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I guess with labor and transportation costs there are textile manufacturers starting to move back to the South as it is getting more expensive to do business in China
Many call-centers could move to rural, economically depressed areas and pay $8 an hour and also have a 40% Work-oppurtunity tax credit.
The wage scales in Phillipines aren't all that low compared to rural parts of the United States especially since they usually provide food and transportation allowance.
Well, Japan, Korea, Germany, etc, have assembly plants her for their cars.
As it becomes better financially, global companies go to where it is best for them.
As I read articles on this I note that China was never able to overcome a manufacturing defect rate that was 3-5x what was experienced in the US. That makes it even more sensible to bail as wages go up.
Honestly, I do not want Chinese money or industry in our country. They are slowly moving in, however, under the radar, and their presence is increasing. Our government just gave away 2600 acres of Apache land in the Southwest to a mining company, Rio Tinto, that's a front for China. A Chinese company bought out the largest "pork" producer in the U.S. and is sending much of their "product" back to China--while they torture the animals and pollute the land here. The Dakota pipeline (as was the Keystone Pipeline) is to run oil to China. I've seen what they've done to the people in Africa and South America. They've ruined their own land, and now they're crawling the globe, trying to grab whatever they can, and ruining land and people in the process. They need to go home and stay home.
Actually that pipeline, like it's already existing Keystone 1, was to service the U.S. gulf refineries owned by American and Mexican interests who would be selling that oil to China or whomever.
What's happening since Keystone XL was scuppered is; instead of Canadian crude being refined to sell to China it's YOUR crude being sold to China instead.
Actually that pipeline, like it's already existing Keystone 1, was to service the U.S. gulf refineries owned by American and Mexican interests who would be selling that oil to China or whomever.
What's happening since Keystone XL was scuppered is; instead of Canadian crude being refined to sell to China it's YOUR crude being sold to China instead.
And what "karma"? Either way, our land gets destroyed and, once again, the land, the animals, and the people--especially Native Americans--are sacrificed for the private profit of some billionaire sociopath.
As for our "neighbor and ally," I'd say we did them a favor, considering that the Koch brothers, who were behind the Keystone debacle, were and are doing a very good job of ******* over the native peoples of Canada:
It's way past time for an end to crude oil production and its destruction of both the planetary ecosystem and people. This is 19th-century energy, and the theft of our children's future.
I'm a legal immigrant, not a citizen, and contribute significantly through my taxes and overall spending, including my house. Why should I be excluded from owning a home?
I think that if immigrants want to own property, they should apply for citizenship. If you live here, and plan on living here permanently, why wouldn't you apply for citizenship? If you don't want to be a citizen, and only want to take advantage of living here, then I don't believe you should have the right to own property. If you don't plan on living here permanently, you don't need to own property.
Because you're required to wait five years after getting your green card. I've been here since 07 and am just eligible last month. Besides, green card is Permanent Resident.
These is not American manufacturing moving back to the United States. This is China moving into the United States. So the real question is: Are Americans willing to sell their country to the Chinese for $14/hour jobs?
Ask the Japanese how that worked out when they were going to overtake us in the 70s and 80s.
Which is worse, trying to decipher call center english spoken by a phillipeano or by someone from Lousiana?
Louisiana. I find Filipino accents very hard to understand. The operators are usually female and they sound (to me) like someone with a speech impediment or a toddler.
I'm a legal immigrant, not a citizen, and contribute significantly through my taxes and overall spending, including my house. Why should I be excluded from owning a home?
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Become a citizen. Rent until you do.
So, if you were selling your house, you'd be happy to take less $$$ from a citizen than an immigrant was willing to pay you?
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