onedayatatime, do you buy stock from an under-performing compnay? CEO's are paid to ensure the company they represent makes money not the opposite.

If the anti-business crowd would put their money where their mouth is and invest in companies that don't care about profits I might listen to their positions more. Since these very people won't do that...well you get the point.

916WI..Yes I am anti corporation. I am also guilty of being a stockholder. I understand the need to maximize profits, but when does the cost become too great? Do CEO's really need to make millions of dollars a year? Would they be any less comfortable if they only made 5 million vs 15 million a year? It all comes back to GREED. I agree with you, the unions became greedy. Unions started out to protect laborers from slave like wages and unsafe working conditions in the robber baron days. It's a viscious circle and I see no end. Greed will be the destruction of mankind.
Just imagine what the world could be like if everyone just did the right thing! I enjoy taking my little fantasy trip into LaLa Land every once in awhile:)

Corporations have bled the American middle class dry, chewed us up and spit us out. They are done with us, they don't need our buying power(which we now have none)anymore. There is now a blooming middle class in China and India they can now sell to.
My niece works in the fashion industry in N.Y., she was saying this weekend that her vendor in China just turned down a new contract because her company wasn't offering them enough money. It's pretty bad when corporations aren't offering Chinese labor enough money!

"In a twist of events the iconic American car maker, GM, has found that its Chinese market has surpassed the US market in terms of sales, making the Chinese market GM’s largest market.
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"GM's total capacity in China is more than 1 million vehicles a year, spokesman Henry Wong said. The car maker opened a new plant in Qingdao in Shandong Province in March with a capacity of 300,000 vehicles a year."
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Will your next Chevy/Buick/Caddy be imported?????

Yingyang is right to blame Bill Clinton and the Congress for deregulating the housing industry. I'm glad he won't forget the major deregulations of business in general under Ronald Reagan that set the course for the failures of Bush 43.

so griz, you highlight that darwin had a post removed, saying you are not surprised and insinuating his post was negative or ignorant all the while you are PROUD(like a 12 year old is proud of detention) that youve had 3 profiles removed and are going for a record. nice. may i suggest your next id?? how about ahypocriteiam!!

Whythink......Are you saying that corporations are guilty of actually trying to maximize profits for their shareholders?!?!?!? Who would have thought??? First of all--I would like a list of these companies who are reporting billion dollar profits and also sending jobs overseas to make even more. Most of the companies I read about are doing it to just survive in this recession. Second--you need to stop being so "anti-corporation". Please point your finger at
1) labor unions--which drive the cost of labor up while reducing the efficiency of that same labor pool at the same time(reference UAW)

2) The consumers--It's labeled very clearly where these products are made. If consumers didn't love Chinese made merchandise, your "evil corporations" wouldn't have a market to peddle them:)

"The problem is the corportists need to be called out as treasonists, anti-American, and as greedy BASTARDS."
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Yes!!! Yessss!!! Damn them for creating jobs and employing people!! It's about time we all started making our own tennis shoes!!! Family farms, unite!!!! (we still have to eat)
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Mud,
I wouldn't normally respond to such an idiotic response but...I will take the bait.
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My point was (I will try smaller words this time) that we love to demonize people but we don't seem to bring enough attention/demonization to the corporate greed that is really hurting this country. A multi-million or billion dollar PROFIT per year corporation should be called out when they send jobs out of country.
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Hope that makes sense...oh and when they do that..to make another million or billion they are being stupid because as many recently found out...if Americans aren't working they can't buy the product, "MADE IN CHINA".

Jimbocarp sounds like a pinko commie!

"Maybe they do that because of the high tax rates imposed on them by the government in this country. Or, maybe because of the excessive demands placed on them by unions. Dwell on that for awhile."...Andre
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Talk about blaming the victim. Andre you just don't get it.
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China, Mexico...sorry but if a corporation wants to move to those countries to increase profits they will ALWAYS have that option. The one thing we don't want to compete with is the treatment of workers in China and Mexico.
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The problem is the corportists need to be called out as treasonists, anti-American, and as greedy BASTARDS.
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We need the "Made in the USA" campaign of the 90's back and get people thinking about supporting American workers, including those who DARE to organize and negotiate as a team that the right (corportists) hate.
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BTW, how many Janesville GW Workers does it take to make up one corportists executive? That, my friend, is the other problem.
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there is a "made in USA" website...all US products by all US workers. I have made it a goal to shop there.

darwin1
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I am not surprised.

from the guy who had an entire profile deleted...

kio,
Why are the republicans so worried about paying for something (unemployment benefits) that immediately impact those that need help the most but COULD CARE LESS about how to PAY FOR TWO WARS?
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This is where the priorities of the Republicans confuse me. Either EVERTHING must be paid for or...when it is important "CREDIT" is OK.
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GOP lies Part 2

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XeDb0ElJS...

