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In reply to the discussion: The US ruling class are traitors who are deliberately dismantling US productive capacity, [View all]bluestate10
(10,942 posts)4. We can and should be developing and patronizing alternatives.
There are people and companies out there that invest in America every day and which treat their workers with respect. People, pay the fuck to where the products you buy are made. Start now buying local and USA made. There are choices out there if you take a fucking look.
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The US ruling class are traitors who are deliberately dismantling US productive capacity, [View all]
HiPointDem
Nov 2012
OP
I'm not talking politics...I'm talking about the fact that we continue to buy stuff not made here,
Sekhmets Daughter
Nov 2012
#6
Teabaggers elected those people because a lot of the Left sat home in 2010 because they were upset
bluestate10
Nov 2012
#13
certainly. but part of the reason we let them is because they control our information
HiPointDem
Nov 2012
#3
You convince yourself that they have that power over you. BS. They don't have it unless you grant it
bluestate10
Nov 2012
#9
I don't "convince myself" of anything. I just have to look around. I have no idea
HiPointDem
Nov 2012
#18
no idea what your point is. and yes, american manufacturers indeed "do that today".they
HiPointDem
Nov 2012
#19
who is this "we" who should be doing that? I first heard the ideas you're espousing
HiPointDem
Nov 2012
#20
This round started in the 1960s, implementation began with reagan. n/t
Egalitarian Thug
Nov 2012
#15
The only difference between Bain (et al.) and the guys arrested in the story below:
htuttle
Nov 2012
#11
no? if someone came in and bombed half of us productive capacity/infrastructure
HiPointDem
Nov 2012
#21
I call destruction of productive capacity & destruction of the people "war". ymmv.
HiPointDem
Nov 2012
#32
and i don't doubt that you don't. the supreme court also held that black people
HiPointDem
Nov 2012
#35
halliburton is a company founded in the usa, by americans, with americans as its
HiPointDem
Nov 2012
#25