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Originally Posted by kane
I've always thought on the surface he would be a perfect candidate. He comes off like a straight shooter type of guy and has a sort of likability to him. He seems like the kind of guy you want to have a beer with and hang with.
He could also, in theory, put New Jersey in play for the republicans.
However, the word is that he has a lot of skeletons in his closet and dirt in his past that will be sure to come out and that would hurt his appeal.
Also, some of the people on the far right don't like him or think he is conservative enough.
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sadly christie has no chance if Jeb is running. Not only will Jeb get the christian nutters, he will get some moderates too who know he is not his brother.
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Originally Posted by kane
The mid range paying jobs are now in China and Guatemala and other third world places. The number one thing our nation needs is a strong middle class and until we figure out how to bring those types of jobs back or replace them with something elese it is going to be rough to maintain that.
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those jobs are in guatemala because thats where free markets dictate they belong. We can certainly bring those jobs back by eliminating minimum wages. But its pointless to discuss that since it is the wrong direction & will never happen.
The reason #2 is the religion of shareholder value that took hold in MBA programs as the 80s went on. As the labor is nothing more than a cost center to wharton MBAs, & there is no morality left in business school, the labor side gets the shaft.
a solution you & i would agree upon is a good dose of elizabeth warren style populism! jack up those tariffs. Stop this unfair trade crap with china. alter the taxes to incentivize insourcing instead of outsourcing.
& maybe Harvard business school should do studies on Costco & market basket & realize that paying higher wages gives you better employees & happier customers due to those happier employees.
good luck with getting the 1% on board with that. They might have to sacrifice a yacht!
