Qing ni dai bao xian tao (please use protection)

My point is there is no easy or simple answer. We cannot arbitrarily raise wages and expect to suffer no consequence(s).

Tell a manufacturing plant to raise salaries 20% across the board, and that plant may very well move production outside US borders. I'm not arguing the ethics or morality of this action. It is reality.

I'm not going to throw many stones, because I have not done a lot of research. Additionally, I cannot honestly say my meager stock portfolio is invested in companies that do not exploit or have never exploited the market, employees, or consumers to some extent.

My initial viewpoint is protectionist policy through wage or import tariffs is a very dangerous policy. A delicate balance is ideal--one in which we can view and admire American economic independence from one of the millions of $999 42" plasma screen TVs which occupy American living rooms today.

which was probably bought on credit...

Who needs credit when you can do no interest and no payments till 2009? "How much a month" is tranforming into "how far can I push payments into the future"? Thank you, Citybank, et al. Free TVs for everyone.

Me thinks many of you give WalMart way to much credit for single-handedly destroying the American way of life. Suggest you read "The World is Flat" by Thomas Friedman to perhaps get a sobering view of Globilization and what our future may well be if we fight it.