Originally Posted by
Shamus O'Toole
It's not the mom and pop stores there buying up. It's the medium to large manufactors there buying up. Companys like Keys concrete, Matt Stone (pavers,retaining wall,patio stones),Paver system,Sacrete the list is long! All owned buy a company in Ireland. This parent company comes in and starts cutting corners. People lose jobs,product quality drops, and the dollar you spend goes over seas. This is happening as we speak. I live it everyday.
We as a country worked very hard to become what we are. We didn't come over from Europe because the weather is nicer in North America.We came over to be free of the idiocracy that goes on to this day in Europe. So yes we've worked very hard for that US dollar. People died for our way of life. I AM NOT GONNA GIVE THAT UP!!
Depends. The good part about that is if they turn into shit a new company can and will open up to fill the void. Nothing can stand in the way of the markets. Absolutely nothing. As long as its a free market (which a global economy is the absolute embodiment of) nothing can fuck it up. The invisible hand makes sure of that.
We came to America to escape persecution, mostly. And we have definately changed from the European way of life. Adopting a standard world currency isn't going to suddenly turn us into Britain...I mean...theres also the entire rest of the world. Listen, its just going to happen..cultural diffusion, a global economy, the breakdown of borders, ethnic and cultural lines...as the exchange of goods, services, ideas, etc. becomes easier and easier every day, we'll continue to move away from this isolationism we've had up until recently more and more. And no matter how scared of it you are, you're going to be hard pressed to argue, using any credible economic methods or models, that it won't be a good thing.