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N.C. posts 11 votes against CAFTA
The Shelby Star ^ | July 29, 2005 | The Star

Posted on 07/29/2005 10:51:52 AM PDT by hedgetrimmer

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“It’s going to take more business out of this country and more jobs,” he said. “If it turns out like I think it will, the business we are in will eventually leave this country completely.”
1 posted on 07/29/2005 10:51:52 AM PDT by hedgetrimmer
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To: JesseJane; Justanobody; B4Ranch; Nowhere Man; Coleus; neutrino; endthematrix; investigateworld; ...

Re-doing the CAFTA PING list. If you want on or off, let me know.


2 posted on 07/29/2005 10:55:58 AM PDT by hedgetrimmer
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To: hedgetrimmer

Walter E. is efficiently and effectively ripping the moonbat protectionists apart..

It's GREAT to listen to facts.


3 posted on 07/29/2005 10:57:42 AM PDT by Syds Dad
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To: hedgetrimmer
the United States does not need any more trade agreements.

That has got to be one of the more ignorant quotes coming out of NC recently.

We don't need no stinkin' trade agreements! Even if they will be a major boost to our exports, all trade agreements are bad.

Bizarro world.....

4 posted on 07/29/2005 11:02:33 AM PDT by JohnnyZ ("I believe abortion should be safe and legal in this country." -- Mitt Romney)
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To: Syds Dad

Tell us some of the facts, not all of us can listen to the radio during our work days.


5 posted on 07/29/2005 11:07:16 AM PDT by hedgetrimmer
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To: Syds Dad
Maybe...

But this is going to finish off American textiles for good.

6 posted on 07/29/2005 11:12:21 AM PDT by squirt-gun
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To: squirt-gun

As Walter E said..

Good!

The Stagecoach driver and Buggy whip makers jobs left the country a century ago.

Are we better off since then?


7 posted on 07/29/2005 11:15:28 AM PDT by Syds Dad
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To: hedgetrimmer

Too many people in NC actually believe the textile industry is coming back. I'll bet many of the NC citizens who express opposition to CAFTA are ex-textile workers who have been sitting on their asses ever since they lost their job, while refusing to learn a new trade. They actually think someone OWES them a textile job. Never mind that 10 years ago many of them were being paid three times what their job was actually worth.


8 posted on 07/29/2005 11:17:51 AM PDT by Niteranger68 ("Spare the rod, spoil the liberal.")
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"The Stagecoach driver and Buggy whip makers jobs left the country a century ago. "

You're analogy is very poor. "Stagecoach driver and Buggy whip makers" were replaced with modern transportation and technology. The textile industry is alive and well, not replaced with new technology, put cheap labor. Try again later!!!
9 posted on 07/29/2005 11:20:45 AM PDT by politicalwit (Due to the shortage of virgins, all suicide bombings have been cancelled.)
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If you enjoy making shirts the rest of your life, why don't you move to Malaysia while the rest of the country moves forward?

We're going to be a service economy with an very high standard of living (even higher today, believe it or not).

Get over it.


10 posted on 07/29/2005 11:25:14 AM PDT by Syds Dad
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To: Syds Dad

"We're going to be a service economy with an very high standard of living (even higher today, believe it or not). "

Yup, you can really afford that new $500,000 home with wages from McDonalds or Walmart. A service based economy will NEVER survive.


11 posted on 07/29/2005 11:29:06 AM PDT by politicalwit (Due to the shortage of virgins, all suicide bombings have been cancelled.)
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To: politicalwit

Wit..

Do you want to know what your future looks like?

Expected new positions through 2012

Registered nurses: 623,000
Postsecondary teachers: 603,000
Management: 376,000
Nursing aides: 343,000
Elementary school teachers: 223,000
Accountants: 205,000
Computer systems analysts: 184,000
Secondary school teachers: 180,000
Computer software engineers: 179,000
Information systems managers: 103,000


I'm sorry that you want to manufacture t-shirts and blue jeans for the rest of your life, or sew shoes together.

Get over it.


12 posted on 07/29/2005 11:29:34 AM PDT by Syds Dad
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To: Syds Dad

Registered nurses: 623,000 (Government Supported)
Postsecondary teachers: 603,000 (Government Supported)
Management: 376,000
Nursing aides: 343,000 (Government supported)
Elementary school teachers: 223,000 (Government Supported)
Accountants: 205,000 (IRS lackeys)
Computer systems analysts: 184,000 (Outsourced to India)
Secondary school teachers: 180,000 (Outsource to India)
Computer software engineers: 179,000 (Outsourced to India)
Information systems managers: 103,000 (Outsourced to India)

Your agruement failed miserably. Try again later.


13 posted on 07/29/2005 11:34:45 AM PDT by politicalwit (Due to the shortage of virgins, all suicide bombings have been cancelled.)
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To: politicalwit

I truly feel sorry for the political-dim-witted.

I guess you should just kill yourself now huh?


14 posted on 07/29/2005 11:36:47 AM PDT by Syds Dad
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To: Syds Dad

You name calling only represents the true you. I won't shed a tear for you when your job is out-sourced. Try again later.


16 posted on 07/29/2005 11:51:48 AM PDT by politicalwit (Due to the shortage of virgins, all suicide bombings have been cancelled.)
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To: cartright

We've been losing manufacturing jobs for over 50 years yet the standard of living keeps improving at a unbelievable pace.

This myth that once the last one is gone, we're all dead is so absurd and obscene, you can't even argue with it. There's nothing to support it except, "Argh Argh Argh, you can't run an economy on service, argh argh argh."

We continue to do it.. Our unemployment levels are among the lowest in the world, and our growth is amongst the strongest.

The doom and gloomers have been repeating the same garbage for 40-50 years and they've been wrong for 40-50 years.

It's just unbelievable that anybody would take their position.



17 posted on 07/29/2005 11:55:37 AM PDT by Syds Dad
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"I won't shed a tear for you when your job is out-sourced."

LOL, Neither will I. I'll find another job. There's newspapers and websites with hundreds of thousands of them. I'll learn new trades and skills to adapt.

You seem to be the one that will be shedding the tears about your own fate when your dream of being a life-long sweater sewer collapses.


18 posted on 07/29/2005 11:57:34 AM PDT by Syds Dad
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To: Syds Dad

"You seem to be the one that will be shedding the tears about your own fate when your dream of being a life-long sweater sewer collapses"

Actually, I'm very secure in my profession being the owner of two successful businesses...one business (9 employess) is a healthcare recruiting business...the other (5 employees) being an oil brokerage business. My employees are very secure in their vocations and enjoy their work. Seems like you have no real passion for your vocation.

It does appear I have something that you have either never had or simply lost... that's people skills.

Sad, very, very sad.


20 posted on 07/29/2005 12:11:18 PM PDT by politicalwit (Due to the shortage of virgins, all suicide bombings have been cancelled.)
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