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HiPointDem

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11. hard to wear a lot of the new clothes longer because they're so low-quality. i can find better
Thu Dec 27, 2012, 05:15 AM
Dec 2012

jeans second-hand than new a lot of the time.

one big reason is healthcare cost, I pray that this the run pool will help uponit7771 Dec 2012 #1
K&R Whovian Dec 2012 #2
K/R moondust Dec 2012 #3
Duh!, we're trapped by our employer-based healthcare system. ErikJ Dec 2012 #4
that's one reason, but as the article details, not the most important reason. HiPointDem Dec 2012 #5
The cited report says that it is healthcare exboyfil Dec 2012 #9
Don't know how old you are, but I'm 60 & the infiltration of every available niche by corporations HiPointDem Dec 2012 #10
The weird thing is PIIGS exboyfil Dec 2012 #13
that *is* an interesting correlation. which could lead to the hypothesis that perhaps those HiPointDem Dec 2012 #14
That's why sales were not so good this Christmas. JDPriestly Dec 2012 #6
hard to wear a lot of the new clothes longer because they're so low-quality. i can find better HiPointDem Dec 2012 #11
And for 10 years the colors/styling/quality of clothing has degenerated. The stuff out there Nay Dec 2012 #17
I am lucky. I live in LA where we can still get fabric. JDPriestly Dec 2012 #25
It wasn't like that before Walmart and the other chains took over for "Corporate America" world wide wally Dec 2012 #7
I'd swear the Progressive Congressional Caucus floated an idea about this late in 2010, patrice Dec 2012 #8
one of the most important article ever posted here - this REALLY should go viral Douglas Carpenter Dec 2012 #12
And because 'our' government has been screwing small businesses in favor making big business bigger Egalitarian Thug Dec 2012 #15
Not surprised. Quantess Dec 2012 #16
There are no incentives to make things here anymore. Heywood J Dec 2012 #18
^ Wilms Dec 2012 #19
Corporate Monocultures and Authoritarian Police States go together kenny blankenship Dec 2012 #20
+1. while all the time talking about 'individualism,' blah blah blah gag. HiPointDem Dec 2012 #21
where is the list of the other 21 countries above us? I didn't see it in the article. CTyankee Dec 2012 #22
linked in the article. HiPointDem Dec 2012 #23
thanks, my bad that I didn't see it. CTyankee Dec 2012 #24
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