CAN THE AMERICAN EMPIRE BE SAVED...?
ACTUALLY I THINK IT CAN...
BUT IT WILL REQUIRE MAJOR SURGERY...AND THE PAIN WILL BE GREAT AND THE FINAL RESULT UNCERTAIN...
I WOULD COMPARE IT TO SEPERATING SIAMESE TWINS...WHO SHARE CERTAIN VITAL ORGANS
TODAY OUR "TWIN" IS CHINA AND THE CHEAP LABOR NATIONS OF ASIA...
THEY ARE EATING OUR LUNCH...AND THEY HAVE A HUGE APPETITE...
FREE TRADE AND THE QUEST FOR CHEAP LABOR HAS DESTROYED AMERICA...
YES...IT HAS BROUGHT US BOAT LOADS OF CHEAP STUFF FROM CHINA...
BUT IT HAS DESTROYED OUR AMERICAN INDUSTRIAL BASE IN THE PROCESS...
WHO CAN SAY THAT WE ARE BETTER OFF NOW...THAN IN 1950 OR 1970 WHEN AMERICA WAS THE FACTORY FLOOR OF THE WORLD...?
OK CHEAP SHOES AND TVS....BUT AT WHAT COST...AND BANKRUPT CONSUMER WORKING AT WALMART...UNPACKING BOXES FROM CHINA...!?
MANY PEOPLE DO NOT REALIZE THAT "PROTECTIONISM" IS VERY VERY OLD...
NATIONS "PROTECTED" THEIR "INDUSTRIES" EVEN BACK IN THE MIDDLE AGES...WHEN THESE "INDUSTRIES" WHERE HARDLY MORE THAN BLIPS IN THE ECONOMY...
THE TRUE HISTORY OF PROTECTIONISM HAS BEEN SURPRESSED IN AMERICA, SO THE FREE TRADE BIG LIE OF INTERNATIONAL CAPITAL COULD CONTINUE.
OK...IN OTHER WORDS...TO BRING YOU UP TO SPEED QUICKLY...
IT IS FREE TRADE THAT IS NEW AND DANGEROUS...NOT PROTECTIONISM WHICH IS THOUSANDS OF YEARS OLD...
READ THE ECONOMIC "LAWS" OF THE MIDDLE AGES...
THE AMOUNT OF CONTROL WAS AMAZING...! THERE WERE LAWS SETTING THE PRICE OF BREAD...! IMPORTS OF CERTAIN ITEMS WAS A SURE DEATH PENALTY.
LAW DICTATED WHAT COLORS DIFFERENT CLASSES OF PEOPLE COULD WEAR ON THE CLOTHING!
HERE'S THE POINT...FREE TRADE IS WONDERFUL...WHEN IT'S ABOUT BUYING BANANAS FROM COLUMBIA...AND NOT FROM ALASKA! "COMPARATIVE ADVANTAGE" IS VALID...BUT NOT FOR EVERYTHING...AND NOT JUST FOR WAGES!
BECAUSE IF A NATION DOES NOT PROTECT IT'S MARKETS IN VITAL AREAS...IT WILL LOSE THEM...
IF THIS IS THE END OF THE AMERICAN EMPIRE...? THE "CAUSA MORTIS" ON THE DEATH CERTIFICATE SHOULD SAY:
DIED OF A VIRULENT CASE OF "FREE TRADE!!"
