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Posted by Varooom
- December 21, 2010, 19:14:40 PMIf we're lucky, we've all invested in mutual funds by way of picking our retirement funding. In so doing we all looked for constant growth. Starting back when pensions started ending and 401K's took over, we all wanted growth. If our stocks didn't grow, we went to ones that did and eventually we forced companies to find cheaper labor or go under.
We created this and it's all greed.
Everyone's still worried when GROWTH will start up again and feed more of this mentality. Companies shop new countries all the time, trying to find the new, cheap source of labor and no EPA to bugger up the works.
Who's responsible for 9.5% unemployment: us.
Varooom
Posted by chief
- December 20, 2010, 22:32:26 PMYeah, my Tundra was assembled in San Antonio and uses more American parts than any other pickup of that age. My Goldwing was assembled in Ohio... my Drifter in JAPAN!
Harley has just opened a plant in India... wonder how that "mystic" thing is gonna work there?
Posted by kokopelli
- December 20, 2010, 19:49:41 PMHa!! Whenever I get crap from friends for now driving a Honda, and riding a Kaw, I bring up the fact that before this, I drove a Chevy made in Mexico, and before that a Ford and a Jeep both made in Canada! To top it off, my Honda was made in the USA!!!! 
Posted by brillo72
- December 20, 2010, 17:20:26 PMQuote from: chief on December 20, 2010, 15:43:58 PMAmen Chief, I'll drink to that!Yesterday as I sat at the gas pump waiting to pay $3.10 for a gallon of fuel refined from imported oil in my Government Motors 4 cylinder car which was assembled in Mexico from international parts, listening to an ad on global warming on the radio - in spanish , shivering in the minus 2 degree weather wearing my Chinese made jeans and peacoat, watching my hyphenated American wife talk on her japanese made telephone, I realized my Dad was right. You can never have too many beers in the fridge.
Merry Christmas.
Merry Christmas!
Posted by chief
- December 20, 2010, 15:43:58 PMYesterday as I sat at the gas pump waiting to pay $3.10 for a gallon of fuel refined from imported oil in my Government Motors 4 cylinder car which was assembled in Mexico from international parts, listening to an ad on global warming on the radio - in spanish , shivering in the minus 2 degree weather wearing my Chinese made jeans and peacoat, watching my hyphenated American wife talk on her japanese made telephone, I realized my Dad was right. You can never have too many beers in the fridge.
Merry Christmas.