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Politics : Liberalism: Do You Agree We've Had Enough of It? -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: HPilot who wrote (111702)	8/31/2011 9:44:45 AM
From: grusum	7 Recommendations Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 224729

Sure we can, its called a tarrif! When the tax makes the oversea product cost the same as over here, then it is no longer profitable to buy from overseas, or worse construct a factory overseas tariffs only make products more expensive. and when products are more expensive, people buy less of them. when people buy less 'things', there is less economic activity and less jobs. tariffs are counter-productive to everyone, but they hurt the country that imposes them the most. if they worked, every country would be raising them. Free trade is a crock made up by industrialists to make a profit overseas. free trade benefits everyone. it's protectionism that is a crock. some people don't like it when someone else is able to make a certain product cheaper. but the people that buy the product appreciate a lower price. global free trade would give everyone more abundance and lower prices. we shouldn't want to stop anybody from making things or otherwise put them out of business with tariffs. You can say many good and bad things about Perrot, but he was right about that great sucking sound! Today's economy is the result! today's economy is the result of high taxes and burdensome regulations and a general fear of what the rickshaw president might do next. it's not the result of global competition.

To: HPilot who wrote (111702)	8/31/2011 11:32:37 AM
From: Paul V.	Respond to of 224729

HPilot, You can say many good and bad things about Perrot, but he was right about that great sucking sound! Today's economy is the result! You are absolutely correct. Mexico even thought they were safe, however, they found that lower wages, fringe benefits could be found in China, India and in the future Africa. Nafta is in effect. However, a tarriff will only result in trade war with other countries against the products which we export to other countries.

To: HPilot who wrote (111702)	10/5/2011 12:21:39 PM
From: TimF	4 Recommendations Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 224729

In war the enemy might blockade you to try to keep your people from benefiting from foreign goods. Protectionism is the desire to impose the same penalty on yourself. To the extent the tariff applies on raw materials or intermediate goods you directly harm your own exports by making them more expensive. Outside of those things you indirectly harm your own exports by inspiring retaliatory tariffs, and by encouraging the companies you price out of the market to go after your export markets instead. All of which is done by imposing a tax on Americans, making them pay more for goods and lowering their real standard of living.