Far too long.

also.

says a man earning a wage he is privileged enough to make this statement.

in theory it would be a good statement if so many people were not working so far below a living wage.

to accept the poverty of another to survive.....the face of evil is corporate America
I might add this would also apply to minimum wage debate that is now raging

As in, WAL MART wants (to produce) the coat so cheap that...etc.

I don't think most Americans have descended so far into barbarism that they would hope their fellows starve. What I do think is that they are so steeped in ignorance and falsehoods that they fail to think at all.

I was applying the quote to the macro economic situation where WalMart and their cohorts are willing to see American workers starve in order to sell their crap at rock bottom prices. Rather than take a hit on their profits, they pressure their suppliers to produce in unthinkable sweatshop conditions overseas.

People have to buy a coat to survive, buy for kids so they do not freeze. They have no money even working 40 plus hours a week. They buy cheap. Pretty damn simple and i see nowhere in my post where you could interpret what I said, that is so simple, in such a nasty manner.

Wow

They were just expanding upon the train of thought from what I read.

... where that is the accepted state of things.

-- Mal

unlike all the other fake Benjamin Harrison quotes out there

http://query.nytimes.com/mem/archive-free/pdf?_r=1&res=9D01E0DD1339E033A2575AC2A96E9C94609ED7CF

I've met plenty of people, and know some right now, that believe everybody but themselves are overpaid. Believe that if everybody else made less; their money would go farther. What makes it all the more sickening is these people I mention; all but one are working class types.

I don't pity them. I want to knock their heads off.

From Wikipedia: Its interesting how at that time the Republicans were for high protectionist tariffs and the Dems werent. Just opposite now...... as most of the other issues!

Benjamin Harrison (August 20, 1833 – March 13, 1901) was the 23rd President of the United States (1889–1893);

Harrison, a Republican, was elected to the presidency in 1888, defeating the Democratic incumbent Grover Cleveland. Hallmarks of his administration included unprecedented economic legislation, including the McKinley Tariff, which imposed historic protective trade rates, and the Sherman Antitrust Act; Harrison facilitated the creation of the National Forests through an amendment to the Land Revision Act of 1891. He also substantially strengthened and modernized the Navy, and conducted an aggressive hands on foreign policy. He fervently proposed, in vain, federal education funding as well as voting rights enforcement for African Americans during his administration.

Due in large part to surplus revenues from the tariffs, federal spending reached one billion dollars for the first time during his term. The spending issue in part led to the defeat of the Republicans in the 1890 mid-term elections. Harrison was defeated by Cleveland in his bid for re-election in 1892, due to the growing unpopularity of the high tariff and high federal spending. He then returned to private life in Indianapolis but later represented the Republic of Venezuela in an international case against the United Kingdom. In 1900, he traveled to Europe as part of the case and, after a brief stay, returned to Indianapolis. He died the following year of complications from influenza.


The Tariff Act of 1890, commonly called the McKinley Tariff, was an act of the United States Congress framed by Representative William McKinley that became law on October 1, 1890. The tariff raised the average duty on imports to almost fifty percent, an act designed to protect domestic industries from foreign competition.[1] Protectionism, a tactic supported by Republicans, was fiercely debated by politicians and condemned by Democrats. The McKinley Tariff was replaced with the Wilson–Gorman Tariff Act in 1894, which promptly lowered tariff rates.[2]