Kev3188
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What did the GOP do to stop America's shift from a manufacturing economy to a service one?
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Kev3188
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The Canadian one?
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Kev3188 said:
So there you have it.
7+ Years and "hope and change" and this is the result of liberal policies.
And yet, you'll go happily to the poll's and pull the trigger for another liberal thinking you'll get a different result.
Good luck with that.
Kev3188
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It's not; TownPete seems to be struggling with coming up with ways the GOP has helped America's middle class, so I thought I'd give her a jump off point.delldude said:
I'm helpful that way...
Kev3188
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Yes, and the first step is you listing 3 things the GOP has done to benefit middle class Americans, followed by thanking me for trying to give you a hand.
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delldude said:
They started "trickle down" economics. They rewarded the rich for their success, and the theory was that the rich would be so thankful for lower taxes that they would create all kinds of jobs to grow their wealth even more. This would produce a thriving middle class in a really humming economy. But the theory was a bit flawed. Since there weren't any rules on HOW they'd make that money. And the thinking was that they would do it the "old fashioned way"....they'd earn it by growing their business.
But they found that it was easier to grow a business by merging..and the easiest ways to increase profits year over year was to offshore jobs. So they did. Why pay an American $60k a year to build a car when we could pay a Mexican $10 a day...but CHARGE like it was built by a bunch of guys making $60k a year. And think of the savings in healthcare costs that they could get if they built cars in a country where the government provided the health care (Canada). And since all of us were now "shareholders", thanks to the magic of the 401K...folks who didn't build cars were eagerly jumping on the "overpaid union workers" that were the cause of the demise of the American auto industry.
So guys who used to build cars but were thinking ahead went to tech school and learned computers because that was the coming thing. Then they saw THOSE jobs get offshored. Remember when Dells were built in Texas and Gateway was built in Iowa? Check the box to see where they are made today. Remember when HP made great printers in California? Then they "grew" by merging with Compaq and promptly proceeded to produce crap made in Maldives.
Republican policies made it all possible.
