HEART Loc: God's Country - COLORADO

Ah, I love simplicity. And as for the PAATCO strike, a union strike ground air traffic to a halt, forcing Reagan's hand. And how's the grand scheme of capitalism working for the TSA - oops, forgot...government.

pigpen

Again, you fail to mention that BamBam had 2 full years with the dolts in charge of both the senate and the house. He could have done absolutely anything he wanted. Why didn't he do this then. Simple, it's just another lie so that you people will vote for him again. Just like closing gitmo. Just like cutting the defecit in half his first year. Just like blaming Bush tax cuts for our problems, then extending them twice. BLAH, BLAH, BLAH!! You'll fall for it again.

Bmac Loc: Long Island, NY

Thank you. Finally someone who actually read what Ryan said, rather than have others interpret it for them. Oh, and in actuality the plant closed in 2009. 8-)

gekko11 Loc: Las Cruces NM

who would PAY 365.00 for a pair of tennis shoes? Buy a pair of New Balance (Made in USA) Usually pay less than 40.00

pigpen

There are morons out there that will do it.

EdJ0307 Loc: out west someplace

Yeah, it's the Republican's and Bush's fault.

pigpen

"It's Bush's fault" was only when congress was completely controled by the libs. Now they have the republican house they can blame it on.

jjwright71 Loc: Lubbock,Tx

if thats your take on it reelect obama-bama ,and ya better learn which way is east an buy yourself a prayer rug and a koran whilst you gots money

pigpen

re-read my post. it's sarcasm.

gmcase Loc: Galt's Gulch

Looks like Pigpen is destined to mistaken for a lefty.

:XD:

gekko11 Loc: Las Cruces NM

who the hell would pay 140.00 for a pair of Nikes much less 360.00? gullibility of the consumer has some part in this . buy a pair of New Balance Shoes (american made) for about 35.00! just as good IMHO

Raider Fan Loc: Lake County, IL.

tax the rich to feed the poor until there are no rich no more...Alvin Lee

RMM Loc: Suburban New York

Scott, is it possible that some of these companies are blaming Obama for forcing them to leave when they have other reasons, but don't want to publicly acknowledge them?

One virtue of a value added tax (VAT) as an alternative to other corporate taxes is that the tax would apply to the sale of an item. To prevent an end-around, it should also apply to any item purchased outside the country, and imported here. In other words, apply the tax at the border.

Some companies would still choose to relocate because regulation is more lax elsewhere, and they wouldn't have to spend money controlling or eliminating their pollution. If they insist on poisoning the local population, I could nominate some countries I wouldn't care about too much. And, of course, child labor and other forbidden practices also lower costs.

Screamin Scott Loc: Marshfield Wi, Baltimore Md, now Dallas Ga

Speculation on your part as for reasons (conspiracy theory ?)...As for a VAT tax, that , when combined with all the other taxes (hidden or not),would create a serious drag on spending, thus causing us to possibly go back into a recession. One thing you are not taking into consideration is that , in many cases, wages paid to workers in those other countries, is a lot more than most workers make. So, while the wages they are paid might offend us, it's likely more than most of their other countrymen make & in time, those situations change as a natural progression of the host country's economy improves. Just like it did in this country... Funny how you have such a low opinion of American businesses & hold the Federal Government in such high esteem...Many of those in high positions in Government go on afterwards to hold high positions in business...

RMM Loc: Suburban New York

I'm not talking about conspiracy, but a company that's relocating to use cheap labor, or to avoid installing pollution controls, isn't going to come out and say, "We're cheap, we don't care about anything but our bonuses, so we're going overseas." Instead, it's much more palatable to tell the consuming public that government is increasing costs and introducing uncertainty, blah, blah, blah. Net result: company does what it wanted to do, blames Obama, and doesn't offend its customers.

I was suggesting VAT as an alternative to some corporate taxes. All? I don't know, that would take study of the tax code. But the principle is, "Buy my product, pay the tax." No sneaky ways to stash the money overseas to avoid taxes here. If you're going to pay the tax either way, might as well stay here. In fact, might as well move some stuff back here, since the situation is more stable than elsewhere.

My level of esteem for American businesses is based on over 30 years in the corporate sector. I know how it's supposed to work - merit and all that good stuff - and I've seen how it works - went to Princeton, married the boss's daughter - and sometimes I wonder how we ever beat the Soviets. No, it's not all bleak, but I've seen incompetence tolerated and even rewarded. I just don't have any illusions.

The private sector and the public sector both could use improvement.