I wish we would tell every China ship headed our direction with their junk to turn it around and take it back home. Surely we can wean ourselves of their junk and the 375 billion trade imbalance we run with them every year.
slick4591":1hl18jgd said:Ron, I think there's a large part of our country that will never join the ranks of highly paid workers that can afford more expensive products. Remember... with those higher paying jobs come higher priced products and there's no way around it.
Nesikep":1cpter06 said:
Nesikep":2atlvj2j said:
jltrent":3mgtnpex said:I wish we would tell every China ship headed our direction with their junk to turn it around and take it back home. Surely we can wean ourselves of their junk and the 375 billion trade imbalance we run with them every year.
hurleyjd":21ze8qx4 said:jltrent":21ze8qx4 said:I wish we would tell every China ship headed our direction with their junk to turn it around and take it back home. Surely we can wean ourselves of their junk and the 375 billion trade imbalance we run with them every year.
Any part that I buy for my old tractors come from China, India, Turkey and some other foreign countries.
boondocks":2jm897cq said:I realize why they separate it out but to get a clearer picture, I guess you'd need to add, to the military costs, the veterans' costs (4%, which I do not for a minute begrudge them, was just surprised it was that high).
Measly 1% for science (and at that, I hear constant whining about how this or that study was absurd, biased, blah blah blah).
And the infrastructure and education pieces of the pie seem small, too.
Think it's time we bite the bullet (so to speak) and close down some of the obsolete military programs and bases that are left over from a different era. Shaving even a little from SS, health and military would let us invest better in science, education and infrastructure for the future.
Or, they could cut out the % you mentioned, and just give it back to the tax payers, instead of just moving it around toboondocks":266nxkey said:I realize why they separate it out but to get a clearer picture, I guess you'd need to add, to the military costs, the veterans' costs (4%, which I do not for a minute begrudge them, was just surprised it was that high).
Measly 1% for science (and at that, I hear constant whining about how this or that study was absurd, biased, blah blah blah).
And the infrastructure and education pieces of the pie seem small, too.
Think it's time we bite the bullet (so to speak) and close down some of the obsolete military programs and bases that are left over from a different era. Shaving even a little from SS, health and military would let us invest better in science, education and infrastructure for the future.
Caustic Burno":3cdr22ma said:Medicaid is huge part for non-citizens and folks that never paid a dime to play. Illegal immigration has a tremendous cost. I think we need to get our own house in order before trying to feed the neighbors.