2006-08-19 01:40:29 · 5 answers · asked by ^ _ ^ 4 in Arts & Humanities ➔ Philosophy
Two people make a lot of money on everything.
1.) The guy who used to make a really great American-made product but found he could cut off 99.997% of his overhead if he gave ten thousand dollars dollars to some butt-plug temp at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue so that he could dodge paying taxes and labor costs by moving his factory to Red China, South Africa, Pakistan or some other country with just a little more rights, freedom, and voting power than what we have in the US.
2.) The Madison Avenue guy who makes the above guy look like a true American hero for tee-vee commercials and other photo-ops, and also makes his schtick look great. "Here at Wal-Fart, we sell only the cheapest brands from oppressive third-world military dictatorships. (Wave American flag made in China.) This week on sale, we have the Schmell 2000 GB computer, printer, fax, telephone, television, scanner, digital camcorder, food processor, and ball-licker on sale for $29.95, made in North Korea. (Cut to shot of family of four fat rednecks buying one, with an older couple looking on smiling. Perhaps they've mistaken Quaaludes for their arthritis medication again.)
Those are the only two that make any money, other than the temp back on Pennsylvania Avenue, so they get massive obscene amounts of it, coming in and being unloaded on skids by non-unionized teams of forklifts.
The folks who used to make those American-made products are all phucqued, so now they can only afford to buy at Wal-Fart.
The folks who buy at Wal-Fart are phucqued because they're buying inferior Junk that wears out or breaks by next Tuesday.
The Wal-Fart employees are phucqued because they only work twenty-eight hours a week for minimum wage with no benefits, insurance, or overtime pay. And when they stand in line for Food Stamps and Welfare everybody spits on them one minute while they buy from them the next.
Only in Amerika. Capitalizm version 2.1 is such a wondeful thing, dontcha think?
2006-08-19 02:48:13 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Because the companies they represent to produce those commercials know that they will make billions in return from people too stupid to get up, turn off the tv and go for a walk. They get a good return for their money.
2006-08-19 02:31:19 · answer #2 · answered by tjnstlouismo 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Because the commercials work.
2006-08-19 08:06:11 · answer #3 · answered by Keither 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Because they are great marketers and entrepreneurs.
2006-08-19 02:00:39 · answer #4 · answered by Alex S 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
they get attention for their clients...love me, hate me, just notice and remember me.
2006-08-19 01:45:45 · answer #5 · answered by Debi K 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