York Peppermint Patties Now To Be Made in Mexico

[Ed Ely]

Don't any of youse guys miss any of
the points made so far!

My solution is to not eat Hershey
or the York candy....ever again.

Food stuff, if not made in the US of
A, especially if made in Mex, is the
same as eating your own,
well, you know what I want to say
but I am da nice guy and will let
someone else fill in the blank.

Ed

[mgeoffriau]

I'm not in college, fatman.

Answer me this:

Why do Americans deserve to make more than Indians do for the same job?

Originally Posted by one-eyed-fatman

mgeoffriau when you get out of college and apply for the same job someone from India is and they give that job to the Indian because he'll work cheaper than you be happy, be very happy. Hey, maybe you could go to mexico and get a job making candy.

[cjive134]

Originally Posted by Judge

Etta, it's a process called creative destruction. The old, inefficient are weeded out, making room for the new and efficient.

This allows consumers to save money, get a better product or afford a product they otherwise couldn't. It rewards those willing to work and innovators, while penalizing the lazy or greedy.

This type of change is rarely pleasant for some, but generally benefits most. Just imagine if at the turn of the century, the horse buggy industry had been effective at protecting it's jobs and workers by getting the new fangled contraption called the automobile outlawed or restrict others ability to produce it. We would then still have nice horse and buggy's and be a third world nation. It sucks that those guys lost good jobs, but we're all better off for it.

I for one look forward to savoring the peppermint taste that I've heard so much about!! I will finally be able to afford this delicate treat!

[Etta Place]

Originally Posted by cjive134

I for one look forward to savoring the peppermint taste that I've heard so much about!! I will finally be able to afford this delicate treat!

[Etta Place]

Originally Posted by mgeoffriau

I'm not in college, fatman.

Answer me this:

Why do Americans deserve to make more than Indians do for the same job?

Cost of living is higher in the U.S. And, to maintain a fairly equitable society based on a large middle class, conducive to a representative democracy.

[LUVMYSIGP225]

Originally Posted by mgeoffriau

I'm not in college, fatman.

Answer me this:

Why do Americans deserve to make more than Indians do for the same job?

How about these third world countries finally evolve and develop their own prosperous nations and quit being a parasite on the a$$ of the innovative Americans?

Either evolve, develop and learn, or be happy herding goats. Quit riding your donkey to the call center and playing "Steve" for a day.

It cracks me up that the past few Mexican Presidents have spent most of their career trying to keep the border open to the United States, so that their people can run across and bring back money. I never hear these "Presidents" talking about building their own nation to a level where the people want to stay.

[Frenchy]

We are well on the way to being an economic 3rd. world country...We will get those jobs back.

[one-eyed-fatman]

Originally Posted by mgeoffriau

I'm not in college, fatman.

Answer me this:

Why do Americans deserve to make more than Indians do for the same job?

Because it's our country. We were born and raised here. Many of us fought for this country. And many of those Americans died for this country. And we didn't do it so some low life educated dickweeds who never raised a finger to help our country could give away our jobs to a bunch of fur-a-nurds. It's not our fault the college education system in this country turns out people who are to stupid to figure out how to make a profit the honest way (by working for it). It's not our fault they have to cheat their way through life. It's not our fault they are so stupid they have to pay our government to bail them out of their own stupidity, but they do. And who pays the price? The American worker and taxpayers. I'm 100% pro American, what are you?

[LUVMYSIGP225]

Originally Posted by Frenchy

We are well on the way to being an economic 3rd. world country...We will get those jobs back.

Correct. Thanks to greed.

[DanTheEldest]

In theory, I like the idea of free trade. In practice, not so much. I think wages are relative, and, like liquids, they tend to seek their own level. Within our own borders, this isn't a big deal as something of an equilibrium (more or less) will be reached among companies in the same town or from state to state. The problem comes when you start adjusting the level with countries with astronomically lower wage scales in the picture, like Mexico, China, and India. While I am still a capitalist (I think it's the best of the systems available to us), free trade to me has simply meant that many U.S. jobs flow out of the country while revenue flows back into those same companies, but who now have no ties to the communities around them short of the management staff residing stateside.

It's a bit of a conundrum for me, I guess; I want to see U.S. businesses succeed, but at what cost to Americans?