What the "job creators" want, as ransom for "bringing back jobs", is to make their workforce and corporate costs in America the same as in India, China, etc. Remove all worker minimum wage and age restrictions. Forbid worker protections by removing ability to unionize. Remove all workplace worker protection regulations from OSHA, EPA. Remove all taxes on bringing money back into the US (let the rich pay nothing, let the poor pay for what we need).
These laws are currently being actively pushed by the Republican party, with the very workers these laws will harm tricked into supporting it: "Right to work", "demonize unions", "tax cuts for the job creators", "repeal minimum wage", "government is too big and expensive get rid of the EPA and OSHA", "47% of the country pays no taxes".
Yeah, as soon as we are the worker equivalent of a third world country, manufacturing jobs will return to the US so $5.00 per hour workers can paint more ceramic crap to sell at Cracker Barrel and cheap shirts to sell at Wal Mart.
Except the workers in the US won't even be able to afford it. So we'll export it to the countries who still have a middle class, with spending power, as their industry changed to 21st century types of production: energy, technology, innovation, professional growth, etc.
First world countries where taxes are paid, healthcare, workplace and retirement security are provided to all, education is supported and encouraged (kind of like what the USA was in the 1950's-1960's, our huge growth period)
Can some of you really not see this happening in this country? Does the massive, increasing wealth distribution disparity in this country mean good things? Listen to the GOP "debate" tonight, and hear the dog whistles.
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Last edited by Riot : 09-07-2011 at 01:57 PM.
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