Statistics on Decline of U.S. Middle Class

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Lol…. I’ll add

1) We don’t tax the rich enough

2) It’s Walmart’s fault

3) It’s Goodwill’s fault.

4) It’s because the estate taxes are too low

6) It’s because sale taxes are too high

7) It’s because we have an illegal immigration problem

8) Halmark made me spend on money to celebrate “My Secretary’s Nephew’s Son’s Sister’s former Roommate Day”.

9) Healthcare is too much

10) Healthcare is too little

11) Corporations keep outsourcing

12) Corporations keep insourcing

13) Corporations keep right sizing

14) Corporations keep left sizing

15) Those damn pesky chinese and asians. It’s all their fault….They’re stupid by they way, because they go to school….They keep making and sending us those crappy electronics even though we don’t want/need them, and end up polluting our landfills with non-green electronic stuff that is frequently thrown out….

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While we are at it, let me also bring Hitler, Mao and Stalin to this thread. It is their fault!!!

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That’s hilarious, concho…

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That’s hilarious, concho…

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That’s hilarious, concho…

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That’s hilarious, concho…

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That’s hilarious, concho…

[Coronita]

It ain’t over quite yet. I keep saying this…Tech is the last person standing….

In other news…

http://finance.yahoo.com/news/Intel-to-spend-up-to-8B-on-US-apf-2298150898.html?x=0&sec=topStories&pos=3&asset=&ccode=

Intel plans up to $8 billion for US chip-making upgrades, expects up to 1,000 permanent jobs

NEW YORK (AP) — Intel says it will spend $6 billion to $8 billion on new chip manufacturing technology in its U.S. factories and will build a new development plant in Oregon.

Intel Corp. said Tuesday the investment will create between 6,000 and 8,000 construction jobs and 800 to 1,000 permanent high-tech jobs across its U.S. operations in Oregon and Arizona. It also helps the company keep its current base of factory workers at its U.S. sites in these states.

It says its new Oregon facility is scheduled to start up in 2013.

Intel is the world’s largest maker of microprocessors, the “brains” of computers. The company says three-fourths of its microprocessor manufacturing happens in the U.S.

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Ever wonder why Kalifornia is missing out (again)????

http://www.sacbee.com/2010/04/04/2654053/businesses-scared-off-by-california.html

But a full comeback isn’t guaranteed. California no longer competes only with other states for jobs. It competes with the whole world.

Globalization makes it easier and more tempting for California companies to outsource operations to low-cost countries. China has already snagged jobs in solar energy and other sectors of green technology – considered by many to be the next big hope for California.

Costly – and risky

California’s political climate adds another complication. Along with taxes, regulation and other long-standing issues, “Furlough Fridays” and the $20 billion deficit deepen the suspicion among some that California is no place to do business.

“It’s more expensive. It takes more time. It’s riskier,” said Matt White of Basin Street Properties, a developer that owns office buildings in Sacramento. Basin moved its headquarters last year from Petaluma to Reno.

Intel Corp., a pioneer of Silicon Valley, soured on its home state years ago. During the rolling blackouts of 2001, the semiconductor giant pledged never to build another plant in California.

It kept that promise. Over the past decade, even as it downsized some operations, Intel spent $11 billion on plants in Oregon, Arizona and New Mexico. It closed its last California plant, in Santa Clara, last June, although it closed plants elsewhere, too.

..and our politicians in CA want to RAISE taxes even further??? Uh, yeah that will work….Gee I wonder where Motorola’s mobile spinoff business unit is NOT going to be headquartered……

[Coronita]

It ain’t over quite yet. I keep saying this…Tech is the last person standing….

In other news…

http://finance.yahoo.com/news/Intel-to-spend-up-to-8B-on-US-apf-2298150898.html?x=0&sec=topStories&pos=3&asset=&ccode=

Intel plans up to $8 billion for US chip-making upgrades, expects up to 1,000 permanent jobs

NEW YORK (AP) — Intel says it will spend $6 billion to $8 billion on new chip manufacturing technology in its U.S. factories and will build a new development plant in Oregon.

Intel Corp. said Tuesday the investment will create between 6,000 and 8,000 construction jobs and 800 to 1,000 permanent high-tech jobs across its U.S. operations in Oregon and Arizona. It also helps the company keep its current base of factory workers at its U.S. sites in these states.

It says its new Oregon facility is scheduled to start up in 2013.

Intel is the world’s largest maker of microprocessors, the “brains” of computers. The company says three-fourths of its microprocessor manufacturing happens in the U.S.

————————

Ever wonder why Kalifornia is missing out (again)????

http://www.sacbee.com/2010/04/04/2654053/businesses-scared-off-by-california.html

But a full comeback isn’t guaranteed. California no longer competes only with other states for jobs. It competes with the whole world.

Globalization makes it easier and more tempting for California companies to outsource operations to low-cost countries. China has already snagged jobs in solar energy and other sectors of green technology – considered by many to be the next big hope for California.

