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Post by fredorbob on Mar 6, 2010 8:24:14 GMT -6
Won't this just increase the stampede of jobs from Mexico to Communist China? No. Investors would be wary of sinking their money into foreign factories if they knew that free trade was on it's way out. Canceling NAFTA would have a multiplicative negative effect on outsourcing outside of Mexico.
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Post by fredorbob on Mar 5, 2010 11:39:18 GMT -6
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Post by fredorbob on Mar 5, 2010 10:31:48 GMT -6
Should be 100,000,000 visits. The "inattentive American voters" theory still holds.
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Post by fredorbob on Mar 5, 2010 10:29:06 GMT -6
If, ever, probably never, a better rocket propulsion is invented which allows mankind to colonize and start mining asteroids/planets then precious metals will drop to almost zero.
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Post by fredorbob on Mar 5, 2010 2:13:04 GMT -6
The Republican Party may be led by free-trade/open-border Libertarian neocon fucktards, but don't forget that the Democratic Party is the Party of slavery, the Party that invented every single parliamentary lawyer trick not-in-the-book (like the fillibuster).
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Post by fredorbob on Mar 4, 2010 18:16:19 GMT -6
Tariffs do protect from poisonous and the dangerous cause typically with high tariffs only luxury goods are imported; the rich can take care of themselves. Hiring a bajillion people to "inspect" everything coming in is a waste of money, unproductive, and Soviet.
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Post by fredorbob on Mar 1, 2010 7:41:22 GMT -6
Web definitions for compel compel - force somebody to do something; "We compel all students to fill out this form"
All self-incrimination should be allowable in court as long as it isn't forced out of you, whether you asked for a lawyer or not. That's what the Constitution says.
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Post by fredorbob on Mar 1, 2010 7:31:49 GMT -6
Demand drives supply.
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Post by fredorbob on Mar 1, 2010 7:28:42 GMT -6
Putting a million people to work inspecting imports would make lots of indirect tax revenue for fed, state and local govts. It would employ workers of all skills and pay levels, and would also encourage the return of manufacturing. GB Taxing government workers generates less than zero revenue for the government. "Hi i'm the Government, i'm going to hire you to do inspect phone cables, here's $1,000 I taxed from someone else. Now give me back $200." That's a net loss of $800 for the government, or $800 taxed from the private sector. Tariffs, tariffs, tariffs.
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Post by fredorbob on Mar 1, 2010 7:19:23 GMT -6
The forces of deflation meet the forces of inflation. WHO WILL WIN OUT?! Stay tuned for further updates.
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Post by fredorbob on Feb 25, 2010 10:29:30 GMT -6
Existing treaties limiting tariffs are why I like 10% inspeciton of imports - paid by the importers. It's not a tariff, and we have plenty of justification, from lead in toys to dirty bombs. GB Treaties come and treaties go. The Tariff is in the Constituiton ,the VAT tax isn't.
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Post by fredorbob on Feb 23, 2010 9:51:57 GMT -6
I'm not going to argue, and I don't really care. The gains from the theoretical laffer curve are marginal at best anyways, the rich can't hold onto their money forever; everybody wants to spend.
That and the rich are typically globalists bastards who would rather hire foreigners over Americans, screw em.
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Post by fredorbob on Feb 23, 2010 9:46:06 GMT -6
100% inspection of imports - paid by the importers - is a great way to restore America. ...which generates zero revenue for the government, so income/business taxes remain high.
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Post by fredorbob on Feb 23, 2010 8:10:03 GMT -6
I don't understand why banks were bailed out in the first place, they don't manufacture anything, they don't produce anything, they just change money around. Banks aren't even necessary, they are a service industry, there to service industry, that's why it's called a service industry. Without industry there's nothing to service.
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Post by fredorbob on Feb 23, 2010 7:35:31 GMT -6
depressing, need fix.
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Post by fredorbob on Feb 23, 2010 6:46:23 GMT -6
The plan is to put a noose around Russia? Control the Middle East so the American empire can cut oil off to China like we did to Japan in the 30's? That seems rather elaborate for a government that couldn't think long-term to save their lives.
