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Hugabear (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-27-11 04:11 PM Original message |
It's this desire for cheaper and cheaper goods that is killing the working class |
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uppityperson (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-27-11 04:13 PM Response to Original message |
1. Also the rapid turn over of goods mentality. We don't need new things every yr, |
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dkf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-27-11 04:15 PM Response to Original message |
2. Even expensive products are made outside the US. |
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Ikonoklast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-27-11 04:20 PM Response to Original message |
3. Actually, I look for highest quality for the money, not cheapest price. |
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CaliforniaHiker (44 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-27-11 04:27 PM Response to Reply #3 |
5. I look for quality as well |
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dkf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-27-11 04:30 PM Response to Reply #3 |
6. And that isn't made in the US either. |
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Lorien (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-27-11 04:40 PM Response to Reply #3 |
11. Me too, now more than ever. I also choose handmade (in a non-cheap labor |
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Lorien (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-27-11 04:43 PM Response to Reply #3 |
12. Which reminds me; does anyone know where I can get well made women's cotton |
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Mimosa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-27-11 04:59 PM Response to Reply #12 |
17. Orvis is good. They use good cotton. |
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Merlot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-27-11 04:27 PM Response to Original message |
4. Or could it be that people just don't have as much money? |
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bhikkhu (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-27-11 04:35 PM Response to Reply #4 |
8. and don't forget ebay - I buy used much more often |
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dkf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-27-11 04:39 PM Response to Reply #4 |
10. Maybe they can't afford a computer unless they get one of the 10 $279's advertised. |
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Lorien (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-27-11 04:47 PM Response to Reply #4 |
16. Funny, but no matter how broke I've been I've never been short sighted enough |
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OffWithTheirHeads (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-27-11 04:32 PM Response to Original message |
7. The fact that workers have not had a raise since 1974 might be a factor. |
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phasma ex machina (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-27-11 04:37 PM Response to Original message |
9. War pig central banksters gave away America's jobs for the sake of THEIR Anglo-American Empire |
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PETRUS (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-27-11 04:44 PM Response to Original message |
13. This is an excellent argument in support of collective action. |
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Tierra_y_Libertad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-27-11 04:46 PM Response to Original message |
14. Catch-22. Lose your job or have your salary cut. What are you going to buy? |
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TheKentuckian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-27-11 04:47 PM Response to Original message |
15. I put the hunger for cheaper goods further back in the process. |
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Starry Messenger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-27-11 05:03 PM Response to Original message |
18. They don't pay us enough to buy things. |
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FarCenter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-27-11 05:44 PM Response to Original message |
19. Back when the US did a lot of manufacturing, we were a high-volume, low-cost producer of cheap goods |
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socialindependocrat (379 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-27-11 05:47 PM Response to Original message |
20. Marketing philosophy drives up prices, also. |
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