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2016 Postmortem
In reply to the discussion: The US middle class is in the top 1% .... [View all]Travis_0004
(5,417 posts)48. You said they are not reused
First off, those containers are likely not brand new, or used once. Also, you just linked to an article that shows some of the other ways they are reused when they have outlived their useful life on a boat.
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Fresh_Start I pray for you and your excellent post. You will be slammed for being a globalist,
Hoyt
Apr 2016
#1
You are supposed to quit treating poor foreign workers like scabs and competition.
Hoyt
Apr 2016
#92
Yep America First and Nationalism, screw the rest of world we are the "greedy 1%ers of the world."
Hoyt
Apr 2016
#95
"Race to bottom" and other such BS is just dog whistle against poor foreign workers.
Hoyt
Apr 2016
#99
"Trade agreements in spite of their ugly local side effects are good for the worlds populations."
Scuba
Apr 2016
#2
Let's see someone in India get's a $3/day job at the expense of someone in the USA who loses ...
Scuba
Apr 2016
#10
Nationalism at its ugliest. If in fact an Indian is getting $3/day, it damn sure is better than
Hoyt
Apr 2016
#25
It's certainly a boon for the Indian guy who was previously making 20 cents a day
Recursion
Apr 2016
#57
It's a net loss for working people. Your attempt to suggest it's racist is noted, however.
Scuba
Apr 2016
#80
In the example I used in the thread, net income for working people is NOT up. Period.
Scuba
Apr 2016
#83
No. Income drops from $240.20 per day to $3.00 per day. If you think that's higher ...
Scuba
Apr 2016
#85
Free Trade agreements do not help with the poverty around the world. FAIR TRADE agreements do.
jillan
Apr 2016
#4
sources? citations? It's not true just because someone says it on the internet
Cheese Sandwich
Apr 2016
#16
The "trade" agreements are meant to bring most of us down to that worldwide poverty level, with the
djean111
Apr 2016
#28
Besides, it costs more to live in the US, especially in the COLD north!
raging moderate
Apr 2016
#82
The US is 4.4% of the world population. So an American with an average income is definitely not
jfern
Apr 2016
#34
Individual or Total household Income? either way the 40k jobs of the future. where are they?
Hiraeth
Apr 2016
#50
You basicaally just said the middle class if fine, because others are worse. Idiot.
Joob
Apr 2016
#56
How UNINFORMED can you get? I'm guessing you are a HILLARIAN because this is so bad.
Zira
Apr 2016
#64
No. I think the Western middle class is in the top 80% to 95% globally, not the top 1%.
pampango
Apr 2016
#73