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Originally Posted by rbohm

people keep pissing and moaning that wal mart or nafta or some other big company is sending jobs overseas, or some such crap like that. the reality is that taxes on corporations are some of the highest in the world. taxes on corporate profits in thos country are at 35%, and obama wants to push them higher. and then there are the unions that keep pushing for much higher wages, and more benefits, and then tying wages to the minimum wage. so we have government taxing businesses to death, and we have the unions pricing themselves out of the job market.

and when wal mart does come to town, the mom and pops that go out of business, were likely going down anyway, and all wal mart did was expedite things. but wal mart does do good things for hte communities they build in, they increase the tax base because MORE people are put to work, and they also pay MORE in taxes than the mom and pops collected. and with the lower prices, the cost of living actually goes down making things easier for the average person.

and before you claim that higher tariffs would help the american economy, put that thought out of your head now, because if the US puts higher tariffs on products coming into the US, other countries will put higher tariffs on products coming from the US thus making them cost more, and fewer people will buy US products overseas.

in years past the US economy supported the world, and was the biggest economy by far. today however we have globalization, and we have growing economies around the world. if we are going to compete in the world economy, we have to make changes in the way we do business, and that will cause us some pain for a while. but in the end we will be the better for it. we can still be a capitalist country, but we will have to lower our wages, so that we can lower our prices to other countries. we may even have to live with slightly lower profit margins in some areas.

Yeah, it seems as though the goverment is the one that makes the real profit. Tarrifs wouldn't be good in most cases, but it would be good against nations that have unfair trade practices.

The thing about "mom and pop" stores is that mom and pop aren't just trying to make a living, but they think because the own a buisness, they are entitled to having a 5000sq/ft house, boats, fine cars, and lavish vactions many times a year, just because they own the small corner store. I get tired of hearing about the "entreprenuer" and how the "deserve" to make good money because "they took the risk". Yeah right, they incorperate thier buisness and if it goes under they can't be touched, yeah, real risk. I put down more in my job than most of them, I have over $40K in Snap-on tools, and I don't make squat anymore. Also, "mom and pop" weren't exactly paying the big bucks to thier employees, unless of course they were family. Warmart actually pays pretty decent, and its not a bad company to work for.

Globalization..... why do people here support it so much?