Sadly, if laws were passed that made the manufacture of guns impossible in this country and sale to honest citizens too difficult to be practical, the same people who haul a ton of coke into the country would haul a ton of German semi-automatics to the highest bidder. Plenty of guns of all types would always be available to criminals.

Common sense. Corporations need to be profitable. It's as simple as that. Tax the hell out of them. Let the unions jack wages beyond what the market will bear and then b!tch when they pull up stakes and go elsewhere to be profitable? What the hell? Johnny makes $30.00 pushing a broom for the Widget Company so the company has to raise the price of the widgets to compensate and remain profitable while Janx Zu over in China is making a good wage within the walls of China's economy as their cost of living is lower and his company makes the same type of widget. So what does Johnny do? He saves money by buying the Chinese widget instead of the American one because he wants to enjoy a higher standard of living..... as we all do. Over simplified for a certain individual but you get the point.

I used to be careful to buy American. I don't bother any more, it does no good for me to support corporate American if corporate american doesn't return the support to the american market place. It's a pointless endevor. My only recourse it to let those corporations know that their method of making money isn't acceptable to me, and the only way I can do that is not buy their products just because they are American made. The American public tried to support corporate America some 30 years ago, when that support wasn't returned the American public registered their dissatisfaction in the same way I have. They want my support back now, they will have to give back first.

Clinton was taxing companies 55%.That's when companies started taking their companies overseas.You want companies to stay here loosen the tax and environmental red tape.

what got up your butt and died?

Ignorance works for me, though Mirror might be right that it is none of our business, but you have to wonder how many of those women would not have it done if they were educated, and knew they had a choice.

I am very careful to always buy American if possible.

However you are correct quiet many items, like electronics, have disappeared from our manufacturing.

the problem is that Americans as a people have moved from a producing society to a consumer society. We don't make sh*t anymore but we consume at a ridiculous rate and finance it all on credit

China, Korea, Taiwan, and India do all the producing now and we keep buying their stuff on credit

The Russian "scholar" that said this stuff has been discredited as a crackpot.

I just want to point that out to everyone.

religion is a part of culture. the two are intertwined

Let's consider what fair is.

Do Americans have Universal Health care?

No they dont, and you would not have them have.

So why should a car manufactured in Japan without that company paying for a proper medical plan be allowed access to our market without a protective tariff leveling the price to offset the cost of a decent medical plan for American workers.

Do you suggest Americans just do without?

Companies in China pay slave wages, but dont have to follow environmental laws, and safety laws that are in place here.

Sure, in that environment it is easy to produce a less expensive textile product, but we all see the problems associated with food safety and the effects on their environment.

Are Americans supposed to pollute and ignore safety concerns while lowering their median income to $6,000 a year just so American companies can compete.

Pharmaceuticals,
Much cheaper to produce them in India, but do Americans see a cost improvement?
No, but to produce them here requires companies to be more environmentally responsible and takes away from the CEO's bonuses.

Same thing with electronics!

Protective Tariffs preserve the standard of living in America and preserves our jobs.
Not to mention concerns with the environment, human rights, and consumer safety.

After-all, we are the largest market in the world!

Without protective trade tariffs American manufacturing cant produce their well known superior quality and compete against cheap foreign labor in countries whose standard of living is far less, cost of living is far less, and environmental/safety laws are far laxer from ours!

But then you would not mind seeing Americans starve and their standard of living decrease to that of third world citizens while you promote outsourcing their jobs!

The Philosophy of Liberty

is a pretty good video

but has a contradiction to itself

but over all it is very good

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the contradiction imo is

the solution is for the people of earth to stop asking govt officials to initiate force on there behalf

then it says

evil does not arise only from evil people but also from good people who tolerate the initiation of force as a means to their own end

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does this mean everyone is to protect there own and take the law upon themselves

yes it would be great in theory but the abuses were just as bad when it was that way as well

so what is to be done