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I read in the San Fransisco Chronicle today that a flood of imports are killing what is left of the Iraqi domestic economy. I had not realized the extent of the importation of goods before. Not only is the money that the US is pumping into Iraq not creating jobs, but it is actually causing massive job losses.
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Could perhaps the Iraqi economy be suffering from lack of order in the domestic region? It's kinda hard to run a business when things haven't quieted down yet.
But *gasp* no! It's the 'evil' free market!“I give you a new commandment, that you love one another. Just as I have loved you, you also should love one another. By this everyone will know that you are my disciples, if you have love for one another.”
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I think we know that the war was a success when the whining lefties are no longer going on about imperialism, about hundreds of thousands of American-killed Iraqis, or about how there weren't weapons there anyway.
Free trade
Evil!
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Christ does it matter. Even if there were perfect order there's no way that Iraqis are going to be able to compete.Originally posted by Imran Siddiqui
Could perhaps the Iraqi economy be suffering from lack of order in the domestic region? It's kinda hard to run a business when things haven't quieted down yet.
But *gasp* no! It's the 'evil' free market!I drank beer. I like beer. I still like beer. ... Do you like beer Senator?
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Uhhhh, how do you have "massive job losses" when you start out with 60% unemployment, then have a war that ends employment for the rest? (since so many jobs were government/military based)
How do you have thing "produced" in a "domestic economy" where there's no money, no banking system, and nobody was getting paid?
Blaming the current transitional state of the Iraqi economy on market reforms is just ridiculous.When all else fails, blame brown people. | Hire a teen, while they still know it all. | Trump-Palin 2016. "You're fired." "I quit."Comment
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Even if there were perfect order there's no way that Iraqis are going to be able to compete.
Bull... prove it.“I give you a new commandment, that you love one another. Just as I have loved you, you also should love one another. By this everyone will know that you are my disciples, if you have love for one another.”
- John 13:34-35 (NRSV)Comment
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Is it too much to expect to keep the jobs they had?Originally posted by MichaeltheGreat
Uhhhh, how do you have "massive job losses" when you start out with 60% unemployment, then have a war that ends employment for the rest? (since so many jobs were government/military based)
Believe it or not all economic activity did not cease in Iraq, but the domestic industry is now failing completely because they can't compete with the imports.Originally posted by MichaeltheGreat
How do you have thing "produced" in a "domestic economy" where there's no money, no banking system, and nobody was getting paid?I drank beer. I like beer. I still like beer. ... Do you like beer Senator?
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Originally posted by Imran Siddiqui
Even if there were perfect order there's no way that Iraqis are going to be able to compete.
Bull... prove it.
I can't help you Imran
I drank beer. I like beer. I still like beer. ... Do you like beer Senator?
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You are such a fool, and it becomes more and more obvious with every post you make
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“I give you a new commandment, that you love one another. Just as I have loved you, you also should love one another. By this everyone will know that you are my disciples, if you have love for one another.”
- John 13:34-35 (NRSV)Comment
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If their jobs were the result of bloated government/military spending, yeah.Is it too much to expect to keep the jobs they had?
-Arriangrog want tank...Grog Want Tank... GROG WANT TANK!
The trick isn't to break some eggs to make an omelette, it's convincing the eggs to break themselves in order to aspire to omelettehood.Comment
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Is it too much to expect Iraq to have a lower unemployment rate under the occupation than it did under Sadam and sactions?Originally posted by Arrian
If their jobs were the result of bloated government/military spending, yeah.
-ArrianI drank beer. I like beer. I still like beer. ... Do you like beer Senator?
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In short, this soon after the dust settles? yes. It IS too much to expect.
For chrissakes, let's get the damned water and lights turned back on before we start doomsaying about unemployment rates, eh?
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What do you recommend Kidicious?
Hand Iraq back over to a dictator who murders and tortures his people at will?
Besides, we have seen no evidence of this increase in unemployment? Reputable source please.
Additionally, which industries are affected? Why?www.my-piano.blogspotComment
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For the last time, YES!
There is chaos in Iraq. In order for the free market to work, you need law and order. You don't seem to grasp that. We apologize because you don't understand what you're arguing about.John Brown did nothing wrong.Comment
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What a great plan... let Iraqi's compete in the world market... AFTER we bomb the sh1t out of their infrastructure so they can't do sh1t. That's fair.
"free trade" deals with Iraq are just deals to allow American corporations to profit off of this war.
To us, it is the BEAST.Comment
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