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12-07-2016 | 03:31 AM
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the entire leftist media has been wrong for almost a decade now and the exclamation point on that came with it's collective humiliation on Nov. 8. If you weren't enjoying the meltdown on MSNBC I pity you. It was the best TV since the SNL of the late 70's.
12-07-2016 | 05:36 AM
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Trade is good as long as the playing field is level. The poster above who talked about China requiring transfer of technology is spot on. Ford was required to divulge its hybrid technology to the Chinese companies it 'partnered' with in order to sell there. That would be like us requiring HTC or Samsung (yes Korean I know) to hand Apple their tech before selling it in the States. Total BS yet the US government lets them get away with it. This crap needs to stop, I truly hope Trump can make a difference.
12-07-2016 | 06:14 AM
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I doubt anyone on Fox said that, but one thing is sure is true...
the entire leftist media has been wrong for almost a decade now and the exclamation point on that came with it's collective humiliation on Nov. 8. If you weren't enjoying the meltdown on MSNBC I pity you. It was the best TV since the SNL of the late 70's.
the entire leftist media has been wrong for almost a decade now and the exclamation point on that came with it's collective humiliation on Nov. 8. If you weren't enjoying the meltdown on MSNBC I pity you. It was the best TV since the SNL of the late 70's.
12-08-2016 | 08:14 PM
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Free markets didn't create globalism. It has been subsidized by many organizations like the Ex-Im Bank which guaranteed that US companies setting up facilities in foreign countries had no counter party risk because the US govt. would bail them out.
It has been a concerted effort to break the unions and to eliminate employees' power in the employee-corporate relationship.
The US subsidizes, for example, corn production by the giant agricultural concerns who then go over to China and Mexico and force their cheap GMO corn down their throat as a balance of trade issue. Studies have shown the subsidized corn has impoverished the Mexican farmer and this is a big reason we have so much illegal immigration.
Subsized GMO crops requring Round-up to be used with them, has severely damaged agricultural in India and Africa too, because these plants take over everything and then require Round-up to avoid insect infestation. The roundup is too expensive and the farmers go under--many in India killing themselves. Also super, unkillable weeds are sesulting and these global compnies are not forced to pay to eradicate that or to stop production because everything has to go through the WTO, instead of a bilateral agreement. That's not free trade because citizens don't benefit and have no imput. This the problem with all these trade agreements, esp. TPP--they are Anti-free-trade.
China, for example, won't allow production in it's country unless their is transfer of technology to a joint-venture partner.
IT companies open up Indian subsidiaries in order to grow cheap labor which they then try to lobby to get visas for. They play a game of underpaying someone in India and offering them a trip through Singapore or Hong Kong before getting them a US visa. Then they keep them as indentured servants for as long as possible. A sane immigration policy wouldn't allow this.
Prior to WW1 there was no income tax, revenues were raised through tariffs. Jefferson supported this. No, global free trade as it stands today is a dadgum lie.
It has been a concerted effort to break the unions and to eliminate employees' power in the employee-corporate relationship.
The US subsidizes, for example, corn production by the giant agricultural concerns who then go over to China and Mexico and force their cheap GMO corn down their throat as a balance of trade issue. Studies have shown the subsidized corn has impoverished the Mexican farmer and this is a big reason we have so much illegal immigration.
Subsized GMO crops requring Round-up to be used with them, has severely damaged agricultural in India and Africa too, because these plants take over everything and then require Round-up to avoid insect infestation. The roundup is too expensive and the farmers go under--many in India killing themselves. Also super, unkillable weeds are sesulting and these global compnies are not forced to pay to eradicate that or to stop production because everything has to go through the WTO, instead of a bilateral agreement. That's not free trade because citizens don't benefit and have no imput. This the problem with all these trade agreements, esp. TPP--they are Anti-free-trade.
China, for example, won't allow production in it's country unless their is transfer of technology to a joint-venture partner.
IT companies open up Indian subsidiaries in order to grow cheap labor which they then try to lobby to get visas for. They play a game of underpaying someone in India and offering them a trip through Singapore or Hong Kong before getting them a US visa. Then they keep them as indentured servants for as long as possible. A sane immigration policy wouldn't allow this.
Prior to WW1 there was no income tax, revenues were raised through tariffs. Jefferson supported this. No, global free trade as it stands today is a dadgum lie.
Ex-Im Bank is a two way street. You do know this right? Oddly enough, one sector of our industry is perhaps the largest proponent of the Ex-Im Bank (Boeing). Get rid of the Ex-Im Bank and thousands of Boeing jobs turn into EADS Airbus Jobs...that is a fact.
I am unfamiliar with how the corn industry has impoverished Mexican farmers, but I would sincerely love to learn about that if it is indeed true. Please provide a link to a study with empirical data.
12-08-2016 | 08:27 PM
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The next Secretary of Labor said it.
Meltdown? Is that what you call a close election loss in which the loser had 2.8M more votes than the winner.
The schadenfreude is telling. It makes it clear that this was about a lot more than making a rational decision. The fact of the matter is that right wing deregulation is what got us into this mess and we are heading back for more.
The schadenfreude is telling. It makes it clear that this was about a lot more than making a rational decision. The fact of the matter is that right wing deregulation is what got us into this mess and we are heading back for more.
12-09-2016 | 05:04 AM
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The Ex-Im bank (Boeing's Bank) for those unfamiliar, is a gov't credit guarantee program offering below market rate terms to foreign companies buying U.S. product. Even though intended by charter to benefit exporters regardless of size, 75% of the portfolio is consistently soaked up by the top 10 recipients. The subsidies make foreign manufacturers stronger in the global market place. The credit risk to U.S. taxpayers for non-performing loans is staggering.
There are many, many reasons for this outcome. Not the least of which, an electorate addicted to voting itself benefits & wars solvent GDP can't support.
There are many, many reasons for this outcome. Not the least of which, an electorate addicted to voting itself benefits & wars solvent GDP can't support.
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