Kephart Versus Corporate America

I'm not changing party registration any time soon, but as I continue to peruse GOP Senate candidate Sam Kephart's online Q&A, I find this gem that does my Steinbeckian heart good:

I used to be a globalist, and I'm cured. I have seen corporate America and what it's doing and we are gutting this country's job base and technology base. Our highest and best manufacturing equipment is now in China which is still a Communist/godless-operated country....

That's Republican Sam Kephart telling you that the vast corporate plutocracy is selling out America's principles and long-term economic security for easy profits on the backs of cheap Chinese labor and lax environmental practices.

Bonus: Kephart also talks about South Dakota's brain drain and the need for an economic development strategy that looks beyond tourism and casinos:

You can't offer these kids just hospitality jobs. What's the best hospitality job around here? You're a key operator at the casino, maybe you make 12 or 13, 14 bucks an hour. Two people working in casinos generally can't afford to live around here. So we've got to find a different economic base.

Again, straight from Kephart: South Dakota doesn't pay living wages. Maybe that appeals to the fatcat corporate bosses who already have their fortunes and are looking for cheap non-Chinese labor, but it's not going to attract young workers looking to build their family fortunes from scratch.