That kind of thinking is from someone who doesn't believe the free market can deliver goods/serv
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To begin with, we don't have a free market system. And it's not a matter of belief -- The government does do a better job (efficient
There are several factors to the USPS's woes, and privatizat
About Military
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You're citing an article from 2005 about privatizin
I'm talking about the privatizat
All that privatizat
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Goods and services from China accounted for only 2.7 percent of U.S. personal consumption spending in 2010, according to the report titled "The U.S. Content of ’Made in China.’ About 88.5 percent of U.S. spending last year was on American-m ade products and services.
How can this be, considering that many of the toys, electronic s, housewares , shoes and other goods we use daily come from the Middle Kingdom?
One word: services. Services, which account for about two-thirds of spending, are mainly produced locally. Your dry cleaner, accountant, mechanic and manicurist most likely are right in your neighborho od.
Then there’s groceries and gasoline. Most of the food Americans eat is produced domestically. And although the U.S. imports about half of its petroleum, China is not a major supplier. About 90 percent of all gasoline sold in the U.S. is refined in the United States.
"Although globalization is widely recognized these days, the U.S. economy actually remains relatively closed," economist Galina Hale and researcher Bart Hobijn wrote in the report. "The vast majority of goods and services sold in the United States is produced here."
Foreign-made products are most prevalent among so-called durable goods, which are big-ticket items such as cars, furniture and appliances . About one-third of all durable goods Americans purchased last year were made abroad; 12 percent came from China.
Both of you need to get your heads out of your "my sports' team is better than your sports' team"-ment
Continuing to vote for Democrats who legislate and govern as Republican
Until it sinks in that Obama and the DLC-contro
In ad-speak it would go like this: "The Democratic Party, just like the Republican Party, only kinder, gentler, softer, with more diverse faces." "Same great taste, but with fewer calories!" As you're losing your home, living in your car (until it's repossesse
By Obama putting Social Security and Medicare on the table, it is now "bipartisa
Obama's off on the same track as when he took single payer/publ
He's not an honest broker. And no Democrats in office are. And yes, Republican
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California saves $400 million building new Oakland Bay Bridge in China.
This is what's called "Penny-wis
The actual cost ($7.2 billion) means that's $7.2 billion leaving the US, that won't be in our economy but in China's.
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I'm curious as to how many registered Democratic voters here support this new policy.
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