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View Poll Results: Has China stolen a single job from the US?
Yes 28 80.00%
No 7 20.00%
I don't know 0 0%
Voters: 35. You may not vote on this poll

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Old 05-26-2016, 01:59 PM
 
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I've provided 5 easily verifiable points of evidence to refute your economic/innovative/military espionage argument. I don't care you are anti-trump. You can't refute any because you are naive.

Think I'm done with this thread. Trolling trying to argue without facts. Should be just in argue for argue sakes forum... Modifiers, if you listen
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The OP is in complete denial. If he/she refuses to accept that counterfeit products are coming from China and is a well documented problem, he/she is not living in reality.
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You are naive and not smart enough to figure this one out....very sad. Maybe in 10 years you get to the place many others are now. There is hope if you start reading aND listening to both sides and not just go by edited parts.

I don't need Trump to help me understand that he is true about that.

Just look at everything that is made cheap and actually mostly worthless but at low price in China from fake brand copies to almost everything you buy on a daily base..do you think that was made by Americans in America?

I guess you do...hopeless and helpless is what the OP is .
Well friends and sportsfans, I too am joining this group of folks who are tired of wasting keystrokes on an uneducated troll. In another topic I said this ... "being wise in your own conceits" (KJV) ... and it is also true in this case as well. Some hide behind the cop-out of "well, that's my opinion" but normally opinions are based on facts. Our noob friend appears to have woken up one day with an opinion ... and it shows.

El Nox
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Old 05-26-2016, 02:06 PM
 
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Stolen? Not so much. Due to NAFTA and other similar agreements, that our brilliant congresses throughout the decades have passed - There's just more incentive for large US corporations to open up facilities abroad. Cheaper labor, lower corporate taxes, etc.. Ultimately, larger earnings for the corporations.

At least Trump has one plan of action to counter that...implement/increase tarriffs on products being made abroad by American owned companies. However, that could lead to other consequences - so I'm not sure that's the right answer in itself. No one has talked about a reversal of NAFTA and similar agreements within the establishment - much less lowering of corporate taxes.
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Old 05-26-2016, 02:09 PM
 
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One of the most popular views of Trump is that China has stolen huge numbers of jobs from the US.

But has this been true in a single instance? I can't find any evidence of this at all.

To steal a job, one has to use force and steal something that rightfully belongs to another person or group. China has not stolen a single job from Americans because jobs are consensual arrangements made between two groups of people. No one has a right to a job. Therefore, it is impossible to steal a job.

Every single job that has gone to China was voluntarily put there by American employers. Who, in turn, sold their Chinese-made products in American stores, where retailers voluntarily put them on shelves, and consumers voluntarily purchased these items, knowing full well that these products were made in China.

China has not stolen a single job. Trump is utterly wrong here and his supporters lack basic understanding of capitalism. Ironic, considering the incessant rambling about "communist liberals" from the Trump brigades.
This is the thing about Trump. He knows how to pander to the lowest common denominator. This is why he is peddling his trash to those he is peddling it to. Anyone who has any idea how all of this works would get very angry at Trump, not to mention other businesses owners who shipped jobs overseas.
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Old 05-26-2016, 02:31 PM
 
Location: Barrington
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Originally Posted by shihku7 View Post
One of the most popular views of Trump is that China has stolen huge numbers of jobs from the US.

But has this been true in a single instance? I can't find any evidence of this at all.

To steal a job, one has to use force and steal something that rightfully belongs to another person or group. China has not stolen a single job from Americans because jobs are consensual arrangements made between two groups of people. No one has a right to a job. Therefore, it is impossible to steal a job.

Every single job that has gone to China was voluntarily put there by American employers. Who, in turn, sold their Chinese-made products in American stores, where retailers voluntarily put them on shelves, and consumers voluntarily purchased these items, knowing full well that these products were made in China.

China has not stolen a single job. Trump is utterly wrong here and his supporters lack basic understanding of capitalism. Ironic, considering the incessant rambling about "communist liberals" from the Trump brigades.
China resumed Most Favored Nation trading status in the early 80's with an annual renewal.

Status was made permanent in 1993. At the time, the US exported $8 billion in goods to China.

In 2014,$120 billion was exported. China is the US's third largest export market behind Canada and Mexico.
Exports to China grown 13% annually.

The US tends to import cheap crap from China and exports big $ ticket stuff like jets, machinery, electronic equipment and cars and supports hundreds of thousands US jobs.

https://www.uschina.org/reports/us-exports/national
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Old 05-26-2016, 02:32 PM
 
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Originally Posted by shihku7 View Post
One of the most popular views of Trump is that China has stolen huge numbers of jobs from the US.

But has this been true in a single instance? I can't find any evidence of this at all.

To steal a job, one has to use force and steal something that rightfully belongs to another person or group. China has not stolen a single job from Americans because jobs are consensual arrangements made between two groups of people. No one has a right to a job. Therefore, it is impossible to steal a job.

Every single job that has gone to China was voluntarily put there by American employers. Who, in turn, sold their Chinese-made products in American stores, where retailers voluntarily put them on shelves, and consumers voluntarily purchased these items, knowing full well that these products were made in China.

China has not stolen a single job. Trump is utterly wrong here and his supporters lack basic understanding of capitalism. Ironic, considering the incessant rambling about "communist liberals" from the Trump brigades.

....... and Keith Richards has never used an illegal drug in his life.
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Old 05-26-2016, 02:34 PM
 
Location: NJ
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Originally Posted by shihku7 View Post
One of the most popular views of Trump is that China has stolen huge numbers of jobs from the US.

But has this been true in a single instance? I can't find any evidence of this at all.

To steal a job, one has to use force and steal something that rightfully belongs to another person or group. China has not stolen a single job from Americans because jobs are consensual arrangements made between two groups of people. No one has a right to a job. Therefore, it is impossible to steal a job.

Every single job that has gone to China was voluntarily put there by American employers. Who, in turn, sold their Chinese-made products in American stores, where retailers voluntarily put them on shelves, and consumers voluntarily purchased these items, knowing full well that these products were made in China.

China has not stolen a single job. Trump is utterly wrong here and his supporters lack basic understanding of capitalism. Ironic, considering the incessant rambling about "communist liberals" from the Trump brigades.
Ask about how much proprietary technical data china has stolen.


So they didn't take away a job making widgets by illegal aliens in Mass but stole the knowledge for many protected technologies.
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Old 05-26-2016, 04:54 PM
 
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China has not stolen any jobs from US. Americans gave them the jobs, part of shooting ourselves in the foot.
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Old 05-26-2016, 05:06 PM
 
Location: The South
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Originally Posted by shihku7 View Post
One of the most popular views of Trump is that China has stolen huge numbers of jobs from the US.

But has this been true in a single instance? I can't find any evidence of this at all.

To steal a job, one has to use force and steal something that rightfully belongs to another person or group. China has not stolen a single job from Americans because jobs are consensual arrangements made between two groups of people. No one has a right to a job. Therefore, it is impossible to steal a job.

Every single job that has gone to China was voluntarily put there by American employers. Who, in turn, sold their Chinese-made products in American stores, where retailers voluntarily put them on shelves, and consumers voluntarily purchased these items, knowing full well that these products were made in China.

China has not stolen a single job. Trump is utterly wrong here and his supporters lack basic understanding of capitalism. Ironic, considering the incessant rambling about "communist liberals" from the Trump brigades.
Bill Clinton. It Depends on what the meaning of the word is, is.
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