[Pukin Dog]

My experience tells me that your "Cost of Living" is whatever you want it to be.

Most of us are living the "Cost of keeping up with the Joneses" rather than the cost of living.

If 2 billion Chinese and Indians are willing to out work and out think me, then I guess they deserve to live better than me.

[BrooklynGOP]

My experience tells me that your "Cost of Living" is whatever you want it to be.

Sure. So if I am used to living in a decent apartment and own a car, and eat out once in a while and then you have a bunch of people who are fine living dozen to a room and eating once a day... You are right. Its totally unreasonable for me to desire to keep my standard of living. I should pool my money with several other IT workers and share my 1 bedroom and car with 10 other people, thus driving my cost of living down. Cool.

[Ace's Dad]

Most of us are living the "Cost of keeping up with the Joneses" rather than the cost of living.

For me it was keeping up my child support payments. Try telling the friend of the court you want to pay less so you can take a pay cut, and they throw you in jail! This whole thread is based on a very complicated situation, and yes, suicide is not the answer.

[oceanview]

they are not "out working" or "out thinking" the americans, they are working for 1/10th the wages, with a much lower living standard. At 1/10th the wages, the american worker has no chance of competing.

[Tokhtamish]

What smug nonsense.

If the Democrats really want this issue, it will be the wedge issue that will give them the White House, the House, and the Senate in 2008. Right not they are futzing about civil unions for homosexuals, not the problems that have decent, hard working Americans staring at the ceiling at 2AM wondering what is going to happen to their lives.

You may be willing to destroy the standard of living of most Americans to profit a few. Most Americans will not and they will register that preference at the ballot box. Just depends whether you want the GOP to be on the side of the offshore fatcat or the American people.