* Poor Americans aren’t really poor because there are people dying of disease and malnutrition somewhere else. Since they are better off than these people, they really have nothing to complain about.
* Poor Americans aren’t actually poor because a hundred years ago poor people couldn’t have a TV or a flush commode. Poor Americans now have both! They’re rich! What a bunch of whiners.
* There is no poverty in America. I certainly don’t see any on my commute between Encinitas and Sorrento Valley.
* Poor Americans are greedy and want free houses in Encinitas without working. Therefore all American jobs deserve to be shipped to China. Except for mine of course, Chinese people aren’t smart enough to be a (choose one) financial adviser/tax accountant/day trader/middle manager/real estate agent.
* Globalization is helping poor people in places like China by giving them jobs with no worker protection, safety, or environmental standards.
* Globalization is unstoppable and Americans are addicted to cheap goods so we must continue on our current course. What we need is more outsourcing, more movement of capital out of the US so that we can continue importing cheap furniture and cheap TVs. We’re addicted to this stuff! Everyone knows that the cure for addiction is to simply have more of whatever it is you’re addicted to.
* Anyone who uses the word “deserve” or “fair” in their argument is childish, since only children use these words. Children like Benjamin Franklin – “They who can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety” or Eleanor Roosevelt – “It is not fair to ask of others what you are not willing to do yourself. ”
