I'm saying that we're not competing on a level playing field and we can kiss this country goodbye if we don't correct it. Disagree as strongly as you like but the evidence is overwhelming, China is beating us and supposedly patriotic Americans are jumping ship to make a few more dollars.
There is no such thing as an "American job." No worker "owns" his job; the employer does. To stay in business, the employer must make a profit. Hence, jobs will be offered to those who are willing and able to do the work at a price the employer is willing and able to pay.
Fine, let them go to China. they can stay there as far as I'm concerend. Furthermore, I'm all about about slapping 5000% tarrifs on everything they try to import back to their old country. that should stimulate some job creation in America.
Free men and women can always out-produce slaves. that sounds real nice and all but it isn't true.
If you mean Americans should not have to work as hard as the Chinese, I would ask, Why not?
Oh, so we should all work 16 hours a day in a sweatbox factory for a wage so low that we're guaranteed to never rise above our poverty? spoken like a true feudal overlord. try telling it to the voters.
Why not? Nowhere is it written that we Americans are guaranteed wealth that we have not earned.
How patriotic of you to say so. That tariff is looong overdue.
Nonsense. We can compete with anyone, if we are willing to do so. Indeed, we must compete, if we wish to maintain our quality of life.
so long as there's a Chinese communist government willing to lower the bar and Americans willing to exploit it, we will never be able to compete.
The price of gasoline is not the real issue, in my opinion. The problem we face is loss of liberty.
a man that can't afford to feed and clothe his family is not concerned about liberty, patriotism, ideals, morals, abortions, guns, god, or the rising cost of country club dues.
That is the problem in a nutshell: You do not believe that free men and women are more productive than slaves.
I disagree with you. Free people have every advantage over slaves.
Ask yourself: What incentive does a slave have to produce more than the bare minimum to get by? If he produces more, he does not reap the benefits, his master does.
In contrast, free men and women have every incentive to work hard and to work smart, because they stand to benefit. Or at least that is how things used to work in the United States of America.
Mr. Wright's essay tends to support my point of view. As he says,
And when we have a president and ruling class who are clueless about and hostile towards business, the risk-reward equation shifts dramatically against further investment of time, talent, and capital. And that's where we are today.
In an earlier post you wrote of Americans who are "selling out their country" by "setting up shop in China." Yet why should anyone invest time, talent, and capital here in the United States if he is likely to lose his investment?
Instead, many intelligent— and yes, patriotic—Americans will decide it makes more sense to "go Galt." Or they will invest their time, talent, and capital someplace else, where they have a better chance of realizing a return on their investment. Either way, they will not be hiring American employees.