>> The estimated future job losses in steel using American Industries, set to result from Bush's meddlings, come in at anywhere from 2.5 to-7 to perhaps as many as 14, for each job saved at
American Steel Mills <<
blah, blah, blah. same old blather. you can cite whatever numbers you like, but you're not going to convince me, just as i won't convince you. most economists will agree that no matter which policy you pursue, free trade or protectionism, there is no real change in net jobs after an adjustment period takes place.
>> OH JEEZ, don't you get it? Tariffs can alter things virtually OVERNIGHT toward a path for the worse for the industry. So try to protect our Mills, but at WHAT COST in the end- less use of steel? Oh, that'll help the mills out, ya boy, LOL. We'll have to totally subsidize them, nationalize them perhaps, when this plays out, just to have any domestic production at ALL. And we don't even really need it, IMO. <<
as usual, you are trying to think like an economist. that is not how you run a country. an economy is not what makes a country great, it's the culture that makes a country great. free trade advocates can cite all the economic gobbledygook they want to try to argue how much more efficient it is, but if it is destructive to the culture--as free trade has clearly proven--it won't make a damn bit of difference how efficient you may think it is.
>> Bush makes a terrible mistake at a critical time, IMO <<
the only mistake bush made on the steel tariffs was to not impose even higher ones. if you want to take the president to task over something, a far worse mistake was pushing for amnesty for the illegals in this country. i sure hope he picks up some hispanic votes because he surely isn't getting mine after a stunt like that. |
