THINK ABOUT THIS...

I'm reposting this, MY (brother's) THOUGHTS ON TODAY'S PROTESTS...

Will it seem callous if I suggest to the protesters (I am among them), that they should eat their imported sweaters and tennis shoes?

Remember how all those cheap goods seemed like a good value back in the day? The OBSCENE profit margins drove all our manufacturing jobs overseas, but we were all like "Oh, well - I wanted to wo...rk in an office any...way, so who cares I'll just buy these socks made in Communist China by prisoners and children, They're on sale 3 for $1.00."- OOPS! there's suddenly another closed knitting mill in Massachusetts.

Now that our office jobs are also leaving for the newly industrialized "developing world" - where did we think the next wave of job growth was going to come from here in the US?

American consumers have basically financed our own demise by looking at short term savings (a dollar here and there at Wal-Mart), and not the national interest (domestically produced, environmentally regulated, human rights enforced products, fairly priced).

Now we blame the corporations? I'm not saying the corps. are free of guilt, but American consumers never seemed to mind what big biz was up to until now, when it seems too late. It seems to me we negligently supported their practices "all along the way" by supporting them with our spending habits.

Where was our concern for the nation and our neighbors back when times"seemed" good for all? I'm frustrated, and mad as Hell, but I wonder if Americans will take any lessons for themselves while rightfully freaking out at Wall Street.