How can we keep American jobs and companies from going overseas??!!
BlueRepublican
2012/06/22 21:20:52
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Is it by taxing companies that ship jobs overseas? Is it by lowering taxes and attracting investments and capital back here? Do we need to re-negotiate trade agreements to be more competitive? Is it more investment in Education and Technology? More taxpayer subsidies for certain industries? Could it simply be global market forces at work forcing our evolution? Do you have another solution not listed? Then join the discussion and vote now, leave a comment, share with all your friends, and RAVE!!!!
Top Opinion
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Lower Taxes and bring the jobs back!!!
+9Lower taxes, make it easier for businesses, etc. Make America a business friendly nation again and companies will have no reason to run away.
but the government side should be FOREVER separate from the private charity side.
i'm already not conformable with how churches can get tax exempt status yet still try to influence how their congregation chooses to vote. that should NOT be happening.
and if as an individual, you want to donate time/money/goods to a private charity for the benefit of your community, that is perfectly fine.
however, i don't appreciate communities who have the means to do all that looking down on their neighbor community who may not have the means to do that and who may need more assistance from the government sources that we should ALL be contributing to.
but that giving does not free you from your obligation to the government side (i.e. taxes).
No where in the constitution does it grant the authority to take what person, "A" has created and earned, and give it to person, "B", who has neither created nor earned it.
what's your point?
because they didn't spell it out in exact detail we don't need to do it?
that's childish.
otherwise it every man for himself and we have nothing of value here at all.
When you take what one person earns and give to another who didn't earned it, you take away the reason to wrok from both.
History, human nature, and evidence supports this.
there will always be strings attached to any $$$ from the government (unlike your pet private charities).
are you buying into the lie that Romney has put out there about Obama doing away with work-for-welfare rules?
I don't know enough about Obama's welfare plans to pass judgement about that particular point, so until I find contrary evidence, I will take your side. (you are pretty honest)
But I do know that Obama wants to share properity and wealth.
how is the opprotuntiy "shared" when some have access to it and others do not.
do you have any interested in rectifying that, or are you HAPPY that some ppl are held back while others get a leg up?
be honest.
But I feel that it's the left that's doing this.
its not a zero sum game...
just because some guy qualifies for a scholarship and you don't does not mean anyone is holding you back while giving him a leg up.
you have the same opportunity you have always had and now he has a shot at equal footing with you.
this situation bothers you?
i don't get it.
You don't increase opportunity for some by taking it away from others. That disincentivizes both, and results in a degrading of society.
have a kid, you'll see what I mean.
And is giving people free stuff working for Obama?
what free stuff?
I don't think that's a good reason to take money from one person to give to another.
but there are ppl out there who discriminate and as a result there are groups who have been oppressed.
to ignore that takes something away from your soul.
But what is more souless, to not want others to give away my money to the poor, although I do it myself, or those who wish to take my money and let others decide who gets it, because to acutally dirty your hands by dealing with the less fortunate, you are less civilized?
but i would say this... the truest act of charity is an anonymous act of charity.
so if you are only in the "giving" mode because you get something back from it... then you are doing it for the wrong reasons.
but I would say that the right gives way more than the left.
You may be on the wrong side "my opinion,, lol", but you are honest and speak from the heart, and I respect that.
And as far as that last line, the socialist policies of our current administration will get us there quicker.
Most folks who believe in social justice always blame capitalism for the failures of socialism to keep the promises of socialism
capitalism is the tool that widens that gap... always has,... always will.
the only thing preventing a runaway condition (and collapse) is government regulation and laws. Rules and laws put into effect by the PEOPLE.
when corporate interests are the ones forming the laws and rules, then we have a runaway form of capitalism that inevitably leads to what happened to us in 1929 and what happened again in 2008.
then answer is to take back our government from these interests and to put in place the rules and laws that work for the PEOPLE rather than the corporations... just like we did then.
But back to the subject, may I ask you this.
If you could get more money doing the exact same job, would you do it?
you eventually price yourself out of the competition and a job.
and this is coming from a middle income perspective where ANY extra income is going toward savings for retirement and maybe a vacation.
when we talk about income over $250k/yr we are WELL beyond taking care of basic needs... we are in the realm of more money than you know what to do with unless you are starting your own business or something.
for ppl in that situation, its hard for me to feel like its a burden at all to ask for an additional 3% from them.
As for folks making 250k+, if you don't make that much, then how can you judge what's best for them?
Do you like being told how to live your life and spend your money?
Don't get me wrong, I am not saying people shouldn't help others or anything like that, what I'm saying is that forcing people to do the best thing is actually the wrong thing to do.
they will get over it, trust me.
You've nailed me on being inaccurate before, should you expect less from yourself? I don't, becuase I am beginning to understand what a fine mind you have.
I don't think we need more taxes, I think we need more taxpayers.
I base this on observation of life.
Animals who are given food daily forget how to hunt, and lose their physical abilities., and people in general only work as hard as they have to.
its still cozy no matter how you slice it.