GOP lies

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WE3WM9qJU...

Jimbo, it is obvious you have no understanding to what actual treason really is.

The investigator for the plame fiasco knew exactly what Armitage did and when he did it. Since there was NO CRIME with what he did, there were no charges. If you want to look at the facts objectionably and minus your tin foil hat you might be able to see things for what they are and not what you want them to be.

The postings on here seem to have reached an all time low. No intelligent debate going on here.
Mudsill, when I was a child I asked my mother why people swear; because they lack the vocabulary to express themselves in an intelligent manner. Your very vulgar e-mail has been forwarded. I will no longer expend energy on someone at your level.

RAF...That scandal happened in 2003, Armitage didn't leave until 2005. If your user name has any validity to it, as a military person should understand the severity of Treason.

Why all the name calling? People like myself can learn from these posts but the name calling takes away the importance of what you guys are saying. Have a good day!

Jimbo, Richard Armitage left public service while the investigation (grand jury) was convened. Kind of hard to fire someone that already quit. My guess, the truth is not really what you're looking for anyway.

Doesn't compare to sending a country to war based on LIES. Oh and don't forget how he was going to fire whoever committed TREASON by outing a CIA officer, because her husband was attempting to tell the truth. Andrea you are as stupid as Bush was/is.

Message not false? How come every time a Republican politician is caught doing something wrong, Faux News labels them as Democrats. They do it because boneheads like you will believe it.

http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4100/4764...

http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4079/4764...

http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4135/4764...

Again you are wrong about Faux News. Just keep believing their BS andre!

Andre.... Yes corporations do create jobs; in India, China, Mexico but not here in this country. Remember it was corporations that bought privately held companies like Beloit Corporation, Barber Coleman and Gilman, the list goes on. Where are those jobs now? You seem to be very resentful of people with degrees. You mention it in almost every post.

Mudsill... "revisionist history"? You are the one doing that in regards to Senator Barton's apology to BP. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Ou5qEdiG.... What part of "I apoligize" don't you understand?

LOL! andre watches Faux News. Even the BS the GOP spreads is mild in comparison to FN.

http://rawstory.com/rs/2010/0701/nations...

Poor andre and his comprehension issues: unemployment benefits help stimulate jobs. You see, people take their benefits and buy groceries, gas, and so on from businesses who employ people. Is whittle andre following? Clearly, unemployment itself doesn't. I mean how stupid would you have to be to think that she actually meant just unemployment. I mean if you were that dumb you might apologize to BP in a recorded committee meeting.

There are too many wacky Repubs to keep track of these days. They only care about corporate handlers that are driving this country into the ground with their creative accounting scams.

Where is Newt when we need him?

Here is a good one from nancy, unemployment payments are fastest way to create jobs.

Speaking if idiot Republican leaders, how about this whopper from Republican National Committee Chairman Michael Steele, spoken on thursday at a fundraiser:

"WASHINGTON – Republican National Committee chairman Michael Steele says Afghanistan is "a war of Obama's choosing" and the conflict "is not something the United States has actively prosecuted or wanted to engage in," comments that drew an immediate rebuke from Republicans and Democrats."
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100702/ap_o...

Horowitz left out Michelle Bachmann. She says something crazy every week.

Boehner is a bafoon. During the greatest recession since the great depression, which was caused by wall street gambling with other peoples money, he's calling the COMPROMISE financial reform bill overkill? I don't understand why the Republican party puts him front and center.

"This guy Horowitz doesn't know what he's talking about. The GOP proves that they care about the common man by voting against unemployment benefits."
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Perhaps if they actually proposed a way to pay for them, instead of just piling on to the debt, they would be extended. Obviously many need the extension; as the near $1 trillion stimulus has done nothing for jobs, and the economy is headed back into another recession. Of course I made that call way back in February when you all were touting the "recovery" and market run up. Dow and S&P are at TYD lows today......Gotta love it! Next thing to cash in on is the Democrats losing the house and senate in November. Gotta love this game!

