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Then everyone would thank me for having you close up shop.

Then we could work on having fair trade, which would lead to more employment and real economic growth.

No, actually it wouldn't. You see, the folks who were involved in my import-export business still have to put food on the table and a roof over their heads, and you've just ended their employment.

Without your cheap one way imports undercutting the market and not adding demand, but adding oversupply...people would actually be able to have meaningful work and at the same time demand would expand and prices wouldn't go up at all.

Actually, they would. What did steel prices do after Bush imposed tariffs on steel? They went up.

If you restrict supply, prices go up. If you restrict supply AND increase demand (assuming that you actually managed to increase with tariffs, which is not guaranteed), then you REALLY send prices up.

Your analysis of economics is laughably Marxist.

you've just ended their employment.

So what. They are not entitled to a job. Send them for some new training.

Why all of the sudden are they entitled to a job?

see post # 348 dfor a staring of name calling. Then see him defend OPIC as the leaast the government can give corporations a subsidfy giving something of value to encourage investment overseas. Please tell me who is talking subsidies.

Hey Poohbah subsidies are Socialist at least and may well be Marxist. Even LS doesn't like Subsidies and neitehr do I.

I am presuming for your discussion of railrod subsidies and how counter productive they are you do not support any government interfereing in the Free market with subsidies. Most especially I presume you do not support interfering with the normal allocation of Capital investment with subsidies.