Thread: What's behind the GOP's calls to drastically cut government spending?

Originally Posted by Blah

Do I get to make the Righty argument that out of control government regulation in America makes labor intensive industries suffer in competitiveness?

I suppose you can, but you'd have to show how that would make a difference. The problem is that countries where many people live on $2/day (about 40% of the world's population), it's not hard to find people willing to work for much less than Americans can reasonably afford to work. How will less regulation make up for the vast difference in labor costs?

We have to go upscale.

Originally Posted by nonsqtr

Well then, maybe said labor intensive industries ought to redirect their efforts.

Ya think?

This whole "too big to fail" mentality is very dangerous. We can not afford to be propping up our failing corporations "just because" they're "providing" someone with a job.

The better thing to do, would be to help 'em go out of business as quickly as possible, so they can reorganize and start hiring people again. That's how it's done. "Too big to fail" is brain-dead.

That's exactly what I was thinking when the government took over Chrysler and GM. Hell, Chrysler should have gone by the wayside long ago.

What's behind the GOP's calls to drastically cut government spending?

None of the above. They don't like paying for shit, even shit they like. So they come up with retarded "ideas" that by eliminating shit they don't like then they won't have to pay for anything, including shit they like.

Originally Posted by Rasselas

Computers and the technologies that proliferate from them have completely changed the face of the world economy, allowing much less well-paid people in much poorer economies to compete with a larger and larger share of the American labor force, and those technologies allow for larger and larger scale companies to dominate smaller businesses. Manufacturing jobs in the US are going unfilled because they require a set of technical skills that too few Americans have.

I-Pods are designed in Silicon Valley but manufactured in China. That's a clue, no?

True. Look at the screen incident. Apple claimed it would of taken them 9 months(?) to find the engineers they needed to fix their screens. It took like 2 weeks(?) in China. And also take into account these people were living in dorms, working around the clock to fix the phones. Not going to happen in America.

Originally Posted by Atlantis

The GOP is out of control. Problem for us Dems is they know it, and they know they do not have a candidate. Palin and Perry are already talking about a brokered convention. Wouldn't surprise me to see them draft someone like Jeb Bush at a brokered convention. Last poll I saw 52% of Republicans were saying "find someone besides who is running for president now." I think Republicans know they do not have a winner in their hand yet.

So the next best thing is for the GOP to retake the Senate and bolster their majority in the House. This way, the Democrats can be put on a very tight leash.

Originally Posted by Bassman

I find Communism intolerable, and that is exactly what the Demoshit party is. Communists!!

You have just proven you are divorced from reality.

Are you truly so dense?

Originally Posted by Blah

Do I get to make the Righty argument that out of control government regulation in America makes labor intensive industries suffer in competitiveness?

No as a commission to determine the cause of the Great Recession concluded De-regulation and lack of oversight caused it. If anything we need more regulations.