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Posted on: December 4, 2016 at 10:01:01 CT

pickle MU

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I'm not defending an unequal free market, or status quo, or anything other than Carrier's decision to do what is in it's best interest, including moving a factory or jobs.

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The Carrier "deal" is indefensible. - pickle MU

- 12/4 08:52:43

Through NAFTA and such we've attempted to extend our - RayKinsella1922 SEC - 12/4 10:02:07

Motorola has been doing its part for years.... - Tigrrrr! MU

- 12/4 10:10:07

I just don't get why we haven't clean-room/robotic-ized that - RayKinsella1922 SEC - 12/4 13:58:48

I'm not going to argue with you - pickle MU

- 12/4 09:23:56

I see everything. If we existed in a free market, this "dea - 90Tiger MU - 12/4 09:25:41

Are you OK with Trump threatening these folks with - Evenflow MU - 12/4 09:37:02

I support the threat, the rhetoric and the mindset. He can't - 90Tiger MU - 12/4 09:46:38

Trump needs a hammer, and will get one. - Evenflow MU - 12/4 09:59:28

Relax. We aren't going to war, as you imply, and even if - GA Tiger MU - 12/4 10:34:50

If the war machine happens, it will be the worst of all - 90Tiger MU - 12/4 10:07:15

Jesus (nm) - pickle MU

- 12/4 09:50:36

Wrongs exist. Adding another wrong to the pile - pickle MU

- 12/4 09:28:13

so if congress reduces the federal corporate tax rate - 90Tiger MU - 12/4 09:29:32

That's a straw man (nm) - pickle MU

- 12/4 09:30:16

lmfao, yeah, I'd leave it at that if I were you. You've - 90Tiger MU - 12/4 09:32:39

I haven't ignored that at all - pickle MU

- 12/4 09:36:31

it was a dismissal out of hand and a return to "so don't - 90Tiger MU - 12/4 09:39:52

Wrongs weren't being undone - pickle MU

- 12/4 09:41:48

if the US immediately drops all OSHA laws, EEOC laws, - 90Tiger MU - 12/4 09:49:09

He's demonstrating a mindset, alright (nm) - pickle MU

- 12/4 09:53:42

Yeah, I just said that. Nice job explaining yourself - 90Tiger MU - 12/4 10:08:26

I didn't imply there were/are with Carrier. If the US govt - 90Tiger MU - 12/4 09:47:26

Um, yes, you did. (nm) - pickle MU

- 12/4 09:53:17

cool (nm) - 90Tiger MU - 12/4 10:08:38

When you remove all govt intervention in US business, then - 90Tiger MU - 12/4 09:23:10

Hogwash - 90Tiger MU - 12/4 09:14:16

This global trade issue may be the most complex - GA Tiger MU - 12/4 09:27:59

"who has cheated for many years" - pickle MU

- 12/4 09:34:07

Dumping government subsidized steel below manufacturing cost - TigerMatt STL - 12/4 11:09:26

Nope (nm) - pickle MU

- 12/4 12:30:01

That isn't free market. China tried to kill the US steel - TigerMatt STL - 12/4 13:00:44

I didn't say that it was free market (nm) - pickle MU

- 12/4 18:42:35

Ignoring trademarks. Copying patented product. - GA Tiger MU - 12/4 10:29:15

Nothing wrong with either of those things - pickle MU

- 12/4 10:33:27

Or, of course, hacking corps to steal mfg secrets on - GA Tiger MU - 12/4 10:37:29

Now you're changing the topic - pickle MU

- 12/4 11:19:41

You remain an idiot. - GA Tiger MU - 12/4 12:12:23

So that's a no (nm) - pickle MU

- 12/4 12:29:25

I'll jump in - he calls it cheating. I detailed it above - t - 90Tiger MU - 12/4 09:37:32

That's not what's happening, 90. - pickle MU

- 12/4 09:40:08

what is happening, you explain it to me rather than jus - 90Tiger MU - 12/4 09:49:48

I already have - pickle MU

- 12/4 10:01:01

Carrier decided what was in its best interest. And if - 90Tiger MU - 12/4 10:09:09

Not really. Someone putting a gun to your head, you may - TigerMatt STL - 12/4 11:13:25

35% corp tax rate is a gun to your head, so is OSHA, EEOC, - 90Tiger MU - 12/4 11:28:48

well, it sure as hell isn't a "free market" in which Carrier - 90Tiger MU - 12/4 09:29:58

the only US policy - Ferg STL - 12/4 09:22:58

Not really. Wage differential at least as significant IMO.(nm) - GA Tiger MU - 12/4 09:29:01

wage differential is not US policy - Ferg STL - 12/4 09:31:23

Not counting minimum wage law.(nm) - GA Tiger MU - 12/4 09:34:50

true, but that should be eliminated - Ferg STL - 12/4 09:36:43

why do you keep ignoring all of the other factors I've - 90Tiger MU - 12/4 09:40:39

OSHA and EPA should be reined in - Ferg STL - 12/4 09:50:16

FDA is horrible. They killed the vaping market which was - TigerMatt STL - 12/4 11:18:11

the list is endless, ferg. this isn't a free market you're - 90Tiger MU - 12/4 09:50:52

the US has a federal minimum wage. The US has - 90Tiger MU - 12/4 09:34:17

Trump - pickle MU

- 12/4 09:24:39

I hate to agree with you - Ferg STL - 12/4 09:34:28

this isn't a free market. (nm) - 90Tiger MU - 12/4 09:50:16

and apparently it just got less free - Ferg STL - 12/4 09:52:39

so reducing carriers state corporate tax = less free? - 90Tiger MU - 12/4 10:11:26

why should carrier get preferential treatment? - Ferg STL - 12/4 13:42:58

There's that straw man again (nm) - pickle MU

- 12/4 10:13:01

I welcome it - pickle MU

- 12/4 09:38:08

Trump has nothing to do with it. The state of indiana is - 90Tiger MU - 12/4 09:28:13

You aren't being honest - pickle MU

- 12/4 09:31:25

Your opinion is duly noted. (nm) - 90Tiger MU - 12/4 09:33:01

That wasn't opinion, Reino (nm) - pickle MU

- 12/4 09:34:31

obamacare? environmental restrictions? us reporting - 90Tiger MU - 12/4 09:24:18

😂 - Emoji Man MSU - 12/4 08:57:43