Razor, from what I understand, some other countries already greatly penalize their companies that ship jobs out of the country, and reward those which keep their manufacturing interests domestic. If a company realizes the same tax breaks and subsidies regardless as to whether they ship jobs away from the domestic front or not, what's their incentive to do the right thing for the country's economy? Nothing. Other countries realize this. Why don't we?
Poet, the tax breaks you are mentioning exits whether corporations kept jobs her or move them overseas. You are proposing eliminating tax breaks as punishment for moving jobs overseas. I would oppose that. It wouldn't work and would be met with retaliation by other countries who would do the same thing. It would result in a depression.
Winchester, I wish I were web savvy enough to actually start such a site. At this point, I wouldn't even know how or where to start. I think I'll consult a friend of mine who seems to know a lot more about how to construct an web site, see if she can help me.
What I should have said, razor, is that they should not enjoy tremendous tax breaks and corporate subsidies if[\b] they are moving their manufacturing out of the country. They should only be given those bennies if they commit to keeping the jobs here.
-- Edited by Poetsheart on Monday 29th of August 2011 06:33:32 PM
I am not aware of any huge corporate tax breaks for shipping jobs out of the US. If any such tax breaks existed, I would annoy my member of congress as much as possible.
I think there should be an internet site dedicated to helping people to locate goods made in the USA. For instance, if someone is looking for an outdoor grill made in America, they could come to the website and find out that Weber is an American company that makes the finest quality grills in the world right here, employing an entirely American workforce. I think most people would buy American more often if they knew where to locate goods made here. As it is now, it's extremely frustrating trying to find American made products. So many of our manufacturing jobs have been shipped overseas, with a lot of people (especially conservatives) defending the exportation of those jobs to places where women and children are paid the equivalent of 75 cents an hour, jobs that use to support workers here with a living wage. There are consequences to making the decision that America's economy can thrive on low wage service industry jobs, that corporate profits trump all, that it will "trickle down."
I understand the whole concept of global competition. But, why are we giving corporations huge tax breaks for shipping our jobs out of the country? They should earn their tax breaks and subsidies. They should be rewarded with lavish incentives to keep the jobs here, and conversely, penalized when they move the jobs elsewhere. It's axiomatic. You can't buy "made in America" if things aren't made here.
I learned recently that MLK's "I have a dream" speech is required in Japan, for their English language class. I guess it's a pretty good speech to learn.
-- Edited by longprime on Sunday 28th of August 2011 09:03:44 PM
Another here who doesn't buy anything made in China if I can help it (which I usually can). Could not even clearly articulate the economics of it all....just seems wrong somehow at this point in time.....
Of course I have crap made in china. I purchased those items before I implemented my no made in stinking commie china policy where I actually look before I purchase an item. I try not to go to Walmart any more because practically everything there is made in the greatest currency manipulator of our time. If you try hard enough you can usually find something made in a country other than China. Did you know you can find athletic shoes made right here in America? Yes, that's right in the USA. Newbalance shoes are made in the USA and are good shoes at a reasonable price. I also buy their athletic socks which are made in the USA. People bitch about the US economy and think more government handouts will somehow make things better. I buy my stuff made in America because I know I am helping other Americans.
I have also driven on highways and bridges where taxpayers were forced to pay twice the actual cost because some government official forced the wages of the workers to be the "prevailing wage" which is short hand for union wage. If I have to drive on bridges costing twice what they should, surely I should not have to look at a monument with the profits going to an enemy of our country.
Supposedly the likeness of MLK has slightly asian features. I guess MLKs legacy is now that he looked slightly like a chinese person. I guess that is fitting. If Christians can change Christ's likeness to look like a white person even though he was from the middle east, I guess it's ok for MLK to be just another Chinese person.
We wasted 4 acres on the National Mall for a piece of grab monument made by a bunch of commies! You gotta be kidding me. How about if we just have the Chinese plant their flag on the National Mall and get it over with? I just hope there is some way to blame Obama for this stupidity.
So, you don't have anything "made in China" in your house, razorsharp?. Have you ever looked at 2/3rds to 3/4ths of all the souvenirs sold in the gift shops of our National parks, museums, monuments? They say "made in China." Yup, even the 'Ole Glory flag lapel pins. Little squinty-eyed people in humongous commie factories turn them out by the gross ton. In fact, a lot of the US flags you see flapping in the breeze on the fourth of July were actually made in China, then shipped back here, to be hung from the front porch stanchions of chest-thumping patriots like yourself. Shocking!
And of course you hope "there is some way to blame Obama for this"---it's a hater's wet-dream.
Busdriver, just wait long enough another country will own us...wasn't it only a decade when everybody was screaming about Japan owning everything in the US? 10 more yrs it won't be China it will be Korea or India!
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Maybe it's completely appropriate that they made it in China. ..shoot, they probably own the National Mall and everything valuable within 100 square miles of there. Let's just hope nobody touches it because it's probably made of lead or some toxic substance anyways.
We wasted 4 acres on the National Mall for a piece of grab monument made by a bunch of commies! You gotta be kidding me. How about if we just have the Chinese plant their flag on the National Mall and get it over with? I just hope there is some way to blame Obama for this stupidity.
The design is based on a line from his I Have A Dream speech.
With this faith we will be able to hew out of the mountain of despair a stone of hope
Behind him in the memorial is the rest of the "mountain" he has been hewn out of. His likeness mimics the photo of him on the cover of his autobiography.
http://www.amazon.com/Autobiography-Martin-Luther-King-Jr/dp/0446676500
-- Edited by winchester on Tuesday 23rd of August 2011 10:49:13 AM
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I don't know, really. Didn't he not want people to judge by their nationality, race, etc? The family could have thought that the best sculpture should have been chosen, rather than narrowing it down to simply a category of people (ie- black, American, what-have-you). If he wanted all people treated equally, then it seems only fitting that the best sculpture should have been chosen and not merely the best sculpture done by an American or by an African American.
And really, you can't blame the people for the actions of the government. I don't particularly want to be judge because our government can't seem to get it together about things that the rest of the developed world is far surpassing us in.
FWIW- I think the statue is ugly. I really, really don't like it. It just looks so incomplete and like someone gave up halfway through. I can't believe that this was the best model of all the submissions. Eek.
I do have to agree that to me the King family made the wrong choice of sculptors. Not saying it isn't a beautiful monument, just saying did they lose sight of what MLK was fighting for, i.e. equality? Selecting an artist from a country that has a communist regime just doesn't make sense to me, where pregnancies are aborted based on gender.
Am I the only one that feels this way?
Add this into the mix, the King family charged 800K
Financial documents revealed that the foundation paid $761,160 in 2007 to Intellectual Properties Management Inc., an entity run by the King family. They also showed that a $71,700 "management" fee was paid to the family estate in 2003.
