goverment food stamp rule #1

[ZYFER]

The terrible part is the bad mass transit system in the country. So if you don't have a car, it greatly restricts you on employment. The cost of gas makes it even harder. The issue with relocating might be a number of things though. The job market is pretty much shit everywhere, and you have to have the money to do that. It is even harder for those who own their home.

What I hate is companies closing operations almost overnight. That happened to a friend, he had to fight just to get his last paycheck. There is just too many people living paycheck to paycheck, they never get a good opportunity to save, and keep getting knocked down.

[CaterpillarAssassin]

most parts of the country have terrible mass transit. This is unless you live close to a major city. It is certainly easier said than done to relocate, and sure it costs money to do so. But still, people are still immigrating from overseas to the US. That certainly takes a lot more money and effort than moving closer to your states major metro's. Fact is, foreigners seem to be more hungry for success.

I think you still get good companies and bad companies, greedy people and generous people. As long as the laws are still encouraging outsourcing, it will continue. Have you ever seen the movie outsourced? The company was outsourced to India. At the end of the movie, it was announced that India operations were being outsourced to China. It happens everywhere, and companies will send work to whoever will do it cheapest. Government does the same with its bidding system for suppliers (mostly US only though).

[ZYFER]

Yup, very much agreed. That would follow under "You get what you paid for" philosophy. The issue with a general capitalist society is that improvement suffers because it all comes down to, "Who is going to pay for it?" Another issue is that they don't generally think long term for solutions. They want a quick fix, because being re-elected is all that matters to them.