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Politics : HOWARD DEAN -THE NEXT PRESIDENT? -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Lizzie Tudor who wrote (447)	11/19/2003 12:16:42 AM
From: elpolvo	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 3079

lt- there are a LOT of americans urging just this kind of action. some democrat candidates are considering actions like this and legislation to restrict international trade without certain wage and worker guarantees for foreign workers to level the playing field. i don't think they realize the long term consequences to our marketplace. it could well shut down - most of the world is already mad at us for our political/military arrogance - if we add economic arrogance it's not going to help things. i don't have the answers. i haven't studied the possibilities but i know one thing is certain... the world is economically interconnected now and the law of supply and demand will dictate that lower prices, whether they be from lower labor costs or higher productivity via innovative technology, will win the money. it is important for americans to realize that they must compete globally for trade and for employment. there are a lot of people around the world who have been starving and working for a dollar a day or less for decades. that is some awesome competition. americans won't work for less until they experience starvation and our global dominance in technology has been ignored and neglected as our most promising economic asset since the current administration took office. "it's the economy stupid" has an important and much more global meaning than ever before and the bushco doesn't have a clue what that means except on a personal level for the rich. this country is going down because a handful of terrorists from starving countries have incited exactly the behavior they set out to incite - "political/military and economic belligerence." we're quickly becoming the world's biggest monster. five and a half billion enemies is a lot of competition. we can't mow down the whole world with weapons of mass destruction. ay carumba! the revolutionary information age is here. knowledge is globally available almost instantaneously. in the world of business, innovation, manufacturing, service and trade it is the single biggest economic asset one can possess and it now belongs to everyone everywhere. he who works hardest and smartest benefits most. damn... just when i was almost ready to retire. :-( -elpolvo