Posted on 11/23/2013 7:25:46 AM PST by IbJensen
Nope.
But as a non-American, I’m not actually expecting you to actually read accurately.
:D
I’m afraid I agree more with agere_contra’s point of view. The major stumbling block to our manufacturing capabilities is the massive tax and regulatory burden we place on them. Crashing the service economy by raising the prices of every thing we import would not suddenly make manufacturing in the United States profitable.
That must have sounded so cool in your head.
As must your accusation I want to raise the cost of everything in America by 10%.
Do you want to discuss this, or fling accusations?
From what I can tell the Business Schools are releasing Anti - American goBULLists on our economy. Eliminating ALL regulations and taxes in the manufacturing sector wouldn't slow this suicidal charge of off shoring to slavery...
Wrenching back to the thread: its evident that the days of the dollar’s reserve currency status are numbered.
Eagle Diesel (shale gas) is going to make a huge difference to America’s finances -and will save America - but too late to save the reserve status.
This may not be altogether bad news. Losing reserve status will at least force the Federal government to reduce spending and live within its means.
Better than the thinking you do with your posterior.
You’re advocating 10% tariffs on all imports.
You don’t think prices will go up?
Much better. Thank you very much.
I believe costs will increase, but an important other thing will also happen. Two important things in fact:
The entire corporate system, will note that America is serious about protecting American (and relocate-to-American as well) producers, who actually work right here.
That will be a massive change. It will initiate a return of US businesses, right here to the USA.
The other good thing will be, we can begin to pay down what is now a truly staggering foreign debt.
17 trillion dollars? Are you flipping serious???
Look China just overtook America this year, as the world’s largest exporter.
That is a massive change.
Bring back industry to America. Now.
Free Traders get so upset when you go against their religion...
Helpful and accurate.
Everyone who constantly repeats the tariff and “bring back the jobs” mantras need to start a small business somewhere making something ubiquitous that is now imported.
With so many people unemployed, many of them engineers and financial services people, it stands to reason that _some_ of them would have, by now, taken their expertise and started a domestic business. Likely, many have tried. Perhaps a few have succeeded, only to discover the huge target they now have on their backs.
About all you can do these days is buy yourself a job, either making something or providing some service that can’t be exported. But you need to have no employees, use nothing that could be classified as a chemical, be located remotely and use as little water and energy as possible in the process.
China is inoculating the world against the Black Plague infecting America.
The way to end the world of Obama is to destroy him. That is just what they are attempting.
Be prepared to ride out the coming inflation in tandem with the Obamacare night mare
Revelations on a China Thread? Puhleeze!
Explain to the thread why Texas is doing better than California.
One State has more regulations and taxes, and one has less. Businesses are flocking to one State, but are fleeing the other.
Part of the genius of the American system of states is that it forces competition in Government. And we can all see the results: Texas is doing well whereas California is going bankrupt.
If taxes and regulations make no difference to capital, why is capital flocking to Texas?
Wait aren’t you the guy that said domestically there is no competition possible? That tariffs would just raise prices and domestic manufactures would simply collude with each other in price fixing? You are very inconsistent. I thought true competition came from across borders, domestically not so much. So which is it?
Look to be fair Texas is doing better than California because Texas is much freer than California.
However America is currently getting screwed, by imports.
We need to bring back industry to America.
Whether to Texas, or California is indeed a very important issue to discuss, but keep in mind that sending jobs to China doesn’t help anyone except the leaders of a few huge industrial interests.
Bring back jobs.
To Texas, or California, or any of 48 other states depending on your own preferences.
But bring back jobs to America.
I think it is safe to say, we all are afraid of just that.
Ping
Bring back MADE IN AMERICA.
What genius said this? You're a real economic Einstein.
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