Two weeks ago, Donald Trump was a caricature. Someone known for antics, and a single phrase..
That same Donald Trump in one single week, catapulted to national prominence by saying in so many words:
AMERICA FIRST.
The problem is that there is a LOT of blame to go around from labor, government, and corporations.
You don’t think sacrificing everything in the name of free trade (corporate profits) is a good policy? What’s wrong with you?
Free Trade is not the problem. Government policies are. Move the corporate rate to 0%, pass right-to-work laws, make sound energy policy directions (ie, EVERYTHING) and watch every company on the planet open new plants here.
This is true.
It is not a message that many conservatives want to hear though. The fact is, decades of free trade have made a lot of money for the rich in this country, but the average American has seen his wages stagnate or decline.
Afraid I will have to disagree with you. FRee trade is not the problem. Govt rules, regulations and tax laws are. That’s whats killing our manufacturing base.
Yes, before the Government grew to fill the available space and taxed it, regulated it, and, along with their union voters, put the cost of doing business in America so high that business left.
Remove the overwhelming government interference and it will come roaring back.
There is no other way.
I agree that we should not be trading on a peer basis with China; as our primary lender nation, that puts us at a distinct disadvantage.
Given that, I can tell you with certainty: any serious attempt at trade protectionism, a la Smoott-Hawley, will take out present recession and plunge it into a full-blown, deep depression that will will not recover from for years.
And McCain was screaming Country First.. where’d that get us?
If this is what you know of economics, he need to erase your files and start over.
Correlation is not causation.
“You”...not “he.”
To China:
Let your currency trade freely or else
The debt we owe is forgiven for what you have done so far
Companies that send jobs and build plants overseas should be treated very differently by the tax code.
Free Market is not the problem. What you are calling “Free Market” is Crony Capitalism. The roll of the Government is to level the playing field of rules and regulation to the lowest possible interferences. The road we are going down today is privatize the profit but socialize the lost. That’s the system they have in China and it will fail.
True free trade is a zero-page document with no ruling-class parasites involved.
Protectionism DOES NOT WORK.
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Only when our government decides which companies and industries should receive protection will we have fair trade. The government will certainly offer this protection only to companies needing it and would never do it for political purposes. Unions and other special interests have no influence over what the government does.
If the state knows what's best for us when it comes to trade, why wouldn't it also know what's best for the entire economy? I mean, just think of all the good government could do if we'd simply trust them with the entire economy. Jobs and wealth would be everywhere and there would be no need for entitlement programs. What a world that would be!
Higher prices and greater regulation of business is what we need. The smart people understand that increased costs and more regulations will spur growth, create jobs, and make our economy the envy of the world. When it comes to trade, conservatives can trust government to do the right thing. Just look at the record......
As usual, people with no concept of what they speak bring a problem without a solution.
2 questions:
1) What is the difference between supply and demand and quantity supplied and quantity demanded? If you can’t answer this, don’t bother with question 2.
2) Given the real world situation, what do you propose? Tariffs? Taxes? Reverse Taxes? Your whine needs some cheese.
The biggest problem we have is the government!!!
Outstanding choice.
Not saying unions are the answer.
Right to work laws kill the unions sure.
But they make it so you do have the right to work. But without any real protection. The corporations get to reap the profits, keep your wage LOW. If you complain they just fire your ass and get someone else.
I suggest they pass some laws that put people, who are nothing more than common thieves, in prison for the rest of their unnatural lives.