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1. Globalisation: The process of big business turning America into a third
world country. (See link 1 below) 2.
Free Trade: The process of moving good jobs to third world countries. (See
link 2 below) 3.
Labour Costs: Your wages and benefits (if applicable). 4.
Labour shortage: A situation in a sector where people make a middle class
wage. (See link 4 below) 5.
H1-B: A visa type for guest workers to replace Americans with cheap imported
labour. 6. Deregulation:
The removal of laws to protect the citizens from the abuses of big business. (See
link 6 below) 7.
Laissez-Faire: The complete remove of labour laws, product safety laws, environmental
laws, and workplace safety laws, with the intention of creating Social Darwinism.
(See link 7 below) 8.
Unfettered: See "laissez-faire" above. 9.
Minimum Wage: An absurdly low wage that would render the worker among the
working homeless. (See link 9 bwlow) 10.
Inadequate Compansation: A term misused to describe CEO income. (See
link 10 below) 11.
Tax Cut: Reduction in taxes for capital gains, and never on worker wage income.
12. Tax Rebate: A lame failed attempt to start the economy by the government
borrowing on itself against your tax return. (See link 12 below) 13. Trade Barrier:
Any regulation in a country that regulates business. (See link 13
below) 14.
NAFTA: A trade agreement intended to trade jobs for oil with a side effect
of making America more third world. 15.
GATT: A global version of NAFTA with a worse side effect of making America
increasingly third world. (See link 15 below) 16.
Liberal: anyone who doesn't buy into all of the above. (See
link 16 below) Links:
1. http://www.nlcnet.org/brochure/page1.htm
2. http://www.populist.com/99.12.hightower.globaloney.html
4. http://www.commondreams.org/views01/0906-03.htm
6. http://www.corpwatch.org/trac/corner/glob/neolib.html
7. http://www.tompaine.com/features/2000/08/01/4.html
9. http://nch.ari.net/facts.html
10. http://www.aflcio.org/paywatch/game.htm
12. http://www.reclaimdemocracy.org/electoral_reform/taxdeception32001.html
13. http://www.whirledbank.org/
15. http://www.billionairesforbushorgore.com/analysis/
16. http://www.greenpartyus.org/