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Scrap the income tax! [message #151219]

Sun, 24 April 2005 14:49

msgtpain
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I didn't say it was bad, or that it was the sole reason our economy sucks. I just pointed it out.

I remember an old example from my economics class that has always served well. You take two companies making brooms. One of them is in the US, one is in Mexico. These two factories' stock is bought by the same company to sell here in the US. The brooms are functionally and stylistically identical, yet the US broom costs 500% more to make in terms of wages and resources. Now this is a simplistic example, to be sure, but the basic underlying idea is the same: why the fuck do people in the US waste money making brooms here when they can ship them from out of the country and still pay 1/4 of what the US broom costs?

As I said, it's simplistic but it can be applied to most industries that we are involved in outsourcing in.

Amusing side note relating to this topic, courtesy of the Onion: http://www.theonion.com/nib/index.php?issue=4116&nib=1

It is that simple, unless you're a democrat. They have a problem with the workers in the US broom factory no longer having a job because we let Mexico make the brooms instead.. They would rather we just shut up and pay the 500% markup on the brooms so those workers don't have to take the time to look for another job.

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		Scrap the income tax! By: Hydra on Wed, 25 August 2004 16:33
		Scrap the income tax! By: Crimson on Wed, 25 August 2004 16:46
		Scrap the income tax! By: SuperFlyingEngi on Wed, 25 August 2004 17:04
		Scrap the income tax! By: Hydra on Wed, 25 August 2004 17:28
		Scrap the income tax! By: SuperFlyingEngi on Wed, 25 August 2004 17:36
		Scrap the income tax! By: Hydra on Wed, 25 August 2004 17:45
		Scrap the income tax! By: SuperFlyingEngi on Wed, 25 August 2004 17:47
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		Scrap the income tax! By: SuperFlyingEngi on Wed, 25 August 2004 18:04
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		Scrap the income tax! By: Hydra on Wed, 25 August 2004 19:35
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		Scrap the income tax! By: Hydra on Sat, 16 April 2005 20:31
		Scrap the income tax! By: Jecht on Sat, 16 April 2005 21:02
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		Scrap the income tax! By: Doitle on Sat, 16 April 2005 23:01
		Scrap the income tax! By: cheesesoda on Sat, 16 April 2005 23:12
		Scrap the income tax! By: Jecht on Sun, 17 April 2005 09:48
		Scrap the income tax! By: Crimson on Sun, 17 April 2005 14:53
		Scrap the income tax! By: IRON FART on Sun, 17 April 2005 15:31
		Scrap the income tax! By: msgtpain on Sun, 17 April 2005 15:53
		Scrap the income tax! By: Hydra on Sun, 17 April 2005 19:27
		Scrap the income tax! By: Crimson on Sun, 17 April 2005 20:17
		Scrap the income tax! By: IRON FART on Sun, 17 April 2005 21:17
		Scrap the income tax! By: msgtpain on Sun, 17 April 2005 22:36
		Scrap the income tax! By: Crimson on Sun, 17 April 2005 23:19
		Scrap the income tax! By: Fabian on Tue, 19 April 2005 05:56
		Scrap the income tax! By: MrBob on Tue, 19 April 2005 07:23
		Scrap the income tax! By: Jecht on Tue, 19 April 2005 07:40
		Scrap the income tax! By: IRON FART on Tue, 19 April 2005 16:59
		Scrap the income tax! By: Hydra on Wed, 20 April 2005 07:23
		Scrap the income tax! By: SuperFlyingEngi on Wed, 20 April 2005 14:04
		Scrap the income tax! By: Jecht on Wed, 20 April 2005 14:25
		Scrap the income tax! By: Crimson on Wed, 20 April 2005 15:36
		Scrap the income tax! By: SuperFlyingEngi on Wed, 20 April 2005 16:16
		Scrap the income tax! By: Hydra on Wed, 20 April 2005 17:16
		Scrap the income tax! By: SuperFlyingEngi on Wed, 20 April 2005 18:18
		Scrap the income tax! By: cheesesoda on Wed, 20 April 2005 18:32
		Scrap the income tax! By: msgtpain on Wed, 20 April 2005 18:38
		Scrap the income tax! By: Crimson on Wed, 20 April 2005 21:47
		Scrap the income tax! By: IRON FART on Thu, 21 April 2005 15:23
		Scrap the income tax! By: Jecht on Thu, 21 April 2005 17:39
		Scrap the income tax! By: Deathgod on Fri, 22 April 2005 15:12
		Scrap the income tax! By: Crimson on Fri, 22 April 2005 19:14
		Scrap the income tax! By: Deathgod on Fri, 22 April 2005 19:33
		Scrap the income tax! By: MrBob on Sun, 24 April 2005 13:20
		Scrap the income tax! By: msgtpain on Sun, 24 April 2005 14:49
		Scrap the income tax! By: warranto on Sun, 24 April 2005 14:56
		Scrap the income tax! By: Crimson on Sun, 24 April 2005 16:47
		Scrap the income tax! By: MrBob on Sun, 24 April 2005 17:34
		Scrap the income tax! By: Hydra on Sun, 24 April 2005 18:28
		Scrap the income tax! By: msgtpain on Sun, 24 April 2005 19:53
		Scrap the income tax! By: Doitle on Mon, 25 April 2005 05:17
		Scrap the income tax! By: Deathgod on Mon, 25 April 2005 16:32
		Scrap the income tax! By: Sir Phoenixx on Mon, 25 April 2005 19:59
		Scrap the income tax! By: msgtpain on Mon, 25 April 2005 20:34
		Scrap the income tax! By: Oblivion165 on Mon, 25 April 2005 22:30
		Scrap the income tax! By: Deathgod on Tue, 26 April 2005 15:59

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