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maxrandb

(15,324 posts)
14. I'm sorry, but your post is a prime example of what is wrong with our country
Tue Dec 6, 2016, 05:03 PM
Dec 2016

Why not just say; "ifffin yore not fer us...yore agin us"??

You do realize that there are other options besides "move jobs overseas", or "35% tariff and trade war", don't you?

You know, just because the OP states that Trump's stupid plan is stoooopid, it doesn't not then mean that the OP supports US Companies moving jobs overseas.

Are you against automation, technology, or clean energy because it impacts workers in the coal industry?

Should we open a few rotary phone manufacturers, because, ya' know, a lot of folks that used to make rotary phones lost their jobs.

Sorry, but the solution is not simply an "either-or" game.

In fact, if the media had told the truth, you would know that trade has actually been a net gain in jobs for Americans. Why not build turbines and blades for wind power here, where it makes no sense to import them.

Our tech and micro-manufacturing has exploded. Why not expand that?

The America I used to know shot for the stars. Manufacturing steel is all well and good, but America used to look for the "next" steel.

That's how we stayed on top and provided a stable base for the Middle Class. We phased out the Horse and Buggy and went into automobile manufacturing. We appreciate the petroleum that fed our industrial age, but found we could produce a million times more BTUs by splitting a couple of atoms.

Sorry, but I'm offended that your post seems to imply that we either support Trump, or support shipping jobs overseas.

With all due respect, if that was your point, then...Fuck that noise

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