Posted on 04/18/2005 6:37:40 AM PDT by A. Pole
Buchanan is a buffoon.
Buchanan is a buffoon.
Good start.
Keep reading. You'll eventually get to the right part.
There's no question that PRC is a market.
There's no question that PRC also STEALS whatever they need to fill that market's needs, e.g., small engines, automobiles, etc.
Friedman bump.
Because they are ALREADY doing so.
Milwaukee newspaper ran a story on PRC "industry" last January. Nice pictures of the Chevrolet product and its duplicate PRC knockoff.
Another intelligent response from the under-educated.
Have you thought of a job fully utilizing your talents at Denny's?
Something doesn't agree with your world-view, so it doesn't exist? Smith argued that there are specific situations where tariffs are appropriate. It might come as a shock to you, but "specific" situations does not mean "all" situations.
By the way, let me know when you finish reading the Friedman article.
I forgot more than you will ever know.
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Buchanan bump
"Americans cannot be consumers unless they are employed. Shipping all the jobs overseas may allow Wal-Mart to price every item in their store at a nickel but nobody in America will have a nickel to buy anything."
I guess the unemployment rate is at an all time high.
I have contemplated buying several of them, if I do, do you want a job as a dishwasher?
Quote: I guess the unemployment rate is at an all time high.
More people than ever have an extra job to make up for their main job which has low or stagnant wages.
"THE SAME MONEY REQUIRES TWICE AS LONG TO PAY AS IT DID THIRTY YEARS AGO."
And what is your solution? Impose tariffs on goods being imported, therefore driving the costs of these goods up for the consumer. As a result, their standard of living is further eroded.
The reason it takes two wages today is because 40-50% of incomes are dedicated to taxes, paying for higher prices due to government regulation and paying higher prices caused by litigation.
The most beneficial actions we could take for our economy and individual citizens, would be to lower government intrusion into business, not increase that government burden.
Yeah, sure.
Quote: Yeah, sure
hey rude go back to your college books. We out in the REAL world now what is truly going on because many of us are working 2 jobs.
After reading you post again, I'm inclined to agree with you about the need for "light industry" as a major source of labor in a society. I've always said, however, that the biggest enemy to this type of employment in the U.S. has not been the movement of manufacturing jobs overseas, but was the Industrial Revolution itself. For the first time in the history of mankind, we had advanced societies in which it was considered the norm for members of the working class to rely on major corporations for employment. As a result of this, the blacksmith, carpenter, or farmer who interacted with his customers directly became disconnected from the ultimate beneficiary of his labor (his customers). Instead of working to complete tasks or create products for his customers, he was working for a nameless, faceless corporation alongside thousands of other men whose skills were largely interchangeable.
You're working two jobs? Did you ever consider applying yourself at one, instead of surfing the 'Net and posting to bulletin boards?
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