Clay Bennett for June 18, 2012

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    Odon Premium Member almost 12 years ago

    I received a wheelbarrow for Farther’s Day. It was made in Mexico to save expensive union labor. Had it been made with union pride perhaps all rather than most of the components would have fit properly.

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    pam Miner  almost 12 years ago

    When we got NAFTA that’s when all the jobs started going to other countries. Now it is hard to find made in American labels. Then you have to pay about 1/3rd again what the imported ones cost.

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    braindead Premium Member almost 12 years ago

    The way to stop illegal immigration is to prosecute those who hire illegal immigrants. The governor of Arizona NEVER, NEVER mentions this. If there were any Conservatives that were actually conservative, this would be their solution.

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    Dtroutma  almost 12 years ago

    Tariffs stabilized price and salaries in the U.S., then they began exporting all the jobs without those “taxy thingy” rules. Now, jobs down, profits up, and when will they recognized that if nobody is employed, they can’t buy the product. Even Henry Ford recognized that nearly a century ago, but today’s “conservatives” can’t.

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    ARodney  almost 12 years ago

    Lower wages do not lead to lower costs for us. That’s not how capitalism works. The price is set by supply/demand, and if the manufacturers can make it cheaper in Mexico, they get to charge the same amount and keep the difference. This is why working-class people haven’t had an increase in income in the past 40 years, while the income of the 1% has soared.

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    ossiningaling  almost 12 years ago

    And the great thing about the tariffs that Romney is proposing is that the tax will go right to the consumer. So companies that manufacture overseas can still save on operational costs!

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