[Oatka]

Yea..the funny thing, we are the largest purchasers of goods from China...now that China has all the manufacturing jobs and Americans are out of work because they've been outsourced, we cannot afford to purchase all the Chinese crap.

That, in effect, was what I wrote to all those CEOs who were stampeding down to Mexico in the early NAFTA years - all they were doing was laying off each others customers and that at some point (later than I thought) it would come back and bite them.

If they answered at all, it was a boilerplate reply that "Global Competition" was good. I reminded them that Global Competition were code words for "A race to the bottom." Silence.

[servantboy777]

Yep...you're right on the money. Speaking of money, 70% of the U.S. economy is consumption by American households. These corporations worship the almighty dollar. Corporate elites enjoy huge compensation packages in many cases 300% of the average employee.

Funny story for ya. I wuz sitting in a meeting with my director. He made the comment in dismay, something along the lines, “why wouldn't they do business in China? It's much cheaper”, speaking of an ODM we do business with. The company tried to keep Americans working.

So, my director was sitting reclined back in his chair, in his hands was an Iphone with one of those decorative covers...you know the ones. He was speaking and all the while twirling this Iphone...I couldn't help but notice. The cover over his Iphone was a waving American flag.

Pissed me off. I couldn't concentrate on anyone or anything in the meeting from that point. My head was racing with thoughts like....I would really like to slap the crap out of that traitor b@st@rd.

My bad?