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Given my beliefs , the

Flavius — Wed, 02 Mar 2011 02:29:21 +0000

In reply to "Strange days have found us."

Given my beliefs , the society for which you yearn, reminds me of a New Yorker cartoon. Two scientists at the black board, one having covered it with equations points to one spot and says "Here's where a miracle occurs"..

Your beliefs may cause you to think that you are describing a possible world.

I'd be delighted to be proven wrong.

I usually assume they're

Verified Atheist — Wed, 02 Mar 2011 00:19:32 +0000

In reply to I'm pretty sure when the

I usually assume they're primarily upset with Canada. Especially acanuck and quinn.

"Strange days have found us."

andrea — Tue, 01 Mar 2011 22:03:53 +0000

In reply to "We've got a choice between manufacturing in Mexico - or America" Chairman of 3M.

"Strange days have found us." We have lost our way. No corporation is forcing anyone to buy their products and no corporation is forcing anyone to work for them. Our choices are OURS. Mexico is one of the countries that are facing now the consequences of NAFTA, the same as the U.S., but in different ways. Mexico has really REALLY poor people, working for US$50/week so U.S. citizens (or even upper class Mexicans) can buy 3M (or put any other brand) products to keep satisfying their everyday "needs" (note that this is the way U.S. citizens are suffering; satisfying immediate/materialistic needs). Everything is just a consequence of consumerism and capitalism, and the over materialized world we live in. We really need to start seeing things from the inside and note that no one is the winner in this economic war (because it is a war, and it is just for money). Just for money ("is the root of all evil today"). We all know the reasons. We just have lost our way.

Hey guess what? We found

Resistance — Tue, 01 Mar 2011 14:04:50 +0000

In reply to Yes, it's great that he's

Hey guess what? We found something we can agree on.

Keep spreading the message "Tariffs and Duties on imports, stop exporting our jobs"

Let the corporations pay off the debt, imposed upon the people, because of the wars being conducted. .

Maybe then, we won't be in such a hurry to go to war? Corporations who have the power to influence Congress might hesitate, if they're the ones picking up the tab.

Yes, it's great that he's

Ramona — Tue, 01 Mar 2011 13:35:00 +0000

In reply to "We've got a choice between manufacturing in Mexico - or America" Chairman of 3M.

Yes, it's great that he's being honest, but he's not saying anything that hasn't been threatened before. But seriously, how bad are the regulations here in the U.S? Does anybody really know? Is it a case of any regulation being a bad regulation?

My feeling about the companies who want to move their operations elsewhere because they can't stand it here is to let them move. But then they give up any claim of being a U.S. company because they no longer are. We treat them like foreigners because they already are foreigners. They've turned against us, they hold no allegiance to us, they feel no patriotism toward us.

They are no longer one of us, and they can no longer benefit from whatever perks they got for being a U.S based company. The U.S government will no longer subsidize them, and we will no longer buy from them.

I would love to see a period of self-sacrifice, where the majority of us hold off on buying the latest electronics, where we buy our food from co-ops and either wear what we already own or pick out our clothes at the local thrift stores. We need to bring American purchasing power to a grinding halt and then maybe they'll get the picture. We're important to them; they're not nearly as important to us.

Exactly, and when the

Resistance — Tue, 01 Mar 2011 13:18:07 +0000

In reply to The products they

Exactly, and when the customer base dries up?

They'll force the slaves to produce them cheaper, until the price is attractive enough.

How low can they go?

The products they

Flavius — Tue, 01 Mar 2011 11:23:00 +0000

In reply to Maybe the Mexican people will

The products they produce,will just be imported into the US without tariffs and duties.

Or customers.

Thanks for posting this...

David Seaton — Tue, 01 Mar 2011 05:41:37 +0000

In reply to "We've got a choice between manufacturing in Mexico - or America" Chairman of 3M.

Thanks for posting this... Everyone should read it. It should go viral.

kgb: check your junkmail; my

Anonymous stardust — Tue, 01 Mar 2011 04:51:36 +0000

In reply to I'm pretty sure when the

kgb: check your junkmail; my birds may be called junk. ;o)

NAFTA is the business legal

Beetlejuice — Tue, 01 Mar 2011 04:49:03 +0000

In reply to "We've got a choice between manufacturing in Mexico - or America" Chairman of 3M.

NAFTA is the business legal kid's excuse for the dog ate my homework. So don't look to Congress for an answer...they're just as guilt as Clinton. If you want to make an impact, the identify all 3M consumer products sold over the counter, mail the list to the company headquaters and let them know you are compiling a list of alternative products from their competitors and will pass it along to you friends, post it on the internet and send out a viral e-mail to get the word out how the public can use the power of the purse to punish 3M. Just hope the US consumer is 3M's biggest bread winner.