Posted on 12/27/2006 5:22:07 AM PST by ProCivitas
'Economic Patriotism' Ping
"Paging Mr. Smoot and Mr. Hawley! Report to Congress, stat!"
Yes, we absolutely need tariffs.
And higher taxes across the board, because our government spends more than it takes in.
Right...
GM and Ford need protected so they can continue to build crappy cars...
Funny how Toyota can build cars in the US and people want to buy them.
This reads like it was written in the 1920s.
Smoot-Hawley was the answer then. It is the answer now.
Better to bring on world depression and demagogs than to deal with reality.
What Would Duncan Hunter Do?
Has anyone seen this report yet? I'm getting a funny feeling that included in "imports" are "products domestically manufactured by foreign companies."
Well I bought my Jeep Liberty. Given that Chrysler is now under Berlin, I'm not sure if it counts as a domestic purchase.
Socialism since the 50's both at the government level as well as the labor sector,has got to take a bow along with bad trade policies for the current trend !!!
"W.W.D.H.D?" What Would Duncan Hunter Do?
Per the Humphrey-Hawkins bill that defined unemployment levels, the USA is at inflationary levels of full employment. If industrial production were to increase in the USA, from where would the employees come? prisons? drug rehab centers?
And this overseas activity is not limited to industrial production. Software production is also going overseas. Why?
1) Lousy public education system is not turning out Americans capable of doing the critical work.
2) Pride, arrogance abounds in the work force. Many people are not willing to do "third world" work.
3) Not enough immigration. I work beside highly paid immigrant software developers because not enough Americans can be found who are willing and able to do the work.
Immigration is the enemy of outsourcing. Outsourcing is the enemy of immigration. It is that simple. Increase immigration and the production will be in the USA. Stop immigration and production will go overseas.
Solution: Petition Congress to
. . . . . . . REPEAL THE LAWS OF ECONOMICS
The answer is so simple. Bring in more illegals and put them to work building Fords.
We are shipping out our jobs and shipping in cheap workers.
Great news for our economy.
Thank You Congress.
It worked for Harley-Davidson.
And higher taxes across the board, because our government spends more than it takes in.
Did I check into the DUmmy site by mistake?
Let's have Hillary fix healthcare while we're at it.
Milton Friedman, we miss you!
LOL--I hope you considered the possibility that I was joking.
What worked for Harley? It still makes over-priced, crap products. Although I respect the fact that it gets people (even overseas) to buy.
Willie Green, Jr.
agreed.
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