Skip to comments.
Paul Craig Roberts: "Loss of Jobs in America"
Newsmax.com ^
| Roberts, Paul Craig
Posted on 11/12/2003 11:33:47 AM PST by Theodore R.
click here to read article
Navigation: use the links below to view more comments.
first previous 1-20, 21-28 last
To: JNB
If you are not for border and immigration enforcementI am for strict border enforcement, but more against the circumstance that drives the non-productive and criminal here: the welfare safety net, and the ease with which fraud may be used within the net.
21
posted on
11/12/2003 3:11:35 PM PST
by
dasboot
(Celebrate UNITY!)
To: dasboot
Businessmen have a duty to obey the law. If they hire illegals, they do not obey the law. The US untill the late 60s was a nation of laws, and sadly laws being obeyed have fallen out of favor. Economic death? Oh please, illegal immigration is a de facto govrenment subsidy to the businessman and corporations.
22
posted on
11/12/2003 3:52:33 PM PST
by
JNB
To: Reagan Man
Roberts was the assistant secretary of the treasury (to Don Regan) in the Reagan administration. He was a staunch supply-sider before that term became popular some 20 years ago.
To: dasboot
The only solutions offered are to limit freedom, force, require, compel, etc. Poison antidotes.I agree that limiting freedom is economic poison. But not all the bears and critics of current policy advocate such. I don't, for one. But I do expect that that's what will happen, whether we like it or not. In the end, we'll repeat all of Hoover's mistakes. We've already made a great start.
24
posted on
11/12/2003 5:23:12 PM PST
by
sourcery
(No unauthorized parking allowed in sourcery's reserved space. Violators will be toad!)
To: Theodore R.
I know who Roberts is and I see what he's become.
US manufacturing accounts for $3.2 trillion of GDP. The sky is not falling, chicken little.
25
posted on
11/12/2003 8:46:44 PM PST
by
Reagan Man
(The few, the proud, the conservatives.)
To: sourcery
In the end, we'll repeat all of Hoover's mistakes. I don't buy that line about Hoover. I think it was inaction--hands off--that was lambasted (the correct approach, I think) by the Democrats; and there's a body of historical evidence to strongly suggest the actions he finally did offer up (also good policy) were thwarted by the New Dealers in order to really mash things up for the benefit of their populist-driven agglomeration of centralized power.
Been a while since I've studied the era, but I am left with the strong impression that Herbert gets the blame wrongly; and things would have gotten better a whole lot quicker than they did under FDR, had Hoover been elected for another term. That depression was world-wide, and was not his offspring. [no matter what Democrats say]
26
posted on
11/12/2003 11:30:41 PM PST
by
dasboot
(Celebrate UNITY!)
To: dasboot
FDR simply duplicated Hoover's policies to a greater extent and extreme. FDR is responsible for greatly prolonging the Depression. But Hoover was responsible for making things worse than they would have been, had he actually followed the "laissez-faire" policies the Democrats wrongfully accused him of. Hoover was a "progressive" who followed in the footsteps of Teddy Roosevelt, not a classical old-school conservative.
Reference: America's Great Depression
27
posted on
11/13/2003 12:10:19 AM PST
by
sourcery
(No unauthorized parking allowed in sourcery's reserved space. Violators will be toad!)
To: sourcery
That sounds about right.
28
posted on
11/13/2003 12:23:41 AM PST
by
dasboot
(Celebrate UNITY!)
Navigation: use the links below to view more comments.
first previous 1-20, 21-28 last
Disclaimer:
Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual
posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its
management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the
exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.
FreeRepublic.com is powered by software copyright 2000-2008 John Robinson