NAFTA has some effect on jobs going overseas. Fuck NAFTA.
Union scale wages presents other problems and I am a UAW member but also a realist.
Not sure how the stock market has anything to do with it because there are stock markets all over the world not just here.
Walmart sells cheaper so people shop there. A shame for Mom & Pop but it is capitalism in action.
BTW, you could have made money with ENRON after the tanker mishap. Same with BP after the oil rig fire. Me, I am not ashamed to try and make money off a companies misfortune and it's future outlook. ENRON and BP are good examples, they are too big to stay down over a accidental mishap.
I am still trying to figure out FB. Are they down only because of the really bad publicity or do they really suck? For now still dropping. Sooner or later the bottom feeders will buy in, the key is to try and know when.
Some of your issues I can sympathize with but to lay the blame on the stock market is a bit far fetched.
Mellow out and vote for Romney.
(Do posts get deleted for a political comment?)