The rest of the developed world.
That's kinda my point. The rest of the developed world relied on Capitalism. Socialist countries, like Cuba, China, Russia, all failed and were mired in poverty. Even Venezuela is falling like a rock since it started marching towards socialism.
And the most healthy and strong of our nation are dying over oil.
Well, that's a nice nutty socialist conspiracy theory, but not really logical or supportable by those who can think for themselves.
So most of those people did thier jobs well and got layed off because the corporate chiefs would rather lay off millions than take a small cut in thier pay.
Another of those rather lame socialist conspiracy theories. So in your world, GM which lost $9.6 Billion, was because of GM's board of director's average salary of $120,000. Let's round that up to $150K. 12 people on the board, at $150K is $1.8 Million.
So if only those 12 board members had cut their pay, it would have offset the $9.8 Billion, and fixed everything, and all the workers could keep their jobs? Fuzzy math.
China is anything but socialistic. It is laissez-faire capitalism at its best.
It is now. But it was not prior to 1978. Prior, it was a socialist nightmare, where roughly 66% of the population was under the poverty level of $2 a day. Compared with Hong Kong, which was an economic power in the region, and yet exactly like China culturally, and yet had almost no resources.
Thats exactly what communists do[except for the bible studies]! I am glad we agree with each other on at least ONE thing!
No, that isn't what communists do. That is what they claim to do. But what they claim, and what actually happens, are two very different things. In Cuba, most people get almost nothing, and are willing to die trying to escape from the socialist hell. In Venezuela, people find their homes, their lands confiscated and dolled out to people who didn't earn them, nor have the ability to maintain them. They find products becoming massively more expensive, and imports difficult to acquire. The largest export of Venezuela beyond oil, is people leaving the sinking economy, looking for better work in other countries. And let's not even talk about Russia. By the time Russia got done, people were so broke, so desperate, that people were killing and eating each other for lack of food.
So no, PGA does not forcibly take money from people, nor does it cause the entire economy to crash, and force people into poverty. In fact it trains people on how to go out, be a capitalist, and earn a living.
For what walmart makes, thats barely a few bucks to them.
So what? When you consider the millions of people that have jobs because of their business, and the wealth of products they make available to people for a lower price, they shouldn't have to donate a penny with how much wealth they are creating for America, and Americans. The fact they do, makes them just that much better.
Obama is a fascist. Another thing the two "c's" agree upon. I made a new phrase!
Fascist, socialist, nationalist, communist, a Rose by any other name....