Costly – and risky

California’s political climate adds another complication. Along with taxes, regulation and other long-standing issues, “Furlough Fridays” and the $20 billion deficit deepen the suspicion among some that California is no place to do business.

“It’s more expensive. It takes more time. It’s riskier,” said Matt White of Basin Street Properties, a developer that owns office buildings in Sacramento. Basin moved its headquarters last year from Petaluma to Reno.

Intel Corp., a pioneer of Silicon Valley, soured on its home state years ago. During the rolling blackouts of 2001, the semiconductor giant pledged never to build another plant in California.

It kept that promise. Over the past decade, even as it downsized some operations, Intel spent $11 billion on plants in Oregon, Arizona and New Mexico. It closed its last California plant, in Santa Clara, last June, although it closed plants elsewhere, too.

..and our politicians in CA want to RAISE taxes even further??? Uh, yeah that will work….Gee I wonder where Motorola’s mobile spinoff business unit is NOT going to be headquartered……

[Coronita]

It ain’t over quite yet. I keep saying this…Tech is the last person standing….

In other news…

http://finance.yahoo.com/news/Intel-to-spend-up-to-8B-on-US-apf-2298150898.html?x=0&sec=topStories&pos=3&asset=&ccode=

Intel plans up to $8 billion for US chip-making upgrades, expects up to 1,000 permanent jobs

NEW YORK (AP) — Intel says it will spend $6 billion to $8 billion on new chip manufacturing technology in its U.S. factories and will build a new development plant in Oregon.

Intel Corp. said Tuesday the investment will create between 6,000 and 8,000 construction jobs and 800 to 1,000 permanent high-tech jobs across its U.S. operations in Oregon and Arizona. It also helps the company keep its current base of factory workers at its U.S. sites in these states.

It says its new Oregon facility is scheduled to start up in 2013.

Intel is the world’s largest maker of microprocessors, the “brains” of computers. The company says three-fourths of its microprocessor manufacturing happens in the U.S.

————————

Ever wonder why Kalifornia is missing out (again)????

http://www.sacbee.com/2010/04/04/2654053/businesses-scared-off-by-california.html

But a full comeback isn’t guaranteed. California no longer competes only with other states for jobs. It competes with the whole world.

Globalization makes it easier and more tempting for California companies to outsource operations to low-cost countries. China has already snagged jobs in solar energy and other sectors of green technology – considered by many to be the next big hope for California.

Costly – and risky

California’s political climate adds another complication. Along with taxes, regulation and other long-standing issues, “Furlough Fridays” and the $20 billion deficit deepen the suspicion among some that California is no place to do business.

“It’s more expensive. It takes more time. It’s riskier,” said Matt White of Basin Street Properties, a developer that owns office buildings in Sacramento. Basin moved its headquarters last year from Petaluma to Reno.

Intel Corp., a pioneer of Silicon Valley, soured on its home state years ago. During the rolling blackouts of 2001, the semiconductor giant pledged never to build another plant in California.

It kept that promise. Over the past decade, even as it downsized some operations, Intel spent $11 billion on plants in Oregon, Arizona and New Mexico. It closed its last California plant, in Santa Clara, last June, although it closed plants elsewhere, too.

..and our politicians in CA want to RAISE taxes even further??? Uh, yeah that will work….Gee I wonder where Motorola’s mobile spinoff business unit is NOT going to be headquartered……

[Coronita]

It ain’t over quite yet. I keep saying this…Tech is the last person standing….

In other news…

http://finance.yahoo.com/news/Intel-to-spend-up-to-8B-on-US-apf-2298150898.html?x=0&sec=topStories&pos=3&asset=&ccode=

Intel plans up to $8 billion for US chip-making upgrades, expects up to 1,000 permanent jobs

NEW YORK (AP) — Intel says it will spend $6 billion to $8 billion on new chip manufacturing technology in its U.S. factories and will build a new development plant in Oregon.

Intel Corp. said Tuesday the investment will create between 6,000 and 8,000 construction jobs and 800 to 1,000 permanent high-tech jobs across its U.S. operations in Oregon and Arizona. It also helps the company keep its current base of factory workers at its U.S. sites in these states.

It says its new Oregon facility is scheduled to start up in 2013.

Intel is the world’s largest maker of microprocessors, the “brains” of computers. The company says three-fourths of its microprocessor manufacturing happens in the U.S.

————————

Ever wonder why Kalifornia is missing out (again)????

http://www.sacbee.com/2010/04/04/2654053/businesses-scared-off-by-california.html

But a full comeback isn’t guaranteed. California no longer competes only with other states for jobs. It competes with the whole world.

Globalization makes it easier and more tempting for California companies to outsource operations to low-cost countries. China has already snagged jobs in solar energy and other sectors of green technology – considered by many to be the next big hope for California.

Costly – and risky

California’s political climate adds another complication. Along with taxes, regulation and other long-standing issues, “Furlough Fridays” and the $20 billion deficit deepen the suspicion among some that California is no place to do business.

