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You realize this was not a

MrSmith1 — Fri, 12 Aug 2011 16:31:00 +0000

In reply to I think "willing to work for

You realize this was not a serious proposal, right? Sorry if my sarcasm was a bit too subtle. I'll try to make it more obvious in the future.

That being said, working for pennies a day has a long and honorable tradition in slave colonies, especially when the history of those colonies is written by the slave owners. (See? I've started already.) Giving workers in 'slave colonies' a lot more money for their work, helps both them and us in the long run. They get to live better with more money, and we give companies less incentive to move jobs overseas. Plus people in slave colonies that are paid as much as American workers have no incentive to leave their home countries and become illegal aliens here, so it helps solve that problem too. (Okay, that one may have been too subtle. I'll work on it.)

I think "willing to work for

kgb999 — Fri, 12 Aug 2011 15:36:38 +0000

In reply to Bringing the jobs back home...

I think "willing to work for pennies a day" is a gross mischaracterization of the situation. It seems that anywhere Western policy has created these defacto slave colonies, getting the hell out to a nation with better opportunity is high on the list of self-improvement strategies for the average worker. For example, with Mexico it certainly seems as if a good number of their nationals are more hyped to knowingly break the law and jump our borders to work in America for dollars a day rather than stay in Mexico for pennies. If these workers were really so willing to work for shit, wouldn't we expect them to joyfully stay home and smile as they attack their daily tasks in exchange for those glorious pennies?

They don't have a choice - and live under regimes that are paid handsomely by those accessing their debased labor to ensure this will always be the case. Thank goodness Obama has promised to create half-a-dozen more of these situations.

No, no, you mis-read it. Not

MrSmith1 — Fri, 12 Aug 2011 02:29:47 +0000

In reply to What? Spread my cheeks for a

No, no, you mis-read it. Not prost-Rate, PRO-rate. In this economy you really have to 'spread your cheese' around by prorating it on your slice of the pie.

What? Spread my cheeks for a

jollyroger — Fri, 12 Aug 2011 02:13:20 +0000

In reply to Patented

What? Spread my cheeks for a prostate self examination? This is a family site, I'll have you know. Oh, that was prostRate? Sorry, my bad, carry on then.

Patented

MrSmith1 — Thu, 11 Aug 2011 21:57:10 +0000

In reply to If anybody at the FBI reads

Patented tongue-in-cheek-o-meters available at no extra cost.

Hey, that-sa not-a so easy to say. Getsa you tootsie-a fruitsie-a ice-a cream is a lot easier.

If anybody at the FBI reads

erica20 — Thu, 11 Aug 2011 21:26:57 +0000

In reply to Bringing the jobs back home...

If anybody at the FBI reads this, I hope they have their snarkmeter turned on.

See, now that's what I like,

MrSmith1 — Thu, 11 Aug 2011 20:54:29 +0000

In reply to Well we still are the largest

See, now that's what I like, a little out-of-box thinking!

With my severe arthritis

MrSmith1 — Thu, 11 Aug 2011 20:53:11 +0000

In reply to We're not there yet, start

With my severe arthritis condition, bending my knees is rough, but prostrating myself is out of the question. As for not getting sassy, well, that ain't gonna happen.

P.S. Who's this Lincoln guy you quoted? Never heard of him. Does he make cars?

We're not there yet, start

Anonymous — Thu, 11 Aug 2011 20:46:00 +0000

In reply to Bringing the jobs back home...

We're not there yet, start practicing, bending at the knees first, then prostrate yourself.

When the masters get the sense you wont get sassy and start making demands they'll reconsider the punishment they've been inflicting.

Havent you learned your lesson yet?

That Lincoln fellow had it wrong when he said ..

Labor is prior to, and independent of, capital. Capital is only the fruit of labor, and could never have existed if labor had not first existed. Labor is the superior of capital, and deserves much the higher consideration.
Abraham Lincoln

Capital buys governments, capital buys chattel

Labor protects capital, labor fights the wars.

Those are the parameters.

Well we still are the largest

Richard Day — Thu, 11 Aug 2011 20:39:51 +0000

In reply to Bringing the jobs back home...

Well we still are the largest manufacturing country in the world.

I suppose we could tax all domestic corporations 90% if they farm out jobs outside of our country and deny them the foreign tax deduction under certain circumstances!