Oil at 100 dollars a barrel and who knows how much higher because of increased demand from China and India (HUMMMM where has most of the economic growth been the past few years from jobs shipped over seas)? Now, i see there are chemicals in childrens toys from China that put them in a comma if they even get a bit of it in their mouths, Lead in most EVERYTHING from China these days, tainted food from China, Tainted pet food from China, HEY you folks in the USA are getting what you asked for. YOU voted the politicians into office that let your jobs be exported overseas for the past several years. Now you are getting your just deserts.

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They did not vote for Bush he stole the job .

Sounds like blackmail for their indescretions doesn't it? We are Paying Through the Nose and they just Cut the money for the Border Patrol, giving up sovereignty, civil rights and the Constitution they swore to uphold.

Politicans have no way of preventing companies from opening up factories overseas.If they try and put a tariff on a particular company, say in mexico that exports to the US, then mexico, just turns around and puts a tariff on a US company that exports into Mexico.So where is the gain ?

Nope...I'm pissed that there are politicians that won't do a damn thing about jobs being taken away here by ILLEGAL ALIENS ! More jobs lost to 11 million criminal invaders, than we lost going overseas !

Yea man, like... whassup with all this free trade B.S. man.Why can privately owned businesses decide to just... like... do what they want to man... Like why doesn't the government just... like... you know... shut 'em down or something!Lousy politicians... like... we need more regulation & s***!

Not only did america 'let' the jobs be exported, dumbfuck Bush gave monetary reward to businesses that moved overseas. The cost of buying cheap imports is enormous - not only are they not safe or properly regulated, the cost of lost jobs in North America will bite us in the ass as our communities lose jobs bigtime (and they already are), further reducing us to work for lower wages. Ultimately, if this cycle continues, the Chinese standard of living will rise, while ours will lower dramatically as unemployment rises. To compete for jobs we will have to work for lower wages and accept a much reduced standard of living. Buying cheap imports at discount prices costs us bigtime ! Support the local producers, even if the price is higher, the rewards are many and long lasting. Remember, our higher prices mean your father - mother - sister - brother has been paid enough to have and enjoy a quality of life, assistance programs for the unfortunate are paid from those who make decent wages. Everyone gains.Having said that, it would be nice if the unions would encourage workers to a higher ethic, putting quality/pride into their products and efficiency into their work. The quality of some of our local productions is shameful and makes it hard to justify the higher prices. If we can't afford North American, let's do without. The world will be the better for it too.

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