Free trade and offshoring are great!

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5. Uh, this doesn't mean they have a dishwasher and can't pay the electric bill or eat like here.

It means they no longer live in a hut in a backwoods in China with a tin roof and 12 people without even a goat. Instead they live in a 4 bedroom house with 1 bathroom and 12 people, something that code officers usually only ignore in U.S. neighborhoods where they really aren't welcome. Eating out in budget food places is more common because there is not enough space in the home for much of a kitchen. 'Course, that's if they are a doctor and can afford it...

So getting out of poverty can mean different things.

(But don't you know, no matter what, "you can make it in America if you try"?)

Generally I agree with you about many large corps, and virtually any corporations whose main product is financial, but not all corps are like that, so no need to beat it to death.

You are describing servitude, and in a democratic country that must be voluntary servitude, eh? So if everyone would just quit cooperating with their Masters they could stop it.

But Mr. Charlie's power is strong, and the spirit seems weak...