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I would take a close look at this. The vast majority of Repubs and Demos are "Free Traders" (maybe that should be traitors)which means the elimination of all middle classes. The critical mass of the world is peasantry so when you compete third world standards of living against middle classes you don't get the middle classes lifting up the third world peasantry but the third world peasantry eliminating the middle classes. Then you just have the elitists left to rule the world granted a morally depraved and more impoverished world.

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If there were a perfect solution, and I don't see that there is, we would be able to raise the third world up without losing ground on our standard of living.

Never the less, we are part of the global economy now and we as a population, do not want to pay high prices for the things we use. We have done this to ourselves over a long period of time. Companies have not moved out of the country in only the past two years.

Over the long haul, in order to slow the jobs leaving this country, we may have to pay the price and adjust our standard of living down. (Flamesuit on!)

Our economy has grown so fast in the last 50 years and the bubble of the 90's have spoiled us so much that we don't know how to act when faced with the financial turmoils of today. I admire those who survived the 30's depression. We come from the same stock and should not have forgotten our government leaders and our corporate leaders are not infallable.

To many for to long have lived way beyond our means and cry foul to the government when we find ourselves in a situation where we can't pay our credit cards and high mortgage, to many are not willing start over from scratch and expect the government (read taxpayers) to bail them out somehow. I'm not saying there are no responsible people facing hard times, but hard times are a fact of life and we should do our best to be ready for them.

If corporations need to go oversees to stay competitive and give Americans the prices they want then what does that say about us. We are going to have to weather this storm, pay attention to what is happening around us and adapt. And most of all, teach our kids the value of a dollar and the responsibilies they MUST have in order to live in a free society! The buck stops here.