]

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Palomine said:

What are you going to do? Force or persuade Americans to purchase ONLY those products and services actually provided by American labor? Something like that... some draconian legislation designed to close the US market to foreign competition... that's the only way I can see to keep/return manufacturing jobs in/to the US. Like Mitt Romney's laughable promises (sadly believed by a lot of Michigan residents) to return the US auto industry to it's former glory. <img src="/images/graemlins/wink.gif" alt="" />    

My humble suggestion would be to do what our European and Asian trading partners do:

1) Expand the health care system that now applies to veterans, congressmen, and those over 65 to cover all Americans. It costs between $1 and $3 per hour for employers to provide health care (depending on the plan and location). Our refusal to provide a universal health care program for all Americans provides a $1 to $3 per hour subsidy to our trade competitors. No other country does that. South Africa adopted such a plan about ten years ago.

Let me repeat that: No other country provides such a subsidy to their competitors.

2) Probably the greatest clandestine transfer of wealth in human history is embedded in our corporate tax code: Goods manufactured outside the United States by a subsidiary of, or under contract to a U.S. corporation are treated by our tax code as though they were manufactured inside the United States. No other country on earth allows that.

Let me repeat that: No other country allows that.

3) U.S. government contracts are let by a series of legal requirements. Those requirements do not give preference to domestic manufacturers. Every other country gives such a preference.

Let me say that again: Every other country gives such a preference.

4) American corporations enjoy unusually broad powers and immunities because of a series of unique court decisions in the 1880s. No other country allows corporations to have such broad powers and immunities.

Let me repeat that: No other country allows corporations to have such broad powers and immunities.

[3deroticer]

When  2 Chinese corporate executive responsible for the poisoning of others thru bad business practice, either recieved the death sentence or commit suicide in the past 3 years.

Corporation in the US have the same rights of a human being, but only that you can't send a corporation to life in prison.

[AZWolf]

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pedonbio said:

1) Expand the health care system that now applies to veterans, congressmen, and those over 65 to cover all Americans. It costs between $1 and $3 per hour for employers to provide health care (depending on the plan and location). Our refusal to provide a universal health care program for all Americans provides a $1 to $3 per hour subsidy to our trade competitors. No other country does that. South Africa adopted such a plan about ten years ago.

Let me repeat that: No other country provides such a subsidy to their competitors.

2) Probably the greatest clandestine transfer of wealth in human history is embedded in our corporate tax code: Goods manufactured outside the United States by a subsidiary of, or under contract to a U.S. corporation are treated by our tax code as though they were manufactured inside the United States. No other country on earth allows that.

Let me repeat that: No other country allows that.

3) U.S. government contracts are let by a series of legal requirements. Those requirements do not give preference to domestic manufacturers. Every other country gives such a preference.

Let me say that again: Every other country gives such a preference.

4) American corporations enjoy unusually broad powers and immunities because of a series of unique court decisions in the 1880s. No other country allows corporations to have such broad powers and immunities.

Let me repeat that: No other country allows corporations to have such broad powers and immunities.

Normally I wouldn't retain such a long quote, but damn, I agree with everything, so what to cut?  In the past we looked out for ourselves.  Today we want to be PC first, and then look out for companies, the rich, and then maybe our country, if it fits in somewhere.

This is why we're starting to circle the drain.  Thing is, the rich make the rules, and they'll be the last to suffer the effects of their "work."

[3deroticer]

My humble suggestion would be to do what our European and Asian trading partners do:

1) Expand the health care system that now applies to veterans, congressmen, and those over 65 to cover all Americans. It costs between $1 and $3 per hour for employers to provide health care (depending on the plan and location). Our refusal to provide a universal health care program for all Americans provides a $1 to $3 per hour subsidy to our trade competitors. No other country does that. South Africa adopted such a plan about ten years ago.

Let me repeat that: No other country provides such a subsidy to their competitors.

2) Probably the greatest clandestine transfer of wealth in human history is embedded in our corporate tax code: Goods manufactured outside the United States by a subsidiary of, or under contract to a U.S. corporation are treated by our tax code as though they were manufactured inside the United States. No other country on earth allows that.

Let me repeat that: No other country allows that.

3) U.S. government contracts are let by a series of legal requirements. Those requirements do not give preference to domestic manufacturers. Every other country gives such a preference.

Let me say that again: Every other country gives such a preference.

4) American corporations enjoy unusually broad powers and immunities because of a series of unique court decisions in the 1880s. No other country allows corporations to have such broad powers and immunities.

Let me repeat that: No other country allows corporations to have such broad powers and immunities.

I remember this and found this article:
http://www.truth-out.org/wikileaks-us-ambassador-planned-retaliation-against-france-over-ban-monsanto-corn66131

Talk about broad powers of a corporation presiding over a country, but country over seas!!

[3deroticer]

I drink wine, and France succumb to using monsantos, however for the sole purpose of exporting the wine back to us for us to consume genetic engineer grapes.

[Kojain]

Hey! Be nice ya'll! I work at Wal-Mart! 

[AgentDee]

Hey! Be nice ya'll! I work at Wal-Mart! 

you poor bastard, I feel bad for ya .

Agent "2 time wal mart employee at 2 different stores" Dee

[pedonbio]

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What are you going to do? Force or persuade Americans to purchase ONLY those products and services actually provided by American labor? Something like that... some draconian legislation designed to close the US market to foreign competition... that's the only way I can see to keep/return manufacturing jobs in/to the US. Like Mitt Romney's laughable promises (sadly believed by a lot of Michigan residents) to return the US auto industry to it's former glory. <img src="/images/graemlins/wink.gif" alt="" />    <!--color--></font>

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My humble suggestion would be to do what our European and Asian trading partners do:

1) Expand the health care system that now applies to veterans, congressmen, and those over 65 to cover all Americans. It costs between $1 and $3 per hour for employers to provide health care (depending on the plan and location). Our refusal to provide a universal health care program for all Americans provides a $1 to $3 per hour subsidy to our trade competitors. No other country does that. South Africa adopted such a plan about ten years ago.

Let me repeat that: No other country provides such a subsidy to their competitors.

2) Probably the greatest clandestine transfer of wealth in human history is embedded in our corporate tax code: Goods manufactured outside the United States by a subsidiary of, or under contract to a U.S. corporation are treated by our tax code as though they were manufactured inside the United States. No other country on earth allows that.

Let me repeat that: No other country allows that.

3) U.S. government contracts are let by a series of legal requirements. Those requirements do not give preference to domestic manufacturers. Every other country gives such a preference.

Let me say that again: Every other country gives such a preference.

4) American corporations enjoy unusually broad powers and immunities because of a series of unique court decisions in the 1880s. No other country allows corporations to have such broad powers and immunities.

Let me repeat that: No other country allows corporations to have such broad powers and immunities.

Jesus, that's what happens when we put some thoughts into our posts. It held up pretty well over the past 2 and 1/2 years.

The irony is that I come back to the post after we elected a new government and I find that exactly none of those things have been undertaken. One can argue that the health care program begun last summer is a step in the right direction, but a feeble step. And none of the other things has happened.