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<blockquote data-quote="everywoman" data-source="post: 319178" data-attributes="member: 1436"><p>My theory about how this country got ourselves in this mess goes beyond that. We live in a country where EVERYONE wants to make the best possible salary and buy everything for the lowest price possible. We've lost large segments of manufacturing jobs because of that. It doesn't balance out. I do my best to buy American and support local businesses even if it means paying a little more for what I purchase. It allows my friends and neighbors to stay in business. I live in a town that has gone from 5 grocery store chains to two since a large big box store came to town 20 years ago. I've watched a large # of local restaurants and mom and pop businesses go under. One of the biggest employers in my town just closed because it's Union would not allow employees to take a $2 an hour pay cut---most of them made over $25 an hour...now they do not have jobs at all. We no longer have a car dealership in town...they have all left or gone out of business. We used to have 6. But we do have 6 or 7 check cashing and title loan businesses that prey on those people with low incomes from the low paying jobs we have left so they can go buy more cheap stuff from the big box store!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="everywoman, post: 319178, member: 1436"] My theory about how this country got ourselves in this mess goes beyond that. We live in a country where EVERYONE wants to make the best possible salary and buy everything for the lowest price possible. We've lost large segments of manufacturing jobs because of that. It doesn't balance out. I do my best to buy American and support local businesses even if it means paying a little more for what I purchase. It allows my friends and neighbors to stay in business. I live in a town that has gone from 5 grocery store chains to two since a large big box store came to town 20 years ago. I've watched a large # of local restaurants and mom and pop businesses go under. One of the biggest employers in my town just closed because it's Union would not allow employees to take a $2 an hour pay cut---most of them made over $25 an hour...now they do not have jobs at all. We no longer have a car dealership in town...they have all left or gone out of business. We used to have 6. But we do have 6 or 7 check cashing and title loan businesses that prey on those people with low incomes from the low paying jobs we have left so they can go buy more cheap stuff from the big box store! [/QUOTE]
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