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Globalization started over 100 years ago and the balance of control by the people and corporations has been a subject of debate for at least as long.

A Presidential administration is very much in control of that balance through presidential directives, influence upon Congress, etc. Unfortunately, most people seem to think that it takes an act of Congress to get anything done, but that is not the case and it never has been.

The difference between now and 100 years ago is that business is more globalized and their country of origin says little about their allegiance or even where they make most of their profits. There is little accountability at this point....but it may change somewhat with the next administration. Foreign policy is practically synonymous with Big business.

sensiblejo.. OK.. I ignored your ridiculous rants in other rooms, but you need to step away from the liberal crack pipe!

Maybe you can send YOUR kids to Iraq and then they can come back and tell us the difference since you think Romney's kids should go. Lead by example buddy!

I bet you might get a 1st person argument on the differences in our govt. vs theirs in short order.

Or maybe you get you wish and the Clintons will come back and all you dope smokin hippys can reunite once again, where the worst thing that scared you was getting the CLAP at some concert! Life was sure grand before drug screening!!

Maybe its too late for you to serve, besides your what your mother do after you at your age finally moved out....


See .. its really easy to be an ass in here isn't it. After all the stuff thrown at me in all my tours in the middle east, some snot nosed liberal hack really just has nothing, but hey.. Your welcome.. I took great pleasure in defending your right to be an ass without govt. types in the dark of night snatching you up or just running you down with a tank. Ignorance is bliss.

The diminishing value of the dollar is directly caused by the FED printing more money. It is caused by the Government raising taxes and borrowing from other countries. It is caused by government regulations that force compaines to spend money on mandatory programs. It is caused by government schools that teach children they are "entitled" to government programs.

Free trade is only good when it is also fair trade. The root of our “trade offset problem” is our current tax model because we wish to allow the bulk of tax to be collected by state and county government, in this way consumers pay the same amount of tax on import and domestic goods. But our “trade partners” do not play by the same rules they place taxes on goods we ship into their country's to protect their workers and grow their economy (at our expense) ...to add insult to injury we also tax our corporations (highest corporate tax in the world) also adding to the cost of domestically produced products and giving foreign made products an unfair advantage in our marketplace.
The answer is .....

RNC, do we really agree on something?
Almost.
I agree that we need to have excise taxes on imports. That is how we were doing it for over 100 years, and it worked. Our economy was booming. The federal budget often ran surpluses.

Just a note to comment on the title of you blog. The middle class is truly sliding........right out of the United States.

USA Today had an article today about how the middle class is rising in Mexico. There economy is apparently better than it ever has been....thanks to U.S. trade and the influx of money from the U.S. If you want to remain part of the global middle class you might want to move to Mexico.

Shadows, you're right. There are several communities in Mexico that welcome US citizens, especially retirees.
When the NAFTA Superhighway is built, the ports in Mexico will be very busy.

Abunai, If you bothered to look at the consumer price index you would notice quite a rise in the cost of medical services since 2000. Doctors are working and making a lot of money......hospital costs have gone up considerably. Again, you are listening to the propaganda that is spilled. You need to curb that nasty habit.

According to recent statistics, the "Employment of physicians and surgeons is projected to grow 14 percent from 2006 to 2016, faster than the average for all occupations." The median earnings for physicians with 2 years or more of experience in Family practice is $156,010, and for general surgery it is $282,504. Here's the source for this and more information.

http://www.bls.gov/oco/ocos074.htm

What does "buy America" mean? Does it mean buy from U.S. based corporations, or does it mean that one should only buy products that are completely made in the U.S.?

You might be hard pressed to find products made entirely in the U.S. And the U.S. based corporation may employ many more people elsewhere than in the U.S. Is that your idea of patriotism? Check out my blog about Feeling Sorry for Corporate America.

Your Kiyoto diatribe is getting old. Look at what the health care industry, insurance industry, automobile industry, financials industry and others have done to this country. I guess that you must think that the mortgage crisis is due to efforts to reduce green house gases.

Are you sure that you aren't on one of those new high priced miracle drugs that cause you to hallucinate?