To: AZLiberty
Free trade prevents me from buying a $1200.00 microwave and $600 tennis shoes.
23 posted on
07/04/2003 4:55:20 AM PDT by
Bluntpoint
(Not there! Yes, there!)
To: Bluntpoint
Free trade prevents me from buying a $1200.00 microwave and $600 tennis shoes.Bullsh$t. There is no such thing as free trade what we have is subsidies to foreign government from the American taxpayer. As to the $1200 microwave oven the cost mostly lowered when they were being producued in the USA. It was competition within the American market that lowered costs.
Now when we come to tennis shoes. The wholesale cost differential was on the order of magnituude of 10% for foreign manufacture. The $100 tennis shoes do not cost significantly more to make than a $2 pair of tennis shoes it is all the advertising and marketing.
Do not talk about things you are ignorant of.
27 posted on
07/04/2003 6:46:36 AM PDT by
harpseal
(Stay well - Stay safe - Stay armed - Yorktown)
To: Bluntpoint
Geez! I don't recall ever paying that kind of money for AMERICAN-made microwaves or tennis shoes. In fact, the prices were very reasonable and the tags had "MADE IN USA" attached. Do you have a proof of your allegation?
To: Bluntpoint
"Free trade prevents me from buying a $1200.00 microwave and $600 tennis shoes."
...and from having a job to pay for $100 microwaves and $100 sneakers because some 12 year old child in India has your job.
Your example is horse hockey!
Are you saying that America is not a viable economy? That no one can live here? I guess whatever it is that you do you must cost too much? Maybe some child needs to do it?
Where the Hell is this idea that America is too expensive to produce anything coming from? We are the greatest nation on Earth, and everyone wants to live here, yet, we suck??? How on earth did we get to be the greatest if we are too useless to produce anything????
If American companies want to produce cheap products in cheap countries, then let them sell those item there, not here.
48 posted on
07/04/2003 9:56:37 AM PDT by
PatrioticAmerican
("Illegal immigratns" are invading in the name of Mexico, therefore, let's call them "immivaders".)
To: Bluntpoint
Where do you get "free trade"? There is no such thing!
Every industial country imposes import charges and
subsidizes their industries.
To: Bluntpoint
Free trade prevents me from buying a $1200.00 microwave and $600 tennis shoes. Bullsh#t.
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