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Nov 3, 2015

Yes, it is; Reestablish a U.S. manufacturing foundation (sell the merchandise at a reasonable price so the world will buy it), and the middle-class income gap will start to disappear. So they can start to generate revenue for Washington DC to waste on crony's. The way it is right now the middle class they are juggling every penny to make ends meet. The middle class going out and buying stuff because they wanted it - it is not going to happen. There are going to be a lot of U.S. retailers go out of business in 2014 making the income gap even larger. Because of this circle that needs to be broken.

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You won't reestablish a U.S. manufacturing base until the relevant labor becomes cheap enough to compete with China, Mexico, ect. For good or ill, the minimum wage expectations of Americans is one of the forces that has driven manufacturing away from this country.

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