Bush's "Ownership Society" Already Doomed by his Trade Policies

AmericanEconomicAlert.org ^ | Friday, September 10, 2004 | Alan Tonelson

[iconoclast]

Through innovations like computer design, automated manufacturing processes, plastics, etc the US auto industry is strong.

What in the world are you smoking?

For all intents and purposes we have no US auto industry.

[iconoclast]

Excellent post!

[Nowhere Man]

For me, the time has come to get behind Bush and make sure he gets re-elected. While I have some MAJOR differences with Bush, he is still greatly preferable to John Kerry, and the fact is one of them will wind up president.

I won't be harping on Bush's shortcomings for the next couple of months. I have something in mind for just after the election, but for now I'm going to back off.

Knowing me as you do, I'm sure you realize I haven't changed my mind on any issues.

I'm pretty much the same way, I agree with Willie, the late Harpseal, and many other fair-traders on these issues, but like you, I'm getting behind President Bush because he is better for the war on terrorism. Tradewise, I beg to differ with him but at least they are more honest about supporting free trade (again, I disagree with free-trade very much) but the Democrats and FrankenKerry the Spitball are very dishonest. He says he will do something but he won't. Still we need to work right not to deny FrankenKerry and then work on these trade issues afterward.

[iconoclast]

Do you know what a Luddite is/was?

American labor survived quite nicely as US industrial technology developed to the acme of technological supremacy.

What has that to do with the massive shipment of jobs to underdeveloped countries?

[sinkspur]

I consider protectionists luddites.

You're a protectionist.

[iconoclast]

I'm getting behind President Bush

Regrettably, I wish I could do the same since his opponent is the odious John Flip-floppin Kerry.

But, for me, his bellicose, internationalist foreign policy and globalist economic philosophy make him the most frightening US president since FDR.

[John Lenin]

I hereby declare this the LOSERS OF AMERICA thread.

[Nowhere Man]

I consider protectionists luddites.

You're a protectionist.

I consider myself a protectionist and if I had to say so, proud of it. Still, Luddite doesn't quite fit, I prefer Neo-Victorian/Edwardian, at least in my case. B-)

[bvw]

Carried on a war for survival very successfully.

Reforming the depilated and degenerated American Education system. Restoring VIGOR.

[A. Pole]

I consider protectionists luddites.

You can also consider Moon being made of green cheese. It is your right.

[applemac_g4]

This is a glaring weakness in the economic policy of the Republican party...fortunately (or unfortunately?) the Democrats are as dedicated to globalization as the Republicans and so they have been unable to exploit this weakness.

Politics aside, we've moved from a manufacturing economy to a service economy and are rapidly transitioning to a native american economy (big enough chiefs have jobs that pay out many feathers and everyone else is scalped).

The strength of this country is proportional to the strength of the middle class and between jobs and taxes, the middle class is weaker than ever.

[DoughtyOne]

Agreed.

[iconoclast]

I very regretfully, very vigorously deny all three points.

[Wolfhound777]

:) Something like that.

[Wolfhound777]

Yeah right. What idiot at DU could amass more than a pocketful of change for the bus?

[bvw]

Look, before Bush we had been attacked. By Iraq, by Al-Queda in Afghanistan, by Libya, by Syria. By Iran -- in Carter's year, OUR EMBASSY is our sovereign territory too.

Since Bush's response we haven't been -- except in the war zones.

We are not yet safe in the world, but far more so.

Bush's commandership has seen us carry out successful wars in Afghanistan and Iraq. Libya gave up without a fight, it seems.

We are still at combat in Iraq and Aghanistan. Post war combat. Minor insurrections, and policing. The slow and not always straight process of establishing order after the war. We won those wars. Afghanistan throughout history has a place none can conquer and hold, or conquer and last their any amount of time without major losses. Yet we are. And we will leave there in peace, their place the better for it. Better for us, by us. Better for them, and it will become, is become, by them, with our guidance and brotherly assistance.

Iraq we defeated amazingly. Can't be denied. Little loss of men or blood to us. The post-war phase, more diificult, more forbearance and aggravation. Yet things are greatly improved there and so too the world's safety and peace. Onne reason among others is that the vilest of French and German "realpoltik" has been tossed rudely out of those territories. Good riddance.

[bvw]

Many of their complaints have valid roots. Only -- the cure to those is better sought with Mr. Bush.

[iconoclast]

Paragraph 5:

We are still at combat in Iraq and Afghanistan.

Paragraph 6:

Iraq we defeated amazingly.

Look, support the traitorous Wolfowitz policy till your blue in the face, but can't you do better than this?

[iconoclast]

Iraq we defeated amazingly.

Yeah, sure, and Brer Rabbit defeated the tar baby.

[tm22721]

We are only kept afloat by the willingness of Japan and China to recycle their dollars back into US treasuries.

When that stops, look out below.

BUMP