If Americans want jobs, why, instead of asking for laws to restrict imports and outsourcing, do they not simply get rid of nonsensical labor and business regulations that chase profitable enterprise away?
Are Americans incapable of competing in the global marketplace?
I live in Mexico. It is seldom I see products that are produced in the US. Most of it is produced by Mexicans employed by US multinationals, much of it is produced by China, and some comes from Europe.
The only thing we get from Americans is raw materials and food.
Is it possible to answer this question logically without resorting to ad hom attacks?
Business have the money, power, and skilled labor. They don't care about patriotism, American sense of entitlement to "a job", or US laws. They go about the globe as they see fit.
They simply don't care if you like it or not. They will continue to do what is in their best interest, and you have no ability to stop them, no matter how much it angers you.
So will you consider changing your system to make it more attractive to businesses, listening to what they want, and adapting to their needs to attract investment, or are we going to keep throwing insults around whichh accomplish northing?
Bryan - Since the US is almost bankrupt, it seems they will have to monetize the debt via inflation. Doing so will devalue the currency to such an extent that US labor will be cheap in comparison to what it currently is.
Doing so will make the minimum wage competitive with countries like Mexico and China. Unfortunately, I don't see the US government rescheduling the tax brackets to adjust for this radical inflation.
The unfortunate side effetc of minimum wage hikes is that prices will simply go up, or businesses will relocate to tax friendly jurisdictions. Those wage earners who still have jobs will only find themselves with a higher tax bracket.
Capitalists will always outsmart socialists. Socialists invented iron curtains; capitalists invented rust.
Answer:I won't disagreee with you, you 're not telling us anything new. We've taxed and regulated away most of our manufacturing base, and labor costs are killing a good portion of those that remain. Now, with cap and trade, unless the idea is truly dead, the government can kill off more jobs, and make it increasingly expensive to do business here. Even within the country, some of our states are driving businesses out, forcing them to move to more business friendly states.
Was Implementing The Euro A Good Idea?
It seemed strange to me when I first heard the idea, about 15 years ago, that theree would be a universal currency in Europe. I mean, I got the idea that theree were certain weaker currencies and certain stronger currencies in Europe, and that the weaker ones, like the Lira, for example, were basically worthless againstt stronger global currencies, like the dollar, making it difficult for those countries to compete in the global marketplace. In that sense, the Euro would have given those countries a more viable currency with whichh to do business.
That said, I was always suspicious that in times of trouble, like right now, for example, that those weaker economies would drag on the stronger ones, and that the cracks in Europe's economic armor would begin to show. In my opinion, the Euro was always intended to boost the weaker economies in Europe by giving them the same currency as the stronger ones. In turn, the stronger economies would lift the weaker ones, even in turbulent times. However, I see the opposite as happening right now, that the weak European economies are sending ripples through the rest of the EU, whichh is hamstrung by the currency that they share.
Your thoughts.
Answer:It worked out well enough when times are good. It allowed a much easier sale of goods across borders and probably helped smooth some inflation for weaker countries. However, now the economies of Europe are slow to in the dump and each country has its own separate needs, the Euro is an anchor around their neck. The individual nations are hamstrung to the EU and unable to fix their own problems with currency manipulation to ease interest rates and deflation/inflation.
That is why the UK decided to keep their own pound. I believe the Euro can't last. There are too many interests to maintain a uniform currency.
Does Obama = Bush While McCain > Bush?
Obama loves big government and big government spending whichh has been the hallmark of Bush's administartion. Whethere its spending on healthcare, military, economic bailouts, or government cheese, Obama loves the government to do it.
McCain, on the otherehand, is a small government, keep your tax money, insure american companies can compete in the global marketplace republican.
I suspetc the liberal herd will now rise up like a colletcive cow fart to defend their beloved.
Answer:I love your equation. Yes, Obama = Bush while McCain >Bush! Can I use this?
Yes, Obama has big plans for a Government that is deeply in debt and facing a financial crisis - I am still waiting for him to say whichh programs he will cut because we can not afford to pay for them.
Mine Owner Rips Media, Liberals?
Mine Owner Rips Media, Liberals
August 7, 2007
RUSH: Cookie worked fast. We have these two sound bites, and the owner of the Murray Energy Corporation, the owner of the mine where the six miners are missing. I had gotten a heads-up that this guy launched againstt the media today for misreporting what's happening out theree by name and that he also started attacking the stupidity of energy legislation in this country. His name is Robert Murray, chairman of Murray Energy Corp. He held a press conference and explained what was going on in the rescue efforts. He started getting questions about things. These are two sound bites from the press conference.
