There would still be jobs in the US

Skibo · Post by **Skibo** » March 17, 2008 12:40 pm

If our labor laws were more like this

This is another reason I pay attention to where the products I purchase are made.

RinglingRingling · Post by **RinglingRingling** » March 17, 2008 1:07 pm

Skibo wrote:If our labor laws were more like this

This is another reason I pay attention to where the products I purchase are made.

so if we had forced labour, we'd have more jobs here?

Skibo · Post by **Skibo** » March 17, 2008 1:21 pm

RinglingRingling wrote:
so if we had forced labour, we'd have more jobs here?

I believe we would. Since so many don't have a problem purchasing foreign made goods with forced labour, if we had forced labour here, the distribution charges would be less resulting in lower prices. Although maybe forced labour wouldn't work in the US since our government wouldn't cane people that refused to work. Hmmmm, maybe George Bush can get caning legalized.

AdamBomb8 · Post by **AdamBomb8** » March 17, 2008 1:29 pm

Maybe if we didn't have NAFTA there would be more jobs

Snowparrot · Post by **Snowparrot** » March 17, 2008 1:36 pm

AdamBomb8 wrote:Maybe if we didn't have NAFTA there would be more jobs

Maybe if we didn't have NAFTA we wouldn't have jobs here either!
Fat lot of good it does, having the Amaricans impose ridiculous taxes on us that kill our manufacturing and forestry industries!

Staredge · Post by **Staredge** » March 17, 2008 2:42 pm

buffettbride · Post by **buffettbride** » March 17, 2008 2:59 pm

Staredge wrote:

oh yeah?

Staredge · Post by **Staredge** » March 17, 2008 3:07 pm

buffettbride wrote:
Staredge wrote:
oh yeah?

Yeah!!!!!!

blackjack · Post by **blackjack** » March 17, 2008 3:38 pm

Staredge wrote:
buffettbride wrote:
Staredge wrote:
oh yeah?

Yeah!!!!!!

Popcorn FIIIIGHTT!!!

flyboy55 · Post by **flyboy55** » March 17, 2008 3:41 pm

I love the smell of 'popcorn' in the morning . . .

Hey . . . Malaysia has over 3 billion barrels in proven oil reserves.

Maybe we should 'invade' them to liberate the slave laborers and bring 'freedom' to Malaysians in general . . .

Oh . . . I also heard from my neighbor that when a friend of a friend of a friend of his son was down there on vacation a few years ago he saw, with his own eyes, what could only be, from his description, a factory for making WMDs . . .

If that isn't enough, I have it on good authority (my neighbor's son, who by the way watches Fox News a lot) that the Malaysians have been trying to buy uranium in Africa.

I think it's a 'slam dunk'.

First, we'll starve the Malaysians (and the slave laborers) for about ten years with a food and medicine embargo. Then, we'll drop lots of bombs on the Malaysians (and the slave laborers) to soften them up. Finally, we'll invade Malaysia, liberating both Malaysians (and the slave laborers . . . and the oil) and be welcomed as heroes . . . eventually.

I don't see any flaws in the plan at this point . . . I'd better get Cheney on the phone . . .

popcornjack · Post by **popcornjack** » March 17, 2008 3:46 pm

blackjack wrote:
Staredge wrote:
buffettbride wrote:
Staredge wrote:
oh yeah?

Yeah!!!!!!
Popcorn FIIIIGHTT!!!

Somebody call?

Skibo · Post by **Skibo** » March 17, 2008 3:52 pm

flyboy55 wrote:INVADE!! INVADE!! INVADE!!

Before just charging in blindly, we need at least 12 ignored UN resolutions and economic sanctions. In the meantime caning and forced labour in the US will provide competition and bring the companies that support this type of behavior back to the US.

SharkOnLand · Post by **SharkOnLand** » March 17, 2008 3:54 pm

buffettbride wrote:
Staredge wrote:
oh yeah?

TropicalTroubador · Post by **TropicalTroubador** » March 17, 2008 5:16 pm

And people get upset because the woman who slept with Gov. Spitzer was working in a profession where some people are demeaned, exploited, and work only because they need the money...

Or was that McDonalds?

flyboy55 · Post by **flyboy55** » March 17, 2008 5:38 pm

Skibo wrote:
flyboy55 wrote:INVADE!! INVADE!! INVADE!!
Before just charging in blindly, we need at least 12 ignored UN resolutions and economic sanctions. In the meantime caning and forced labour in the US will provide competition and bring the companies that support this type of behavior back to the US.

I might support the caning and forced labor here, as long as I get to decide who, when and where . . .

flyboy55 · Post by **flyboy55** » March 17, 2008 5:56 pm

Snowparrot wrote:
AdamBomb8 wrote:Maybe if we didn't have NAFTA there would be more jobs
Maybe if we didn't have NAFTA we wouldn't have jobs here either!
Fat lot of good it does, having the Amaricans impose ridiculous taxes on us that kill our manufacturing and forestry industries!

I think NAFTA (North American Free Trade Agreement) has had the effect of moving manufacturing away from jurisdictions with higher living standards, stricter environmental regulations and effective labor laws that protect workers, to jurisdictions which have less of all these things.

In terms of ranking these factors, I'd put Canada at the top, the U.S. way down in the middle, and Mexico at the bottom - just the way they look on a map (held right way up).

When our politicians mention 'fixing' NAFTA and Canada in the same breath, I think they're either misinformed or playing politics. Canadians have already got the short end of the NAFTA stick (my apologies

).

Mexicans didn't make out that great either, if you consider the conditions under which they work in the maquiladoras, however much better these places may be than those further south in Mexico.

But even the Mexicans have lost out now, with China providing some of the cheapest (forced) labor in the world.

We're all $crewed!

RinglingRingling · Post by **RinglingRingling** » March 17, 2008 6:47 pm

Skibo wrote:
RinglingRingling wrote:
so if we had forced labour, we'd have more jobs here?
I believe we would. Since so many don't have a problem purchasing foreign made goods with forced labour, if we had forced labour here, the distribution charges would be less resulting in lower prices. Although maybe forced labour wouldn't work in the US since our government wouldn't cane people that refused to work. Hmmmm, maybe George Bush can get caning legalized.

I now understand why your sig line is what it is...

Elrod · Post by **Elrod** » March 17, 2008 7:44 pm

Staredge wrote:
buffettbride wrote:
Staredge wrote:
oh yeah?

Yeah!!!!!!

My company sells popcorn. We thank you for your support.

ph4ever · Post by **ph4ever** » March 17, 2008 9:17 pm

Skibo wrote:If our labor laws were more like this

This is another reason I pay attention to where the products I purchase are made.

I can't believe in this day and age anyone would condone slavery. Thank God for the 13th amendment!!!

I wonder if you started this thread just for the thrill of causing problems?

Skibo · Post by **Skibo** » March 17, 2008 9:20 pm

ph4ever wrote:
Skibo wrote:If our labor laws were more like this

This is another reason I pay attention to where the products I purchase are made.
I can't believe in this day and age anyone would condone slavery. Thank God for the 13th amendment!!!

I wonder if you started this thread just for the thrill of causing problems?

I can't believe someone that has been around since 2002 with over 35k posts can't detect a little sarcasm when it is so obvious.

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