<WASHINGTON — The Bush administration will propose anti-dumping duties on as much as $1 billion in imported Chinese bedroom furniture, officials said Thursday, escalating a trade dispute that has strained U.S.-China relations and splintered the domestic furniture industry.>
Hi Sutt. Ironing boards too. Not to mention sheep from New Zealand and steel from New Zealand. New Zealand is very threatening to Americans so they need to protect themselves from our cheap, high quality, meat and steel products. Which is a bit of a giggle.
But cutting to the chase, it seems to me that a country is defined by its borders and the primary job of a government is to protect those borders and citizen property.
Where should the money come from to pay for this government function? I think taxes on imported products and people is a very good place to start.
Citizenships and residency should be sold at auction, so people like bludger Yiwu, who whines about the USA constantly, would at least have paid for her privilege. I figure that citizenship of New Zealand is worth somewhere about US$1 million, but perhaps US$2 million.
Giving citizenship for no charge to refugees, illegal immigrants and lots of low value people is really stupid. Citizenship should be sold to high value people and the best way to figure out who is high value is to have them bid their own price in competition with other immigrants.
If 10,000 people bought a New Zealand citizenship at $1 million, that would be $10 billion. That's real money [half New Zealand's government budget almost].
The USA, with much higher economic opportunity, should be worth more than $1 million.
On tariffs, it's a similar principle. Why should citizens pay for their protection against foreigners? Charge the foreigners. If the evil foreigners want to sell stuff inside the country, charge them money for the privilege.
China for example is planning to murder Taiwanese, invade the place and steal Taiwanese property. It seems very weird to give China money to do so and it seems a much better idea to reduce their profits by charging tariffs.
China is involved in trade wars already. They steal intellectual property for example. China is a thieving country. That's why it can't do really well. Until they stop stealing, they'll always be a second-rate country. They steal from Hong Kong and want to steal from Taiwan.
The whole country is based on theft. The communists stole everything from everyone. Then they appoint each other the bosses and distribute the perks of office to themselves and their buddies.
That system is similar to the one we run in NZ, where the bludgers vote for Helengrad to take over half the money in the country then give it to their buddies. Even the 'free' USA is run like that. Heard of Halliburton? Do you think Carlyle benefits from Bush actions? Who owns the ironing board production in the USA? Bush buddies I suppose.
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