“It’s more expensive. It takes more time. It’s riskier,” said Matt White of Basin Street Properties, a developer that owns office buildings in Sacramento. Basin moved its headquarters last year from Petaluma to Reno.

Intel Corp., a pioneer of Silicon Valley, soured on its home state years ago. During the rolling blackouts of 2001, the semiconductor giant pledged never to build another plant in California.

It kept that promise. Over the past decade, even as it downsized some operations, Intel spent $11 billion on plants in Oregon, Arizona and New Mexico. It closed its last California plant, in Santa Clara, last June, although it closed plants elsewhere, too.

..and our politicians in CA want to RAISE taxes even further??? Uh, yeah that will work….Gee I wonder where Motorola’s mobile spinoff business unit is NOT going to be headquartered……

[Coronita]

It ain’t over quite yet. I keep saying this…Tech is the last person standing….

In other news…

http://finance.yahoo.com/news/Intel-to-spend-up-to-8B-on-US-apf-2298150898.html?x=0&sec=topStories&pos=3&asset=&ccode=

Intel plans up to $8 billion for US chip-making upgrades, expects up to 1,000 permanent jobs

NEW YORK (AP) — Intel says it will spend $6 billion to $8 billion on new chip manufacturing technology in its U.S. factories and will build a new development plant in Oregon.

Intel Corp. said Tuesday the investment will create between 6,000 and 8,000 construction jobs and 800 to 1,000 permanent high-tech jobs across its U.S. operations in Oregon and Arizona. It also helps the company keep its current base of factory workers at its U.S. sites in these states.

It says its new Oregon facility is scheduled to start up in 2013.

Intel is the world’s largest maker of microprocessors, the “brains” of computers. The company says three-fourths of its microprocessor manufacturing happens in the U.S.

————————

Ever wonder why Kalifornia is missing out (again)????

http://www.sacbee.com/2010/04/04/2654053/businesses-scared-off-by-california.html

But a full comeback isn’t guaranteed. California no longer competes only with other states for jobs. It competes with the whole world.

Globalization makes it easier and more tempting for California companies to outsource operations to low-cost countries. China has already snagged jobs in solar energy and other sectors of green technology – considered by many to be the next big hope for California.

Costly – and risky

California’s political climate adds another complication. Along with taxes, regulation and other long-standing issues, “Furlough Fridays” and the $20 billion deficit deepen the suspicion among some that California is no place to do business.

“It’s more expensive. It takes more time. It’s riskier,” said Matt White of Basin Street Properties, a developer that owns office buildings in Sacramento. Basin moved its headquarters last year from Petaluma to Reno.

Intel Corp., a pioneer of Silicon Valley, soured on its home state years ago. During the rolling blackouts of 2001, the semiconductor giant pledged never to build another plant in California.

It kept that promise. Over the past decade, even as it downsized some operations, Intel spent $11 billion on plants in Oregon, Arizona and New Mexico. It closed its last California plant, in Santa Clara, last June, although it closed plants elsewhere, too.

..and our politicians in CA want to RAISE taxes even further??? Uh, yeah that will work….Gee I wonder where Motorola’s mobile spinoff business unit is NOT going to be headquartered……

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Ahhh, yes, I forgot that one!

9) American jobs and manufacturing have to be moved to places with lower taxes, fewer worker protections and environmental standards in order to remain competitive in the global marketplace. Never mind that Germany is the world’s second largest exporter and yet has higher taxes, more environmental restrictions and worker’s protections than the US. They can only do that because they are Germans. We are Americans, we are stupid, and we cannot compete with them. Therefore our jobs must go overseas.

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Ahhh, yes, I forgot that one!

9) American jobs and manufacturing have to be moved to places with lower taxes, fewer worker protections and environmental standards in order to remain competitive in the global marketplace. Never mind that Germany is the world’s second largest exporter and yet has higher taxes, more environmental restrictions and worker’s protections than the US. They can only do that because they are Germans. We are Americans, we are stupid, and we cannot compete with them. Therefore our jobs must go overseas.

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Ahhh, yes, I forgot that one!

9) American jobs and manufacturing have to be moved to places with lower taxes, fewer worker protections and environmental standards in order to remain competitive in the global marketplace. Never mind that Germany is the world’s second largest exporter and yet has higher taxes, more environmental restrictions and worker’s protections than the US. They can only do that because they are Germans. We are Americans, we are stupid, and we cannot compete with them. Therefore our jobs must go overseas.

[blahblahblah]

Ahhh, yes, I forgot that one!

9) American jobs and manufacturing have to be moved to places with lower taxes, fewer worker protections and environmental standards in order to remain competitive in the global marketplace. Never mind that Germany is the world’s second largest exporter and yet has higher taxes, more environmental restrictions and worker’s protections than the US. They can only do that because they are Germans. We are Americans, we are stupid, and we cannot compete with them. Therefore our jobs must go overseas.

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