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Made in Japan is what we grew up seeing. Look where Japan is now

Posted By: So what? The fact remains. on 2006-01-04
In Reply to: Yes. Especially high-end merchandise. Someone has an ax to grind with Walmart - giving a very one-sided story.

Car manufacturing and textiles are gone. Bush just signed another trade agreement with central america (CAFTA or maybe it is central america or LAFTA hahaha. More jobs out the window. You think these poverty stricken people are going to be buying cars from us? The only thing they will be doing is sending their kids here for their college education.

Cry patriotism. Rome fell when they ran out of raw materials (steel, timber) and their nation was filled with immigrants brought in for cheap labor who reproduced then at astounding rates, becoming the majority, only to be so unpatriotic they could not create an adequate army or an infrastructure as they were not deep patriots with a deep undying love for their land and constitution.

Rome stood for several thousand years and fell in less then 400 years.

In the end, corruption prevailed at the highest levels.

History will repeat itself. Not in our time but in your grandchildren's future, the situation will be irreversible. There simply has to be a middle class and the middle class need middle class jobs.


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Greece, Turkey, Egypt, Nepal, Japan. sm
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Um, what? I grew up very poor and made it through college and now
I am working FT and so is DH.
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It is NOT the govts fault that people are poor or that they can't feed their kids. Give me a break.

In fact, I am living proof, and so are millions of other people, that no matter where you grew up in life or where you've been, if you are determined to make it, then you will. Just ask Judge Mathis.

Quit blaming others for your life situation. Start taking control and action and responsibility!
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hardest for me.  The Japanese and Korean ones are the best.  Seems like the enunciate more clearly or something. 


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I am 30, grew up watching Peter Jennings.

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the economy wasn't exactly booming then, and they were certainly poor. My dad born in 1923, and HE would wash old bread wrappers to use as lunch bags, and then wash em again and use them till they fell apart. Why buy plastic bags when they come free on the bread?
I grew up in FL, and my black teachers used a lot of these phrases...sm
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distant trains for me, grew up with 'em. NM
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A lot of people who grew up without privilege ended up skanks too
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My respect for Busy grew by leaps and bounds TY! nm
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i made $15/hr before and didn't stay long because i made so much more on production. sm
that was with full benes too. i wouldn't do it for less than $20, but i think even with $20, i'd want benes. are you in-house?
I don't know how it made such a small diff in your invoice... made a $100 diff in mine! (sm)

If it were only adding up to three bucks, I wouldn't sweat it. $100? Yeah, that's baseball registration for my son for this year. I am not giving tabs, returns, etc. away free when it adds up to that much difference!  Why should I charge less for a Return than I would for a"K"?


 


 


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made some changes...let's see

yes...you made my day..:-)
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You have just made me $$$
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I have to wonder if this is made up BUT if you are
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Someone who has been around for 20+ years and this was standard back then for quality MTing.
5 yrs ago, I made as low as $26 K, as hi as

Thank you. This just made my day.
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But maybe if she made that $500
AND talked to her mortgage lender....offered the $500....then maybe they would be more likely to work with her. It was a suggestion, and a fine one. Lets just help the girl out. OK!
There are several. Most of them are made by
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MADE IN THE USA
One more thing - does naybody else rememebr those commercials - made in the USA, and "buy American" - I do, instead of outsourcing lets bring back the USA pride, If I could I would use USA instaed of my initials on documents I transcribe.
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YES!! I made $15/hr at my first MT job...
and that was with excellent benefits back in 2001. I live in the midwest where the cost of living is very reasonable too. So, $12/hr for an experienced MT is awful! I only had experience as a medical assistant before becoming an MT and made more than that.
I used to do this but made more as MT. Now I also
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LOL, you made my day. nm
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You just made my day:) sm
You don't know how much I personally appreciate hearing you say that. So many people (even family) think that all I do is sit home in my jammies and straight "type." It's good to see someone who has an appreciation for how indepth the MT field actually is. You are awesome for making my day!
THANK YOU! You made my day nm
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Most of us know by now that it's mostly made up.

yep, that made my day. NM
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and now, horse of a different color, totally.
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I produced what you do and made less
Where do you work? I worked my fanny off, produced 10,000 lines per pay period and got only $800 per pay period, for about $16,000 a year since we do not get paid vacation. IT STINKS

Please, please, where do you work?
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In OR I made $16.50/hr, in NE I was offered $11.30.
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So.....Ms. Fasttype. Looks like you made the
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That's really what made it easy for me - sm
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