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Why Americans are Jobless

Posted: Mar 2, 2010

Smith started the day early having set his alarm clock (MADE IN JAPAN) for 6 a.m.

While his coffeepot (MADE IN CHINA) was perking, he shaved with his electric razor (MADE IN PHILIPPINES).

He put on a dress shirt (MADE IN SRI LANKA), designer jeans (MADE IN SINGAPORE) and tennis shoes (MADE IN VIETNAM).
After cooking his breakfast in his new electric skillet (MADE IN INDIA), then he sat down with his calculator (MADE IN MEXICO) to see how much he could spend today.

After setting his watch (MADE IN TAIWAN) to the radio (MADE IN INDIA), he got in his car (MADE IN GERMANY) filled it with GAS (from Saudi Arabia) and continued his search for a good paying AMERICAN JOB.

At the end of yet another discouraging and fruitless day checking his computer (MADE IN MALAYSIA), John decided to relax for a while. He put on his sandals (MADE IN BRAZIL) poured himself a glass of wine (MADE IN FRANCE) and turned on his TV (MADE IN KOREA), and then wondered why he can't find a good paying job in AMERICA.

AND NOW HE'S HOPING HE CAN GET HELP FROM HIS PRESIDENT (MADE IN KENYA).

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Buy American - NJ

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Up until the last inflammatory line, you have good points. As I've said before, we all made choices that got us here. We bought at Walmart or chose the cheapest things (imports) instead of supporting local/American products and businesses. We continued to support businesses that outsourced. We, the American consumer, did it to ourselves.

We did it because American is a materialistic society. We did it to keep up with the Joneses. We did it because we thought we deserved all those things, almost thinking it was our right as Americans to buy gadgets.

Those thing

We did it because American is a materialistic society. We did it to keep up with the Joneses. We did it because we thought we deserved all those cheap things instead of keeping our purchases to what we really needed. We thought it was our right as Americans.

Those things could have been made in America.

There are consequences to not looking out for your neighbor. One can't be out for oneself, shopping the "best deals" while supporting companies that outsource, without suffering the consequences.

Time of us to grow up and take responsibility.

we buy them because they are cheaper! - I do, and you?

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nm

cheaper? - cj

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The high cost of low prices - a good read. The price is low but the real cost is too high to bear. amazingly, I totally agree with NJ on this one. We have made efforts for years, starting back in the 1970s, to buy only American, and I refuse to shop at walmart, totally refuse. I don't care how low the prices are. The loss of american jobs and all that entails makes that low price very high. Plus, I truly believe in "you get what you pay for." Walmart (and others) destroys the cities and towns they enter by driving all the small businesses out and offering substandard wages and benefits to the employees, the people who now have no place else to go to work. Yes, we Americans have done this to ourselves by not maintaining standards that support American workers over foreign. And isn't it ironic how the MTs b____ now that their jobs are going overseas. I guess a lot of people don't TRULY care about the job losses until it is THEIR job. Talk to anyone who used to work in manufacturing or in the automotive industry, for example. They have been saying this for decades.

hangin with you on never shopping walmart nm - part-timereader

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nm

CJ and another off the map liberal stand firm on this one. - No WalMart. Never WalMart. nm

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nm

The only reason I shop at Walmart is because - Sick Of It~

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I can't afford to shop anywhere else. I suspect this is true for many people. It is the only thing they are left with.

I loved that! The truth is so refreshing...nm - bingo

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no way is O made in Kenya...only a teeny weeny part is made in Kenya! - blah

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nm

a graphic depiction - cj

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This comes actually from a blog of a wisconsin woman but it is interesting and frightening to watch.

http://cohort11.americanobserver.net/latoyaegwuekwe/multimediafinal.html

Wow. That's an amazing assembly of graphics, so effective - it requires no further explanation. nm

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Thanks for posting that.

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