tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18853193.post3228516264632518176..comments2024-03-23T05:16:23.443-05:00Comments on The Lair of the Catholic Cavemen: Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18853193.post-66825916314524656402008-09-19T17:49:00.000-05:002008-09-19T17:49:00.000-05:00Everything the government touches turns to crap.IM...Everything the government touches turns to crap.<BR/><BR/>IMHO what we really need to do is to stop bailing out these moronic companies for failing as an institution and them start over themselves.<BR/><BR/>But sense the government is using our money for this i do command that a few things be done ;)<BR/><BR/>1. Give a check of a nice amount, say a million to Mr and Mrs. Caveman<BR/>2. Since you the wonderful government haven't really accomplished anything, all of you are fired.<BR/>3. Since I don't want to help people that fail, take the money that you're already stealing from my check, and put it right back into my account. (And that goes for the rest of us too)<BR/><BR/>In the meantime while my requests are being headed to you can listen to elevator music.Joe of St. Thérèsehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06506671882770822003noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18853193.post-15478439031433266722008-09-18T14:32:00.000-05:002008-09-18T14:32:00.000-05:00Robert, you display a severe lack of information.L...Robert, you display a severe lack of information.<BR/><BR/>Labor constitutes about 5-6% of the cost-to-manufacture most products; so the "labor-cost" issue is not really significant in itself.<BR/><BR/>However, when you look a little deeper, you'll find that PRChina commits $umpty-Billion to factories which export FROM China.<BR/><BR/>That's called "subsidization."<BR/><BR/>Were the US to impose import-taxes equivalent to the PRChina subsidies, you'd find that US goods are extremely cost-competitive.<BR/><BR/>Further, any industrialist will tell you that PRC-made goods are not consistently "quality" goods. Of any container of stuff, almost 33% gets tossed, or returned for re-work.<BR/><BR/>FAIR trade, Robert, not "Free" trade.<BR/><BR/>Free Trade is fo' Suckas!Dad29https://www.blogger.com/profile/08554276286736923821noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18853193.post-71002520396431900102008-09-18T13:06:00.000-05:002008-09-18T13:06:00.000-05:00Robert,Whith the advent of NAFTA and GATT the laws...Robert,<BR/>Whith the advent of NAFTA and GATT the laws of competition fair trade went out the window, along with the spirit of "fair trade". <BR/><BR/>The fact of the matter is, our industrial base was sent overseas, and we did that to ourselves.Kevin Whitemanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07019976622801954677noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18853193.post-25467260284848755502008-09-18T09:15:00.000-05:002008-09-18T09:15:00.000-05:00There really isn't much a government can do about ...There really isn't much a government can do about the jobs available to the American worker.<BR/>You can have a gazillion automobile factories and steel mills but money has to be made by whoever runs the factories and profits must be made.<BR/>As long as a factory worker in China gets paid less than a factory worker in the US, the US worker will get the short end of the stick. China is even taking jobs away from poor countries like Philippines because the workers there cannot compete either.<BR/>You want the government to fix things....but, honestly, that can't be done.Robert Simmshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06957786024332264856noreply@blogger.com