RE: Bill Maher Rips WalMart
May 3, 2014 at 5:43 pm
(This post was last modified: May 3, 2014 at 5:47 pm by Ryantology.)
(April 6, 2014 at 10:40 pm)Heywood Wrote: What is the difference between paying some extra money to keep white people who live in your neighborhood employed instead of blacks who live in the next neighborhood over and the statement you just made?
You can equivocate and say you are discriminating on based on a persons citizenship or membership in a community and not the color of their skin.....but your discrimination has the exact same effect as if you were discriminating because of their skin color.
Because it's not about the fact that Chinese people are getting the money. It's the fact that, even moreso than what happens here, almost none of that money is going to Chinese workers, but rather, lining the pockets of extraordinarily wealthy and exploitative Chinese corporatists.
The only reason Chinese workers even make our stuff is because it is cheaper for American corporatists to conspire to exploit Chinese workers than American workers.
My utility company sends me a few CFLs for free every year. I haven't purchased a light bulb since 2007, and I still have three of those working. When next I do buy some, they'll be LEDs.