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Whatever, , ......I should

Resistance — Tue, 08 Feb 2011 07:48:18 +0000

Whatever, , ......I should have said Nike... BFD... Sparing me of your self -centered insults

Americans buying foreign goods doesn't help American workers. The fact that you missed the point of my comment; instead focusing on some pettiness. Or trying to show off your knowledge of Italian shoes; IS Americas problem.

I suppose if I wanted to waste as much time as you have, researching top names and the most expensive shoes from Italy, Did you by chance look up what shoe manufacturer in America is Italy's competition for high end shoes? If there is an American competitor,can you tell us how Americans buying Italian shoes helps American workers?

It's only a small market; sounds like an excuse a lobbyist or special interest group would promote?

The fact that you recognized Nike's influence, say's you understood my concerns about outsourcing

So this comment you made

I know you think you know what you are talking about, but when it comes to Italian shoes you seem utterly clueless.

Insulting me makes you feel better?

But it has less to do with

cmaukonen — Tue, 08 Feb 2011 06:21:48 +0000

In reply to I disagree. Stupid is

But it has less to do with intelligence and more to do with ego. The Robber Barons at the top are like a Rock band. With their Roadies (the lower tax bracket) and Groupies (the upper tax bracket). They need the Roadies to do the work, but the Roadies can be easily replaced with other fools will to do the work. And they need the Groupies to feel good about themselves. But the Groupies too can be replaced. And both the Roadies and Groupies think the Robber Barons walk on water and the Robber Barons could care less about them.

Ever heard of Prada,

tmccarthy0 — Tue, 08 Feb 2011 05:50:38 +0000

In reply to Those expensive shoes, if

Ever heard of Prada, Boticelli, House of Gucci, Forzieri, Borgo degli Ulivi, Vaneli, Bruno Magli, I know you think you know what you are talking about, but when it comes to Italian shoes you seem utterly clueless. And to be frank Resistance, you also seem not to realize when you pay over $1500.00 for a pair of Italian shoes, the market is quite small, only the very wealthy can purchase these shoes. It takes no jobs away from Americans, because these goods are not mass produced, good luck finding a pair of Magli's for a cost you can afford. It is not the same as purchasing Nike's made in Burma, China or the Philippines.

A monopoly on the means of

Resistance — Mon, 07 Feb 2011 20:31:54 +0000

In reply to Communication is the problem to the answer

A monopoly on the means of communication may define a ruling elite more precisely than the celebrated Marxian formula of monopoly in the means of production……..Cynics regarded everybody as equally corrupt... Idealists regarded everybody as equally corrupt, except themselves.
Robert Anton Wilson

I see your point.

MrSmith1 — Mon, 07 Feb 2011 18:23:38 +0000

In reply to The embracing of Reagan's

I see your point.

The embracing of Reagan's

Verified Atheist — Mon, 07 Feb 2011 18:12:02 +0000

In reply to I disagree. Stupid is

The embracing of Reagan's Morning in America BS by voters was not the fault of Democrats, it was the fault of Americans who wanted to believe in a fairy tale and voted against the people who had been their advocates because they were convinced the policies were failures.

I think this is a classic example of how our habit of placing blame (and we're all guilty of it from time to time) can be counter-productive. In my opinion, it ultimately doesn't matter who's to blame, but rather what matters is what can we do to avoid the problem in the future. Sometimes figuring out "who's to blame" can be a means towards that end, but often it becomes the end in itself, especially if we exclude those we're sympathetic to (and who we're often most able to influence). So, the question becomes, what can we do to keep this kind of BS from influencing Americans in the future? Unfortunately, I don't have a good answer to that question.

The union members voted for

cmaukonen — Mon, 07 Feb 2011 18:02:18 +0000

In reply to I remember Union members

The union members voted for Reagan because the Democrats had hung them out to dry.

Those expensive shoes, if

Resistance — Mon, 07 Feb 2011 14:40:52 +0000

In reply to Resistance, If you can afford

Those expensive shoes, if they really are; took money away from our industries..........Buying shirts, pant's, socks from countries with a cheaper labor costs, destroyed our textile mills here at home..........Textile mills hiring American workers, hiring machiists, hiring accountants.

Now who gets all the ancillary jos, associated with the textile industries?

Once that money was given to another, from a foreign country, we lost the multiplier affect.............

When buying cars from Japan, who did the American people think was the working class then?

We have high unemployment, because our people stopped hiring American workers.

Now who’s supposed to pay the taxes to support the Government the Democrats want, The Unemployed?

Ross Perot told us the giant sucking sound of jobs leaving the country would reduce our tax base.......Democrats had a choice and they chose Bill Clinton and he gave us NAFTA, helping the merchant class, not the working class. Where are the textile mills? Where are the steel manufacturers?

What else do you call it when our forefathers warned us about credit and trade policies? Stupid.....With no common sense; do you call those who ignore, ignorant or Stupid.

We haven't even discussed the illegal immigrants that took billions of dollars from our economy and sent it to another foreign country their home, that money has gone into anothers pocket, not an Americans pocket, the multipler affect broken Do Democrats support that idea?

Consider the money spent to build schools and hospitals in Iraq and Afghanistan, money taken from our needs. Do Democrats support that work too?

Did we think we could just use the credit card?

Of course the Democrats can't come up with programs we like;…….. were broke. Who do you want to tax, the unemployed? .......When you figure it out you'll soon see, why many of those who have jobs don't vote Democratic.

Perot warned us. But remember they called him foolish The Democrats won that time the people, the working class lost.

I disagree. Stupid is

MrSmith1 — Mon, 07 Feb 2011 13:03:14 +0000

In reply to I remember Union members

I disagree. Stupid is fixable. Determined, willful ignorance is not. The embracing of Reagan's Morning in America BS by voters was not the fault of Democrats, it was the fault of Americans who wanted to believe in a fairy tale and voted against the people who had been their advocates because they were convinced the policies were failures. In attempting to win the voters back, is where the Dems went wrong by thinking they needed to take pages out of the Reagan playbook instead of holding to their core beliefs and asserting they had been right all along. Why? Because the narrative being spun so out-manuevered them and laid out such a blissful dream of 'hope', they had no answers for it, other than to say, 'hey, it's not true...' It's like a guy standing next to the cotton candy concession warning about tooth decay resulting from eating the stuff. How many people would stop buying the cotton candy?

Resistance, If you can afford

tmccarthy0 — Mon, 07 Feb 2011 09:31:27 +0000

In reply to I remember Union members

Resistance, If you can afford Italian shoes you are spending a ton of money, they are not inexpensive shoes, they are some of the most expensive shoes in the world.