Thank Unions and Obama

[Zfan]

Anyone old enough to remember when Walmart was making the big push to get into every town in the Country (80's), they played the "made In America" card for most of their products. Once we started shopping there thus putting Mom and Pops Grocery stores out of business, good old Walmart started purchasing Chinese, Mylasia, Viet Nam, etc...

Walmart said F/U to this Country yrs ago, Obama did it when he entered the White House!

[Sean88gt]

LOL, you pay into unemployment insurance. You think $400/wk is big money to somebody used to making $2-3k/wk? It's meant to soften the hit while they look for new work.

Beefed88....not your average dfw'er.

[Cooter]

Well china can keep their low income labor force. We should focus on our service and tech industries rather than worry about making t shirts, and other consumer crap. We don't help our nation by bringing in minimum wage jobs.

Maybe we should also look at not paying unemployment benefits that are more than people making minimum wage. That's ridiculous that someone with a job makes more than someone without just because they "had" a better paying job and mor material things to pay for monthly.

LOL, you pay into unemployment insurance. You think $400/wk is big money to somebody used to making $2-3k/wk? It's meant to soften the hit while they look for new work.

[Sean88gt]

These items are not imported from Mexico. Only closed vegetables and fruits are since it is globally known that Mexico uses black water for irrigation. Also only vegetables and fruits that do not grow in America's climate are imported, like bananas, avocados, zuccini and other vegetables.

Avocados don't grow in the US? Might want to inform the Californian Avocado Commission. I have grown zucchinis in the garden and they are farmed in frost free areas - IN THE US.

[stevo]

These items are not imported from Mexico. Only closed vegetables and fruits are since it is globally known that Mexico uses black water for irrigation. Also only vegetables and fruits that do not grow in America's climate are imported, like bananas, avocados, zuccini and other vegetables.

Actually you are wrong. From the first hit doing a google search of "lettuce imported from mexico":

http://www.agmrc.org/commodities__products/vegetables/lettuce_profile.cfm

In 2010 the United States imported 146,818 MT of all types of lettuce valued at $134,688 million, with more romaine and leaf lettuce being imported than head lettuce (FAS 2011). Canada and Mexico have been the leading sources of lettuce entering the United States. However, the two countries traded positions as the top country exporting to the United States until 2002, when Mexico became the leading supplier. Much of this increase in imports from Mexico is a consequence of increased romaine and leaf lettuce imports.

Stevo

[Mr_Fiux]

Ok professor, can you say with 100% certainty that those all come from the US? I'm sure the milk does (although it doesn't account for 450 billion in revenue) but the eggs and lettuce may come from Mexico.

These items are not imported from Mexico. Only closed vegetables and fruits are since it is globally known that Mexico uses black water for irrigation. Also only vegetables and fruits that do not grow in America's climate are imported, like bananas, avocados, zuccini and other vegetables.

[Sean88gt]

Last I checked, the lettuce, eggs, and milk don't come from China.

Ok professor, can you say with 100% certainty that those all come from the US? I'm sure the milk does (although it doesn't account for 450 billion in revenue) but the eggs and lettuce may come from Mexico.

[SS Junk]

When you consider the cost of union labor, of course they are going to build the cars in other countries, the people there don't insist on $25 an hour plus benefits to do a job that a monkey could do.

Chhhhhhhhhhhh000000000000$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$

[SEB]

The Unions are bringing this country down, The Teachers Union is running our school system in the ground

[Jr347]

Exactly.

I didn't watch the video but keep in mind that GM sells a lot of cars in China and Australia, when you start to add in placed like South America then the 70% number starts to make sense. When you consider the cost of union labor, of course they are going to build the cars in other countries, the people there don't insist on $25 an hour plus benefits to do a job that a monkey could do.

[Broncojohnny]

I didn't watch the video but keep in mind that GM sells a lot of cars in China and Australia, when you start to add in placed like South America then the 70% number starts to make sense. When you consider the cost of union labor, of course they are going to build the cars in other countries, the people there don't insist on $25 an hour plus benefits to do a job that a monkey could do.

[03trubluGT]

How is this any different than shopping at walmart? The majority of their products are Chinese.

Last I checked, the lettuce, eggs, and milk don't come from China.

[Grimpala]

Well china can keep their low income labor force. We should focus on our service and tech industries rather than worry about making t shirts, and other consumer crap. We don't help our nation by bringing in minimum wage jobs.

Maybe we should also look at not paying unemployment benefits that are more than people making minimum wage. That's ridiculous that someone with a job makes more than someone without just because they "had" a better paying job and mor material things to pay for monthly.

Your emplyer pays for the unemployment, that's why it can be greater than minimum wage. Even still, I think max benefits is only $415 a week. Maybe people should strive to better themselves instead of trying to bring others down to their levels so that it's 'fair'.

[beefed88]

Well china can keep their low income labor force. We should focus on our service and tech industries rather than worry about making t shirts, and other consumer crap. We don't help our nation by bringing in minimum wage jobs.

Maybe we should also look at not paying unemployment benefits that are more than people making minimum wage. That's ridiculous that someone with a job makes more than someone without just because they "had" a better paying job and mor material things to pay for monthly.

[Sean88gt]

No one bailed out Walmart and Walmart doesn't owe the tax payers 35 billion

I understand that, but as vertnut states, all we are doing is helping China.