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Post by unlawflcombatnt on Feb 5, 2012 23:42:48 GMT -6
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Post by unlawflcombatnt on Nov 27, 2016 12:44:52 GMT -6
Ian Fletcher has penned a short, but interesting article on the Huffington Post, titled The Waterloo of Market Fundamentalism. It's main focus is on trade, tariffs, and "protectionism". He also references a Wikipedia article on Alexander Hamilton's recommendations to promote American industry, and protect it from excessive foreign competition. Hamilton's own recommendations were kind of blend of both Protectionism (i.e, Tariffs), with a generous helping of Corporate Socialism (subsidies to Manufacturing). His policies were somewhat opposed by Jefferson & Madison, who advocated for even Higher Tariffs, but without the subsidies to manufacturing. Clearly our forefathers advocated "Protectionist" policies, without which our country would have never become a manufacturing powerhouse. It is these very "Protectionist" policies that need to be re-instituted today, to restore our manufacturing base and to "Make America Great Again."
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