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fascisthunter Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Sep-07-11 04:01 PM
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40. lol.... it started with Reagan
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  -U.S. Tumbles Down Global Ranking Of Competitive Economies onehandle  Sep-07-11 10:02 AM   #0 
  - WRONG - because Corp Tax Policy encourages Outsourcing  FreakinDJ   Sep-07-11 10:12 AM   #1 
  - US falls to 5th in global competitiveness, survey shows  Playinghardball   Sep-07-11 02:40 PM   #2 
  - Another great milestone in the race to the bottom  liberal N proud   Sep-07-11 02:40 PM   #3 
  - But ain't we the best in the world in everything! Go USA! Go USA! Go USA! n/t  RKP5637   Sep-07-11 02:40 PM   #6 
  - Not since the teaRori$t Raygun movement took over. n t  Amonester   Sep-07-11 02:40 PM   #13 
     - Yep, "The Terrorist Party" IMO. This country has more to fear from them than  RKP5637   Sep-07-11 02:46 PM   #22 
  - The oligarchs don't care about the U.S. -- their investments are international.  AikidoSoul   Sep-07-11 02:40 PM   #16 
     - Right. They don't care.  november3rd   Sep-07-11 02:40 PM   #19 
     - A majority of the American people do care, but the problem is...  Amonester   Sep-07-11 03:01 PM   #29 
     - Every time I think about it, it's beyond any sense of reality. You are absolutely  RKP5637   Sep-07-11 02:50 PM   #25 
  - American exceptionalism! n/t  RKP5637   Sep-07-11 02:40 PM   #4 
  - As in exceptionally screwed up. Nt  tomg   Sep-07-11 02:40 PM   #8 
     - Yep, that sums it all up pretty well! n/t  RKP5637   Sep-07-11 02:42 PM   #20 
  - I'm honestly surprised we were that high  renate   Sep-07-11 02:40 PM   #5 
  - well, the so called "war on terrorism"  newspeak   Sep-07-11 02:40 PM   #14 
  - I don't believe it:  dtexdem   Sep-07-11 02:40 PM   #7 
  - Surprised  bongbong   Sep-07-11 02:40 PM   #9 
  - Of course, we are the undisputed champion of two things (only):  AlbertCat   Sep-07-11 02:40 PM   #10 
     - 4. Illegal invasions!  Marthe48   Sep-07-11 02:40 PM   #11 
     - Yes  bongbong   Sep-07-11 02:40 PM   #15 
        - And of course we are number 1  tomg   Sep-07-11 02:47 PM   #24 
  - We''re number last! We're number last!  WranglerRog   Sep-07-11 02:40 PM   #12 
  - We're #5 and falling! We're #5 and falling! We're #5 and falling! We're #5 and falling! nt  Javaman   Sep-07-11 02:40 PM   #17 
  - And... SOCIALIST countries are rising! SOCIALIST countries are rising!  Amonester   Sep-07-11 10:54 PM   #41 
  - Switzerland is a tiny country with a population of less than 8 million  Spider Jerusalem   Sep-07-11 02:40 PM   #18 
  - The point is, we were #1, now we're not, and we're falling.  closeupready   Sep-07-11 02:47 PM   #23 
  - No , it really isn't  Spider Jerusalem   Sep-07-11 02:57 PM   #28 
     - Everything is fundamentally different from everything else, if you want it to be.  closeupready   Sep-07-11 03:11 PM   #30 
        - There are financial metrics on which two sovereign states...  Spider Jerusalem   Sep-07-11 03:23 PM   #31 
           - Did you see that 60 Minutes segment by Leslie Stahl,  closeupready   Sep-07-11 03:31 PM   #32 
              - Corporate tax is 8.5% in Switzerland and 35% in the US  Spider Jerusalem   Sep-07-11 03:45 PM   #33 
  - Beat me to it.  wickerwoman   Sep-07-11 02:52 PM   #26 
  - I didn't think we were competing any longer. n/t  sandyj999   Sep-07-11 02:45 PM   #21 
     - The rest of the world snickers at us we're sooooo F'ed up anymore. So sad. n/t  RKP5637   Sep-07-11 02:54 PM   #27 
  - U.S. Falls to Fifth in Global Competitiveness (Behind Sweden and Finland)  Land Shark   Sep-07-11 04:01 PM   #34 
     - Sad  peter999   Sep-07-11 04:01 PM   #35 
     - Reasons cited: deficits and lack of corporate ethics leading to lower confidence... nt  2 Much Tribulation   Sep-07-11 04:01 PM   #36 
     - In a business environment where, it is often suggested, 'fiduciary duty' trumps ethics,  closeupready   Sep-07-11 04:01 PM   #38 
     - This actually happened uder Bush  RockaFowler   Sep-07-11 04:01 PM   #37 
     - lol.... it started with Reagan  fascisthunter   Sep-07-11 04:01 PM   #40 
     - proof our Friedman was not only wrong, he was smoking some bad shit  fascisthunter   Sep-07-11 04:01 PM   #39 
 

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