That makes no sense whatsoever, if the "secret government" (who outsourced the jobs) wanted to weaken China then we wouldn't have given them our dual-use industries in the first place, wouldn't have made China the most favored nation. (Dual-use industries are factories that can produce cars one days and jeeps and tanks on another day).
How about it's more simple than that; greed has driven the rich to get richer by fucking the middle class. Wham bam thank you maam, no conspiracy needed.
And why were at war with the middle east? Cause politicians are rich fuckers, and rich fuckers are not nationalists, rich fuckers are globalists. Rich fuckers can't distinguish between American national or Iraqi national, they really love their Iraqi bretheren and believe in Operation Iraqi Freedom. They want non-Americans to have freedom. Where some rich fuckers see themselves as doing good for their bretheren Iraqis in this global community, other rich fuckers like the Jewish rich fuckers just like killing muslims. And there are allot of Jewish rich fuckers in Congress. They're just a bunch of rich fuckers, no conspiracy needed.
Fuck the rich.
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Post by fredorbob on Feb 23, 2010 6:22:57 GMT -6
Second comment:
Changing the way you tax corporations on where value is added to a product would act exactly like a tariff, renaming a tariff to something else is a cheesy accounting trick and add to the complexity and paperwork.
JUST SIMPLY USE A TARIFF
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Post by fredorbob on Feb 23, 2010 6:18:16 GMT -6
First video.
Cap on executive pay or not, off-shoring still would have happened anyways because the biggest overhead to business is labor costs.
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Post by fredorbob on Feb 21, 2010 18:18:52 GMT -6
The justification for continuing the war in Afghanistan is probably the worst in US history. Afghanistan poses absolutely 0 threat to the continental US. Afghanistan instability is only a threat to international bankers and the Globalist Corporate Plutocracy. Absolutely Absolutely
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Post by fredorbob on Feb 21, 2010 18:17:27 GMT -6
Finally
;D
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Post by fredorbob on Feb 21, 2010 17:35:07 GMT -6
Also, tariffs are in the Constitution, schemes by Warren Buffet are not.
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Post by fredorbob on Feb 21, 2010 17:33:10 GMT -6
When Bush first got into office and cut taxes on the upper income brackets it didn't result in an increase in revenue from that upper income bracket (the revenue decreased a great deal), that means we were well under the crest of the Laffer Curve.
When you cut taxes on the rich and they take their money to China then it trickles down to the Chinese Communists.
I believe in the Supply Side theories just fine, the only problem is the neocons who call themselves Supply Siders only use it as a tool for propaganda and don't really believe it themselves.
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Post by fredorbob on Feb 21, 2010 7:49:20 GMT -6
Stupid politicians don't realize immigration and trade are the same issue.
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Post by fredorbob on Feb 21, 2010 7:43:23 GMT -6
from Yahoo News: Boeing sends more than 1,000 layoff noticesFri Feb 19, 2010 " Boeing Co. said on Friday that it sent layoff notices to more than 1,000 people, most of them technology workers in Washington state and California.
The notices mean the workers are at risk of being laid off April 23. Spokesman Tim Healy said it's possible the final number of layoffs could shrink.
Healy said 500 of the workers are in the Puget Sound area in Washington, where Boeing's commercial airplanes division is based. Roughly 300 are in California, with the rest of the affected workers scattered in other states.
The layoffs announced Friday are part of the 10,000 job cuts Boeing originally targeted for 2009....
About 800 of the workers are technology workers in Boeing's Engineering, Operations & Technology unit, which employs 18,000 people. Boeing employs 158,500 worldwide." I guess this is all an "education" problem. It must be because American workers didn't have the "skills" and "education" to keep their jobs. If they'd only had more education & skills, they'd all still be working.
Yup. That must be it. It's all about education. All we need is more education and training for our workers. In fact, if they'd all been just a little more "competitive" with foreign workers, there'd have been no job losses at all. None. The 10 million private employees who've been terminated since the recession began would still be working.
I mean, job losses couldn't possibly be from decreased labor demand, due to decreased purchase of goods & services labor provides, could they?
