they barely paid any taxes they actually made money, In fact They Made Money After Taxes wtf is that Bullshit!!!!!!!
Is this supposed to be a threat?? If you still expect this country to lead the world militarily and economically, you can't think it's acceptable for our most established American corporations NOT TO GIVE A SHIT about employing AMERICAN WORKERS. Americans themselves IMO are complicit in the demise of their own country. For example, go to Italy or Germany or Japan, the majority of the cars driving in those counties aren't FOREIGN. It's a fucking shame U.S. corporation have to be bribed to keep their core businesses at home.
Its all about consumption. Stop consuming as many foreign made products. We're the number one consumption market on the planet. If Americans stopped buying Nikes for 120 bucks or Ipods for 300 who the fuck would? India? China? Lol
Damn I have to agree with you on the cars thing. Getting paid 30 bucks an hour plus overtime to manufacture cars is a tad overboard. Its really hard to stay competitve under those conditions and I agree that American made cars are very over priced. A dodge or a ford should not cost me 98% of what a honda or toyota costs. Its a damn car, make them affordable so people here will have more incentive to buy them.
While not directly related to the topic of this thread, I found the attached article interesting reading and, IMO, offers an window into the deepening decline our economy has found itself in. http://www.npr.org/2011/11/04/142015785/the-nation-is-the-eurozone-ready-to-collapse Do any of the themes mentioned in the article sound familiar?
But more on point with this thread... The IRS comes after US citizens with a vengeance and unlimited power to seize, fine and incarcerate... We subsidize the oil industry and a host of profitable industries, while those same industries gouge us at their convenience and in many cases pay no taxes... And we continue to elect politicians who promise everything and deliver nothing but more of the same BS...