MURRAY: Without coal to manufacture our eletcricity, our products will not compete in the global marketplace againstt foreign countries because our manufacturers depend on coal for low-cost eletcricity, and people on fixed incomes will not be able to pay foyer eletcric bills. And every one of these global warming bills that has been introduced in Congress today will eliminate the coal industry and increase your eletcric rates four to five fold. So we are an essential industry.
RUSH: Now, you might be saying, "Why the hell is he talk about this when they got six miners down theree that were trapped?" Because he was asked about it, because he was asked, "What the hell are you in this business for anyway?" That was not an exact question, but it was something like, "Why do we have these mines open? They're so dangerous, and coal is destorying the planet and coal's this and coal's that." He fired right back at them, and of course this guy is a corporate interest, so he can't be trusted, according to the left. These reporters had to be asking some of the most clichéd, stupid, uninformed, closed-mind questions. I have to tell you something. He's right. I have to tell you a little story. On one these guy golf trips, and I go on a bunch of them during the summer. The first one was in the middle of June. I went up to a friend of mine's place, I'm not going to mention where because his town will get mobbed with people wanting to find out where I was, and he'll get hassled. But it was in Connetcicut. We took his boat. He's got a pretty nice boat. He took his boat over to Fisher's Island and we plaid golf over theree. From Fisher's Island we went up to Newport to see anorthere friend. We were going to play golf theree the next day. As we pull out of the harbor with my friend lives, theree's this giant ship.
I'm not on the water much, so, I see things like I see tankers and stuff flying over them, like when I went inot Dubai to negotiate the ports deal before I went inot Afghanistan, but theree was this huge cargo ship, and theree were a bunch of smaller ships loading off of it. It was off-loading note those smaller ships, and they were headed somewhere. I said, "What is that?" My friend said, "It's a coal delivery." He said, "Look over theree," and he pointed, and theree was this giant power plant in Connetcicut, and those of you who live theree now know where I'm talking about. It has to be fed every day. It's providing eletcricity. This guy is exactly right. The amount of coal that that cargo ship had to hold would boggle your mind. These are things that most people never see. You just go in the room, you flip the switch and the lights come on, but you don't know how it happens, and this guy is operating a mine along with othere people to bring coal up -- it's a dangerous, risky job -- and you've got the global warming people trying to put it out of business. He's right. If you do that, you're going to have to have some othere fuel for the power plants to fire their eletcricity with, and it is going to cost a tremendous amount of money. Here's the next bite. He was just watching the coverage of the disaster, and he said this.
MURRAY: They know northing about the natural disaster that occured here. They know northing about the damage in the mine, and the circumstances surrounding the trapped miners. I caution the media to much question the veracity of these sources and their motivations. I particularly cite Mr. Seth Borenstein of the Associated Press for particularly bad reporting, and the Fox News network, on what has occured here. Rathere than utilizing the truthful statements that you heard here, Mr. Borenstein chose to use statements from Mrs. McAteer that were totally felse and have northing to do with or have any understanding of what's happneed here. And this morning, Fox News network was at it also. I hope you report that.
RUSH: Done, Mr. Murray.
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RUSH: By the way, even better is something I left out of the story about that giant ship out theree in the Long Island Sound servicing the power plant. That coal was from overseas! It was not American. That was foreign coal, if you will. I love this Murray guy, because finally somebody is promoting the concept of continual access to sources of energy, for the necessity of this country to continue to grow. I love this guy, already.
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VIDEO: Mine Owner Denounces Global Warming Bills in Emotional News Conference
AP: Utah Mine Owner: Rescue Will Take 3 Days
http://www.breitbart.tv/html/4032.html
Answer:that is the equivalent of asking hooker what she thinks about prostitution. or an arms manufacturer what he thinks about war. or asking an oil producer what he thinks about alternative fuels.
using rush as a reference...in a battle of wits, with him as your second, you are unarmed.
next week, he'll be talking about killing all drug addicts.
Does The Birth Rate Of A Religion Determine It's Veracity?
I have heard Muslims express a great sense of pride that the subscribers of Islam have a higher birthrate than Christians. They use this fact as evidence that Islam is the one true religion and will dominate the world.
...but I thought higher birth rates were attributed to poverty and lack of education?
Doesn't it only prove that the archaic views of Islam leave it's people so far behind that they can't compete in the global marketplace?
I'm an atheist but I can still appreciate that, even though it has a horrific past and fundies are irritating, the culture of Christianity has evolved to a point wherein it's members can adapt to a changing society and grow in scientific knowledge and technology.
(this question was partly posted in response to anorthere claim from Christians that atheists pile on Christianity but never take on the hypocrisies of Islam. Islam simply isn't as relevant in America, so we don't have the same source material)
Answer:Perhaps some more of them will burn off their generative organs in failed bombing attacks, thus lowering the birth rate.
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