Personal attack? This is why I love millennials.
You pussy grabbers and throwers need to chill your attitudes. Please keep it civil.
You do know have to fight protectionists tariffs in alot of countries we deal with?
From Mr. Genetic Fallacy himself. Bwahahaha!!
Maybe you should give the same warning to some of the liberals that constantly give personal attacks to members.
Thanks for the advice......
Says the guy that got banned every other week for a year or two.....lol...... I have removed the troll thorns from my side ......all good
"Competitive" advantage it is not! We cannot compete with $1.00 a day wages. Who artificially maintains the poverty is the government of those countries not taking care of the people they govern. I am saying it is not Americas job to keep letting them put Americans out of work with the low wage and **** work environment that their governments allow. Our job is to take care of America first and if along the way we help other countries who actually compete fairly so be it.
These trade practices have been going on for years and while it has helped in a small way some of these countries, it has had a decidedly negative effect on the America..
What is 'Competitive Advantage'
Competitive advantages are conditions that allow a company or country to produce a good or service at a lower price or in a more desirable fashion for customers. These conditions allow the productive entity to generate more sales or superior margins than its competition. Competitive advantages are attributed to a variety of factors, including cost structure, brand, quality of product offerings, distribution network, intellectual property and customer support.
http://www.investopedia.com/terms/c/competitive_advantage.asp
Really, if you don't even know what the term means, I don't know how you can discuss it rationally.
artificially ar·ti·fi·cial··ly adverb 1. by means of human intervention rather than naturally.
How is not imposing legislative or other wage standards "artificial?" If anything, we're the ones artificially distorting the market.
Words have meanings. Learn them. Use them.
It has had some negative effects. It has also had a lot of positive effects--chiefly, an increased standard of living across the board through the availability of all sorts of products, from consumer goods to durable goods to means of commercial and industrial production at much lower costs than if they were all manufactured at prevailing "all-American" costs. Where are your clothes made? Five'll get you ten a significant portion of your wardrobe was made abroad...and before you start telling tales about how that's your only option, I'd point out that http://store.americanapparel.net/en/ has a full-line of made-in-USA clothes, from socks and underwear to shirts, pants, and shorts. Don't like that brand? Here's a list of fourteen American-made brands: http://www.thegoodtrade.com/features/american-made-clothing-brands . A few more? Sure: http://www.ibuyamericanstore.com/?module=Directory&event=View&comID=4 has a list, including http://www.allamericanclothing.com/ . Go ahead, post pictures of the tags in your clothes showing us how you "take care of America first" instead of taking advantage of the lower costs. Put your money where your mouth is.
As for the "low wage and **** work environment," it's decidedly better than what a lot would have in the absence of such jobs. Think subsistence-level (or less) farming. I'm not saying it's our duty to raise them up, but trade--absent coercion--only occurs when both sides value what they're getting more than what they're giving up; otherwise, why would they make that choice? We trade because we get something out of it; they trade for the same reason, and both sides are better off for it. Such has been the case since Og first said to Thag "you give me berries, me give you meat." Yes, it means some people who have made their lives doing one thing, and are now undercut by somebody working cheaper, are going to have to adjust to that change, but change is the only constant in the universe. Nobody has a right to pick something as a career, then demand to make a living at it for forty or fifty years without adapting to the world around him.
I think regulated capitalism and free trade with equally prosperous countries is better for all of us in the long-term.
In the short term, permitting unrestricted trade with poorer countries brings exploitation and a depressing of wages in the richer country for obvious reasons. We need graduated regulations on such trade until they have reached a similar level of development, in order to prevent exploitation of foreigners and our own workers.
It all went down hill in the '70s when we let China into the WTO and created NAFTA with Mexico. It hurt our jobs and economy.
Over time, when Mexico and China and other third world countries become more prosperous, wages and expectations increase, i think we'll see our economy have a huge net benefit from such trade.
In the short term, permitting unrestricted trade with poorer countries brings exploitation and a depressing of wages in the richer country for obvious reasons. We need graduated regulations on such trade until they have reached a similar level of development, in order to prevent exploitation of foreigners and our own workers.
It all went down hill in the '70s when we let China into the WTO and created NAFTA with Mexico. It hurt our jobs and economy.
Over time, when Mexico and China and other third world countries become more prosperous, wages and expectations increase, i think we'll see our economy have a huge net benefit from such trade.
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