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To: garandgal

I bet you also oppose the cheap labor Mexicans provide us. The fact is if we allowed the market to be efficient and let employers determine how to run their business then we would still have steel in America. But, we let unions get in our way and drive business out of the country because of the cost of operation. The fact is we can cut down the percentage of our income that we spend on the items that don't help us gain ground in the world market. I believe this will help American big business grow and expand its horizons around the world.


9 posted on 08/15/2005 10:35:59 PM PDT by lightislife
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To: lightislife
I bet you also oppose the cheap labor Mexicans provide us

How can a business model be considered viable if the employer has to break the law to make a profit? Why, in a country founded on the rule of law, would you want a businessman to build his business model on illegal labor?
12 posted on 08/15/2005 10:41:53 PM PDT by hedgetrimmer
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To: lightislife
I bet you also oppose the cheap labor Mexicans provide us.

No, I opposed "government-subsidized" illegal immigrant labor. You know, the type where employers pay a third world wage, knowing that taxpayers will fund healthcare, education, etc. etc. etc.

The fact is we can cut down the percentage of our income that we spend on the items that don't help us gain ground in the world market.

There is nothing that we do that cannot be done by slaves elsewhere in the world for less money. And support for forfeiting defense-related industries (like steel); or basic necessities like food is idiotic.

Why you globalists continue to blather this utopianism in the face of the perfect example of what happens when you rely on other countries for basic necessities is beyond me. I am of course, talking about oil. What do you think would happen if we got into a major war having given away our steel industry?

16 posted on 08/15/2005 11:02:48 PM PDT by garandgal
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To: lightislife
The fact is if we allowed the market to be efficient and let employers determine how to run their business then we would still have steel in America.

B'zzzt. Incorrect. We still have steel, bud. And we do "let employers determine how to run their business"...so long as they are lawful. Oh, I bet you are against ALL Laws, aren't you? Why am I not surprised.

28 posted on 08/16/2005 8:21:23 AM PDT by Paul Ross (Definition of strict constructionist: someone who DOESN'T hallucinate when reading the Constitution)
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