In reply to: North Carolina furniture maker hailed as US job creator closes »

January 4, 2013

Gosh. You mean to tell me that political fanfare and rhetoric alone won't generate a profit?

You mean people actually have to BUY YOUR STUFF, and you have to sell it for more than it cost you to make it?

Where's that economic recovery Obama keeps claiming we have? Didn't we get $13.00 a week extra in our paychecks for a while?

This closing HAS to be the GOP's fault, because Obama and the Democrats have all the answers.....don't they?

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