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Originally posted by Urban Ranger
SCOTUS judges are also unelected.
SCOTUS judges are also unelected.
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You believe wrong.Originally posted by Jaguar
I believe chegitz got PWND.
SCOTUS aren't bureuacrats and they are selected by our representitives and go through a confirmation process and can be impeached and their decisions can be overturned by an act of Congress in many cases.
The power of SCOTUS is neither absolute nor unaccountable. The power of the WTO is.Christianity: The belief that a cosmic Jewish Zombie who was his own father can make you live forever if you symbolically eat his flesh and telepathically tell him you accept him as your master, so he can remove an evil force from your soul that is present in humanity because a rib-woman was convinced by a talking snake to eat from a magical tree...Comment
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Indeed, it never stoped being protectionist in the first place.Originally posted by Drake Tungsten
This thread title is really badly worded...Rethink Refuse Reduce Reuse
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Well, then there are numerous things that other nations ought to do to the US to retaliate for their unseemly tariffs.
Would you prefer that to accepting the rulings of the WTO with respect to upholding international trade agreements?Scouse Git (2) La Fayette Adam Smith Solomwi and Loinburger will not be forgotten.
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My dad works in a sugar-beet processing plant, so he will loose his job if CAFTA gos through. As I said in another thread a few weeks ago, free trade only works between equals, such as the US and EU.Comment
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China continues to have the great trade barriers of any large economy. They've agreed to lower tarrifs when the joined the WTO but they've often found non-tarrif barriers to make sure most things are still made in China.Originally posted by Whoha
Because of China's stellarly successful policies regarding trade protectionism we only export raw materials to them. They are not going to place tariffs on those.Try http://wordforge.net/index.php for discussion and debate.Comment
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If that was true then we'd still have the Smoot-Holley Tarrif in place and there wouldn't be a foreign made good in this country. The US economy is pretty open and is a fair amount more open then the EU, Japan, or China.Originally posted by General Ludd
Indeed, it never stoped being protectionist in the first place.Try http://wordforge.net/index.php for discussion and debate.Comment
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CAFTA looks good though it won't help the US economy at all as the five central American states aren't much of a market. It will lower prices for consumers and give Mexico competition for the cheapest manufacturing location in the free trade zone so it might spur a bit more competition. The people who will really benifet will be the central Americans living in poverty who will finally be able to get some real jobs (low paying though they may be).Try http://wordforge.net/index.php for discussion and debate.Comment
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He's got to be able to compete, as does everybody else. What gives him a free pass?Originally posted by Odin
My dad works in a sugar-beet processing plant, so he will loose his job if CAFTA gos through. As I said in another thread a few weeks ago, free trade only works between equals, such as the US and EU.I came upon a barroom full of bad Salon pictures in which men with hats on the backs of their heads were wolfing food from a counter. It was the institution of the "free lunch" I had struck. You paid for a drink and got as much as you wanted to eat. For something less than a rupee a day a man can feed himself sumptuously in San Francisco, even though he be a bankrupt. Remember this if ever you are stranded in these parts. ~ Rudyard Kipling, 1891Comment
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Re: America Turning back to Protectionism
LoA,Originally posted by Lawrence of Arabia
But are we better off if China takes away all our manufacturing jobs? yep, we sure are.
You say the most ridiculous things out of anyone here at Poly. Globalization/Protectionism is a process that the capitalist economy goes through. It's not just the protectionism that ruins the economy its's also free trade. Free trade creates increasing imbalances that governments attempt to alleviate through protectionism. Reducing our manufacturing base to zero is just going to make it harder for us the next time the house of cards comes tumbling down. The only thing stupider that eliminating our manufacturing base would be to eliminate our agricultural base. Service is the least important base. An economy that only provides services is going to be completely ****ed.I drank beer. I like beer. I still like beer. ... Do you like beer Senator?
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because his compitition get's paid sh!t because your fellow Neo-liberals in the WTO and IMF make sure that those 3rd world countries have lax employment laws and regulations.Originally posted by DanS
He's got to be able to compete, as does everybody else. What gives him a free pass?Comment
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Re: Re: America Turning back to Protectionism
Originally posted by Kidicious
LoA,
You say the most ridiculous things out of anyone here at Poly. Globalization/Protectionism is a process that the capitalist economy goes through. It's not just the protectionism that ruins the economy its's also free trade. Free trade creates increasing imbalances that governments attempt to alleviate through protectionism. Reducing our manufacturing base to zero is just going to make it harder for us the next time the house of cards comes tumbling down. The only thing stupider that eliminating our manufacturing base would be to eliminate our agricultural base. Service is the least important base. An economy that only provides services is going to be completely ****ed.
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The US is only the sixth largest exporter to China. That's pitifull considering that we have a currency peg with them that eliminates currency risk. Face it. The US simply sucks as an exporting nation, and that is not going to change.Originally posted by Oerdin
China continues to have the great trade barriers of any large economy. They've agreed to lower tarrifs when the joined the WTO but they've often found non-tarrif barriers to make sure most things are still made in China.I drank beer. I like beer. I still like beer. ... Do you like beer Senator?
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Welcome to economic reality. If he can't compete, then he should go out of business, just like everybody else.because his compitition get's paid sh!tI came upon a barroom full of bad Salon pictures in which men with hats on the backs of their heads were wolfing food from a counter. It was the institution of the "free lunch" I had struck. You paid for a drink and got as much as you wanted to eat. For something less than a rupee a day a man can feed himself sumptuously in San Francisco, even though he be a bankrupt. Remember this if ever you are stranded in these parts. ~ Rudyard Kipling, 1891Comment
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DanS, you're an *******
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