Posted by JML755 on October 12, 2010 at 05:57:31 from (66.184.63.110):
In Reply to: long winded rant posted by old on October 11, 2010 at 14:24:19:
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Agree 100%. The problem today is that nobody wants to solve their own problems. Look at New Orleans after Katrina. Porchful after porchful of people sitting doing nothing, complaining that the govt wasn't doing anything. Why didn't THEY clean up their homes and streets instead of sitting on their duffs?
And the politicians LOVE to give YOUR money away. It gives them a real sense of power to decide who gets incentives, subsidies, grants, etc. They use it to buy votes. And then they create regulations that are
In my book, the best government is the least government.
As for the OP, the efficiencies of automation and size of operation in ANY industry keeps prices low. People love to complain about jobs going offshore but that's why the computer you're reading this on probably cost under $1000. If it (and it's components) were made in the USA by union labor it would probably cost double or triple that. My first IBM AT computer cost me $4500 in the early 80's. Close to the price of a car back then. Would you be able to afford a computer today if it cost over $10,000?
So, I guess it's ok to wish for the "good ole days", and I am sure the buggy whip manufacturers 100 years ago were complaining about the horseless carriage, but time marches on and things change. All we can do is try and keep pace with those changes.
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