Restricting Trade Is Calamitous Policy

The Foundation for Economic Education (FEE) ^ | Wednesday, January 25, 2017 | Cathy Reisenwitz

[1rudeboy]

There is not a single example of a “free trade” state building up a impressive manufacturing sector . . . .

How about the United States until 2008? Sorry, it doesn't fit the narrative. My bad.

[1rudeboy]

If you are having issues with illegal immigrants, at your Wal-Mart or elsewhere, then raising the tax on the imported beer I drink does not address the problem.

[Just mythoughts]

If you are having issues with illegal immigrants, at your Wal-Mart or elsewhere, then raising the tax on the imported beer I drink does not address the problem.

Seriously? Who said anything about raising the tax on imported beer?

I asked you to name one nation other than the US that is NOT a protectionist nation. I consider open borders a heavy tax to fund health care and education for the invaders. Beer was not on my mind.

[DoughtyOne]

I hear ya.

Hey, I’ll try to do better. “:^)

Take care...

[Pelham]

I know exactly what you thought you were trying to do, it’s not exactly a secret.

Paul Craig Roberts is a major contributor to modern economic theory, a man who played a major role in supply side economics.

His writings on economics are important, but since what he has to say on free trade and international labor arbitrage doesn’t coincide with what you wish to believe, you were looking for a way to try to discredit him.

So you thought you could do that by using his crackpot conspiracy ideas about 9-11 to do it.

His crazy ideas about 9-11 would only be relevant if they were part of his economic writing, which they aren’t at all. He could believe that Hobbits are real, and that wouldn’t have any impact on his economic writing either. Well, except maybe to you and other fanboys of logical fallacies.

Trying to throw out Roberts’ economic writing by bringing up an unrelated kook belief is what a Genetic Fallacy is all about. It’s like tossing out the gold standard because Karl Marx happened to believe in it, which he did. Go figure.

[nopardons]

My post wasn't aimed at YOU; you, after all, actually DO know some factual history...more than most.

I just get frustrated, sometimes, when I see the usual "MAN ON THE STREET'/"WATERS WORLD" stupidity posted on this site, of all places. :-(

[nopardons]

NAME TWO !

[DoughtyOne]

I was teasing. I didn’t think you were addressing me.

I do agree with your thoughts on the Water’s World type situations. I do think some of those folks sand-bag a bit.

When I used to see Leno doing it, I thought a lot more that way. Makes you wonder how many right answers they tossed out to show the lame ones.

Take care.

[nopardons]

BRAVO!

[nopardons]

That’s incorrect.

[fortheDeclaration]

These are not free trade deals, they attack U.S. sovereignty.

[nopardons]

I used to think that way too, but after having seen so much of the same ignorance on this site and others, I now believe that it is what it is, re WATERS WORLD. He usually can't get that many to answer his questions and yet, sometimes he DOES get more who know history/current news, than don't.

Schools, whether public, charter parochial, private, ELITE PRIVATE, or homeschool teach what I learned about history, way back when. Okay, I'll also admit to coming from a family who loved, cherished, and told factual history, as just stories, and yes, I have read a lot of books on certain different ears, but goodness know, I'm just talking about simple historical facts; not the minutiae.

[DoughtyOne]

I agree. To be honest, you can’t miss history unless you almost try.

There is an advantage of being an old coot. You lived through things.

I’m curious. If I can, I try to remember bits and pieces. Over time I’ve learned quite a bit because it interested me enough I wanted to remember it accurately.

Most times I do.

Take care.

[kevao]

On the other hand, you don’t want to carry protection too far. The more protected domestic industries are from foreign competition, the more stagnant, inefficient, and unproductive they become. We don’t want that either.

[catnipman]

I think you are still a total anti-Trumper troll like you have always been and should have never been unbanned!

[cynwoody]

If you are having issues with illegal immigrants, at your Wal-Mart or elsewhere, then raising the tax on the imported beer I drink does not address the problem.

Exactly. Slapping a tariff on Mexican beer robs thirsty me and sends out-of-work Mexican brewery employees north.

[kevao]

The USA has never been a free-trade country. We still maintain high tariffs on some foreign products. Sugar is a big one. Others would be oranges, textiles, footware, although I believe tariffs on these have been decreasing as per WTO schedules (it’s been a couple years since I’ve kept up on these).

Just go to the WTO and check out the tariff schedules. The USA does not have zero tariffs across the board.

[nopardons]

My grandmother was THAT old, when I was born, but she had lived through the sinking of the Lusitania, WWI, THE GREAT DEPRESSION, WWII, and other things too. She, like my mother, loved and knew factual history and so, when I asked for a story, I could just as easily get a fairy tale, a Greek or Roman myth, or even an American Indian one, "family stories" ( which actually IS part of history ), or some factual historical tidbit.

I am keeping journals, for my grandson, so that he gets the FACTS and NOT biased/colored revisionist history!

Oh...and my family has, for generations, saved newspapers from a day/s of grand historical nature. That's a wonderful thing to have, believe you me! :-)

[nopardons]

Not once the wonderful WALL is in place! :-)

[Wayne07]

between the 50 states?