Bring back American jobs.
I mean besides saying it?
No, we need to end government policies that force companies to move investments and business offshore in order to maximize profits.
Years ago while trying to make the point, both here and to fellow conservatives at my employ, I was castigated as anti free enterprise. Get what you can, however you can get it was all the rage. Now,reading the comments on the Forbes thread it seems people are finally getting what has been going on with fervor over the last 25 years.It’s gonna be hard to stop the momentum.
As long as the basic environment of the country is anti-business, which inhibits profits and capital accumulation, with high taxes, too many regulations, hatred of the rich, budget deficits, government spending,and inflation, then economic patriotism is irrational.
Sorry to put a damper in this, but it is nothing but a well-intended dream...it is a contamination of ideology from the left... anyone adhering to this has never had a seat in the boardroom. “Economic Patriotism” belongs in the marketing department...PROFIT belongs in the boardroom. You want jobs to stay here? You want to put America back to work? You don’t do it with “Hope and change” logos...you do it by causing the behavior in the boardroom (where those decisions are made), to change because it increases profit! Reduce the corporate taxes, get the unions and government out if the way of business and entrepreneurism. Anyone in a real boardroom would put as much weight to “Economic Patriotism” as they did Occupy Wall Street. Don’t fall for the do-gooder theme of the moment. Make the hard choices...reduce taxes, reduce regulation...you won’t need anything “hopy and changy”, change the business platform to increase a company’s profits and success and the desired result will happen instantly and automatically. (What Would Reagan Do?)...better yet...(What DID Reagan do?)
What Pat Buchanan has been talking about for 20+ years. Instead we have Obama/Democrat crony capitalism
Really ..?? It wasn’t Maria who was touting that phrase “Economic Patriotism” .. it was JACK LEW (another Obama stooge) .. and he was saying it because some really big companies are moving overseas to get away from the over-bearing taxes and regulations now being imposed upon them.
One of the latest is Abbott Labs .. who is moving to Ireland.
I have recorded her show .. but I did see her earlier on Fox & Friends .. and there is no way she agreed with Jack Lew.
Some legislative patriotism in terms of taxation would also be helpful.
American jobs will NEVER return until the libtard scum are removed OR people collectively pull their ignorant heads out of their backsides and figure out that overwhelming regulation, taxation, and other forms of socialistic government extortion are eliminated on the private sector.
You are missing the background and the CAUSE that makes companies leave the US.
Companies are being overtaxed and overregulated — and they couldn’t stay in business if they stayed in the US.
What you should be calling for is decreased regulations and taxes — THAT would bring back companies and jobs.
Currently Obama is considering to FORCE companies to stay in the US, which will result in them going out of business with even FEWER jobs left in the US.
To me that phrase has the same ring as 'social justice' and 'environmental justice'.
How long till Economic Patriotism will be codified as in Atlas Shrugged ???
Damn..too late.
“We are always willing to be trade partners but never trade patsies.” - Ronald Reagan
Who are you asking to bring back American jobs....the government?
Government does not create jobs, private entrepreneurs create jobs....One can’t simply wave a magic wand and demand someone create a job.
What does that mean?
It is NOT patriotic to pay ridiculous tax rates. It is not conservative to run a business and lose money.
Actually we need real patriotism. If we had that we would elect leaders with the interests and needs of American citizens in his heart.
Economic patriotism is leftist BS. It means that businesses are supposed to take huge hits for the progressive movement to look good.
No thanks.
This starts with fiscal policy and law.
When the dollar is weak, foreign investments and products are more attractive.
Until we end the deficit problem we can’t attack the debt problem and therefore can’t properly address the dollar problem.
Imagine the strength of American currency and companies if we returned to being creditors rather than debtors...
I can dream can’t I?
We want the government to tighten their belts and make hard choices, but we continue to not make those same choices in our own lives. The more of us who buy, when we can, American, even at higher cost, the more competitive those companies will be in the long run. But without sound fiscal and monetary policy, those efforts are going to be minimized.
It’s two fold... speak with your economy, and speak with your votes.