Nah. It couldn't be that. We need to spend billions on education, that's the ticket. If that don't work.... What are you a Luddite? Boeing doesn't produce consumer items people want, we might as well return to the buggy whip and the stage coach cause Boeing is involved in an obsolete industry.
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Post by fredorbob on Feb 21, 2010 7:29:41 GMT -6
Green is the new red. No, that's not accurate, Greens are worse than communists; while communists are the advocates of the poor and enemies of the rich, Green is the enemy of all mankind. I totally agree!
Now something about your signature: Ron Paul is my 14th Congressional District representative but while he is a Libertarian masquerading in Republican garb, this RINO is no free trader. Down here in Texas we call him "Dr. No" because he votes NO on practically every piece of legislation that comes up for vote, including bills he proposes or which contains "pork" for his district but only after he is assured those measures will have the sufficient votes needed for passage. Most of the voters here look at Ron Paul as a Libertarian idiot, who came close to losing in 2008 re-election except he outspent is biggest contender, in the primaries with funding garnered during his 2008 presidential run with negative attack ads, mass mailings, and local political ad commercials. He's such a good thing for the D-party, they don't run anybody against him. Sadly in 2010, his mean spirited attack ads chased his big contender (in 2008) to run for a local office instead, and is therefore running virtually uncontested. That's not a good thing for either R-party or those of us who live in his district b/c it looks like everyone will be stuck with him until 2012. Ron Paul is one of the most hard-core free trade idealogues EVER. He wants the US to lower all tariffs to zero regardless of what other nations do. He votes "no" on FTA's because they aren't hard-core enough for him. If Ron Paul were made dictator he would lower all US tariffs to zero and every trading partner would increase their tariffs on us without fear of retaliation. That would instantly make us all serfs.
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Post by fredorbob on Feb 21, 2010 7:16:17 GMT -6
tariffs can be manipulated and abused by politicians at the citizens peril (i.e. lobbyists will get their way). A market system like this would be more instantaneously reactive to changes between the global economy and the local one. Anything can be "manipulated and abused by politicians". And Warren Buffet is a money changer, not an industrialist. And buzz-words/buzz-phrases neocons use like "Market Based" no longer works on me. I can use that in any context, "Hey let's adopt a 'Market Based' Communist system." Hey lets move to the " People's Republic of China." creepy. This is sooo 1984.
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Post by fredorbob on Feb 21, 2010 7:11:41 GMT -6
The Boston Tea Party was an act of protectionism.
The Boston Tea Party was an act of protectionism.
The Boston Tea Party was an act of protectionism.
The Boston Tea Party was an act of protectionism.
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Post by fredorbob on Feb 21, 2010 7:08:16 GMT -6
And I want to thank Ron Paul for being a leading voice in creating political anarchy, intellectual poverty, and economic chaos.
Wow, this guy is more dangerous than Lex Luthor, Hitler and OBL combined. But really I had no idea a single congressman had more influence in American than 8 years GOP misrule which included: rampant corruption; declaring war against country that was no threat to us and caused the deaths of 4000+ American soldiers and its permanent occupation by us; and the systemic destruction of our economy and workforce so now we're China's bitch. As for intellectual poverty that's usually a Republican forte since they like their followers dumb as a sack of hammers. Looks like the Ronulans are making a mockery of straw polls again, using Fascist-Communist ballot stuffing tactics. It's 2007 all over again where Ron Paul won a bunch of straw polls and only got like half a percent in the real primary. You want the US to become China's bitch? Put Ron Paul the free trader in charge.
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Post by fredorbob on Feb 16, 2010 16:23:00 GMT -6
The original tea party was started by Ron Paul's supporters who dumped tea into Boston Harbor in 2007 and wasn't anything like the collection of corporatist GOP retards and war mongering Neocons that compose the movement today. And what Ron Paul believes is in direct opposition to the original original tea party.
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Post by fredorbob on Feb 16, 2010 16:15:24 GMT -6
H2 is another non-starter, so to speak. There is no efficient way to extract it. You just can't beat diesel for energy per pound, and it needs no special plumbing. GB The most "efficient" way to extract hydrogen right now is from oil, lol. HydroCarbons. hehe, someone has a sense of humor.
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