Originally Posted By: antiqueshell
Originally Posted By: cashmoney
Nonsense indeed...
1. Sorry but it is irrelevant who you think are appropriate countries that the US compete with. No country gets to choose their competition in a modern globalized labor market.
2. Tariffs are exactly the kind of regulation that does not work today and exactly what causes global market segments to close. Artificial protectionist trade barriers do not work in the long run. Tariff regulations are never one way only (there is always tit for tat retaliation) and it always causes some other harm to the very economy they are "designed" to protect. See Japan for example of what not to do regarding tariffs unless you want an endless recession.
The US can keep a high standard of living ONLY one way - by producing high value, high skill, highly productive workers that command higher than average wages on the global labor market. Yes that means we have to compete and EARN our high standard of living. This means our education system must be overhauled and our young people's culture needs to start honoring and celebrating achievement instead of stupidity, geed, and laziness. NO amount of whining, complaining and hand wringing about regulations and tarrifs is going to change that reality.
Yes, the above is indeed nonsensical.
I don't recall We The People having ANY say in whether or not
a globalist agenda was in our best interest, heck, even in
Western Europe the peoples of those countries had some say in whether or not their countries became a part of the EW.
Here in the USA the people had NO say in NAFTA, GATT, or WTO agreements, not that those organizations are even
legally permitted by Constitutional Law to make regulation over
the US, which they now do.
You avoided that historical FACT that the US in the past has literally produced anything and EVERYTHING that would be needed to
drive a healthy economy. It is historical fact that the US can be well off and extremely healthy with a NON-global economy.
Since We The People didn't have a say in this "global economy"
AND just as importantly the trade agreements that came along with it are ILLEGAL AND UNCONSTITUTIONAL in law and spirit of the law,
I will indeed always be against it as any intelligent and considerate citizen would be. The problem is that most of the citizens in the US have become serf like and can't see the forest through the trees about the situation. But that also comes from
the indoctrination they receive at the hands of the educational system, gov't, and media. All are controlled by the money changers, that are a plague upon the nation.
History?...really..sheesh..The US has been a net exporter for most if not all of its history and today is just as dependent on world markets as it ever was....sorry but I won't debate political agendas and misc half-informed conspiracy theories - too much like fighting a drunk...
My assertion is that there is plenty of opportunity in the US even in an open highly competitive global economy for those who are not afraid to work and EARN the high demand skills and knowledge that provide a good living. A good friend earned 2 masters degrees at night while working a full time high pressure job. Today he earns 10-15X the $20/hour average rate. Clearly he was not afraid of hard work and investing in his future. Meanwhile I know others that went home every night after work and watched TV and drank beer for 25 years, completely ignoring the realities of the changing world - guess what has happened to their wages and financial security.