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kamaal on Dec 16, 2011 | parent | context | favorite | on: The scandal of the Alabama poor cut off from water

Americans talk endlessly about how much cheaper <foreign work> destinations have stolen their jobs.

They have stolen your jobs because of my aforementioned arguments.

In other words you are in this 'poor' state because of your very high standards of living.

mkr-hn on Dec 16, 2011 [–]

Are we supposed to hold off on improving our averages while we wait for other countries to catch up?

kamaal on Dec 19, 2011 | [–]

I don't know!

You know what is good for you. Act accordingly.

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