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Sir,

You are a bit uniformed about my situation, but let me assure you that despite the fact I was recently laid off I am working hard to find a new job.

I don’t know why, but I’ll ask you again to provide rational comments to the following previously posted points:

1. The supply of cheap labor is for all intent unlimited for the foreseeable future. There are hundreds if not billions of people in SE Asia waiting to enter the low skill labor market and work for $.50/day.

2. The short term benefits to the US consumer are enormous. Our standard of living is very high. It is unlikely we will be willing to pay $100 for a pair of jeans or $5,000 for a home PC.

3. The global companies, many which started in the US or are US based, are profit maximizers. They cannot accede to the idea of higher costs, the executives would be fired very quickly by their stockholders and replaced by those who will move to low cost countries.

So given that the above is true, I fail to see how erecting trade barriers will somehow make our situation better. Economic laws are like the laws of physics, except it takes longer for the reaction to occur. You can be the high cost producer, and in the short run this may even work, but eventually you lose. Maybe a better idea is to figure out how to win given a set of rules that are reality.

How about we revert to prior rules that weren't killing our economy and figure it out while the economy heals. If you have a house that is raging in flames you don't stand and discuss theory about what to do after it's put out while it burns to the ground. You put it out and then decide what to do with the disaster that remains. I do actually have some experience with this. My home burnt to the ground in the time it took the fire dept to come from 9 miles out.
The longer you let it burn, the less there is left in the end. The damage done to government credibility and faith is pretty much at an all time low with all those watching everyone around them being sold out for slave labor. That's a subversion that this Party may never recover from if it goes on too long. For many, it's already beyond that point. It might help to instill some ethics in some people - that would be a great place to start.

You can be the high cost producer, and in the short run this may even work, but eventually you lose.

You should factor "demand" into your equasion.

There is no demand worth a f&&& in Red China for appliances or automobiles.

The only "demand" comes from Western countries--(that's where the MONEY is.)

Of course, creating a permanent unemployed class is a very good way to reduce that demand.

Get the picture yet?