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Originally Posted by Hot_Georgia_2004
AshenGrey,
If and when the Dem's take the executive branch over again, how exactly are they going to help China's pollution problem?
The drop in pay is near and dear to my heart, especially with the looming amnesty bill both sides, especially the dem's are pushing.
To get a measure of how big this is, look at city population:
New York 21 million
Los Angeles 18 million
Chicago 9.7 million
Atlanta 5.3 million
The amnesty bill could create an influx of 40-60million low wage laborers here.
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I agree entirely, Hot GA. I sure HOPE the new leadership WILL do something about these issues. Eliminating foreign oil is top of my list, then the exporting of our US jobs (to China, India, etc), then tackling immigration issues.
Pollution is near the top too, but if nothing is done about China's exponentially growing pollution, in a few years it won't matter one bit what we do. We'll all be doomed by the China pollution. (No excuse, though. We still should do what we can.) The currently proposed treaties exclude huge polluters - and that's partly why the US has not agreed to such a proposal.
This country is now ruled by big business. That is a huge source of manyproblems. Reps (& many Dems) are at fault. This must stop NOW.
--- Oh, China
Walmart forces companies to make products ever-cheaper so they (Walmart) can win any price-wars. If the companies don't comply, Walmart drops them. This forces many of these companies to use the cheapest possible labor force to manufacture their products, so they can sell 'em at Walmart. Often, the cheapest labor force is China (child labor, slave labor, China doesn't appear to care). It's killing our country (one job at a time) - and causing massive pollution & other problems in China. This is NOT simply FREE & FAIR TRADE (and we Americans are not just the sore losers). Basic human & worker rights, welfare, insurance & retirement needs, basic pollution controls, etc. are largely ignored in most of these countries that now create the stuff we buy. Walmart is not the only one forcing this, but they are by far the largest - and thus, the poster-boy. And that then forces Walmart's competitors to do the same. Sam Walton used to champion "made in America by Americans." He's gone now, and Walmart now thinks FAR differently. Sad.