11-12-2015, 08:02 PM
This is nothing new, it's just being stated more bluntly.
Republicans have been arguing that we need to lower our standards and accept third world living conditions for the vast majority of the population so the wealthy elite can get richer for decades. They just typically wrap it in more politically correct language. He got the "compete globally" part right, but he blew it when he (correctly) clarified what it really means: pay working people in the U.S. like Chinese kids making shoes.
Republicans have been arguing that we need to lower our standards and accept third world living conditions for the vast majority of the population so the wealthy elite can get richer for decades. They just typically wrap it in more politically correct language. He got the "compete globally" part right, but he blew it when he (correctly) clarified what it really means: pay working people in the U.S. like Chinese kids making shoes.
