There's no coincidence at all.

Americans want the cheapest price. Period. The success of Wal-Mart as a retailer confirms this.

This means that manufacturers will continue to move offshore where labor is cheaper than it is here.

And who's to blame? The American consumer.

It makes me puke watching Microsoft, Starbucks, Washington state, and everyone else fall all over themselves kissing China's ass. We're at war to depose a dictator in Iraq, while kissing China's ass. I mean, China just runs over student protestors with tanks.....no big deal, huh?

Money ho's and vote ho's. This country is flush with them.
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She was standin' alone over by the juke box, like she'd something to sell.
I said "baby, what's the goin' price?" She told me to go to hell.

Bon Scott - Shot Down in Flames