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Originally Posted by sburnsey931
Sottw I was being sarcastic......
Sorry I wasn't clear
My point was I hear about these great deals at walmart...low prices live better.....chinese crap that doesn't last.......
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My typical example is this.....I've been in my house for 7 years now....When we moved in I ran to Walmart to buy my new 4 slice toaster.. for 20 bucks.....
It's no longer made by GE in America.....It's GE in China.....
I just had to buy my 5th one..... but I got a great deal on it only 20 bucks....
My Grandmother had a GE toaster for 30 years.....
Loss of jobs...stagnant wages.... terrible returns on my Invested money...property values dropping......corporate influence is killing us.....
Burnsey
so none of this is true?
this is such an odd thread
btw: if you really investigate the categories that you listed:
Gasoline, Oil, Electricity
Groceries
Autos
Cell service
Internet
Mortgage rates
Insurance Rates
you will find that tinkering by politicians in the form of mandates, regulation and taxation have much more to do with the cost to the consumer than does "corporate political influence"..."corporate political Influence" in most cases is spent to try to fend off even greater mandates, regulation and taxation which would result in.....???