The enemy I see wears the cloak of decency, all non-believers and men-stealers talking in the name of religion... Bob Dylan
The problem is inherent in the system and both sides make their fortunes from the system! Why else would a nation that went through prohibition of alcohol 80 years ago do the same thing again, only this time wih hemp? It's not that we don't learn from our mistakes, it's that groups of people make a LOT of money from prohibition and they control the system. Cigarettes that kill over 600,000 a year, alcohol that kills and destroys, prescription drugs that kill over 1.5 million a year, obesity that kills millions a year; these are all legal because they make a lot of money from some by being legal. Hemp is illegal because the prohibition of hemp makes a lot of money for people being illegal. IF YOU SUPPORT THE WAR ON DRUGS THEN YOU SUPPORT ORGANIZED CRIME!!!
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This guy Horowitz doesn't know what he's talking about. The GOP proves that they care about the common man by voting against unemployment benefits.

'but beck speaks the truth'

hehehehe. i only see glenn beck when jon stewart is pointing out his ignorance/lies/hypocrisy and im confident i still see about 60% of his program;)

Plastics...finally someone who actually see the truth. Therre is a reason for the saying"If you want the truth, follow the money".

ooohhhh ok. thanks for the enlightment gary. your assessment of his talent is correct sir. thanks again.

Horowitz is a humorist. Why is everyone taking him seriously every time the Gazette runs his column? Yes, he does sound like a moron, that's his job. Maybe it's because he usually isn't very funny (a bit of an Achilles's heel for a humorist). ;-)

nope! horowitz is a nut job just as rush is. can we agree on that?

i'd say the skull and bones boys (both republicans and democrats) run the country. yep NVgrf, just like you spewed hatred for bush. put hatred out there, and guess what, you receive it back. you have been one of the biggest, if not the biggest hater and name caller on the threads. JMO of course. now that i have a different opinion than you, i'm sure the name calling of me will start.......like i care!....LOL! by the way, rush is a nut job, but beck speaks the truth. but if someone is not a liberal, in your mind he is, in your words first, a nut job...... go army-beat islam

The republican party isn't run by Rush and Beck, it is run by the wealthy as is the democratic party. Money runs the system and facilitates and perpetuates the concentration of wealth. The little people collect the bill for it all and their kids are the ones volunteering and fighting and dying and getting maimed in the wars. Good luck out there!

Just like Rush and Beck run the Republican Party, mytake?

horowitz has always been a nut job. glad he has company here. he is another reason i'm glad i left (no pun intended) the democrat party after years of being one. clinton was the last dem i voted for. i could not take people like rosie o'd, roseann barr, ellen degenerate, al franken, joy bahar, alex baldwin and their likes started running the party. i hope i misspelled most of their FAKE names too.

Wow...four intelligent comments. Could it be that the Gazette is beginning to actually print something other than jibberish?

Funny how a parallelism is twisted around. He was not saying our problems were as small as ants, he was saying the bill is OVERKILL. Give me a break. Any idiot without an agenda can understand that. Admittedly there are some idiot republican that want to se Obama fail. I'm not one of them. I put the people above politics. Even though I disagree, I want the economy to get better. Unfortunately many Democrats have a short memory. Who was the president who deregulated the housing industry "every American deserves to live the American dream" in quote.... not Bush....Clinton...yes CLINTON. So stop blaming republicans (who's contribution to this mess was jumping on board). Our real problem is polarization. Nobody wants to compromise, and BOTH sides (as shown above) vilify the other, but in the next breath say "we need to work together"??? That just makes the other party upset and not so willing to listen. RESPECT is needed both ways, or the USA will go the way of the USSR (gone).

artie...Well said. Where are you when the right wing nut jobs on this site continually gang up on me? Boo hoo! But I do feel honored in that in the next breath they gang up on the President. Owwwww...tough guys!

They are simply letting the true colors of the Republican party show through. If you really want to see the the economy take a nose dive, vote the republicans back into power and watch the bankers and Wall Street get richer, with no fear of financial reform and big business continue to erode the middle class.

The idiotic Republican platform rhetoric regurgitating from Boehnerss mouth every time he opens it makes me suspect he is often drunk or seeing reality through a dose of LSD. What else would explain his regular flights from reality? You are right by noting that right now, he just might be the democratic Party's best friend.

Seriously! Why doesn't he furnish alternatives to a plan he doesn't agree with? I am all for effective compromise. All this sniping is only good for creating media attention. After all, a democracy can only succeed when opposing factions work out a way to please the majority of the citizens. What opposing party leaders do by creating these enemy camps simply makes it harder for dedicated legislators to progress past these "sound bytes" and affect serious legislative action...in any direction. Makes me sick.