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Undertoad · 05-21-2006, 09:02 AM

OK, that is perhaps the dumbest post you've ever written here, and I say that with some due respect.

I don't even know where to begin with it. We could examine why free trade does not mean free markets in either trading country. We could look at the massive facilities in Mexican border towns, sprung after NAFTA, where the US has very obviously created thousands upon thousands of manufacturing jobs in Mexico. We could point out how since you agree protectionism doesn't create wealth, you can't argue that protectionism creates incentives for illegals. We could point out that most jobs for illegals are construction and farm work and those jobs have to be done in the US. We could visit the seven signs of non-competitive states and figure out why some societies grow while others stagnate. We could take $1000 down to Tijuana and see how long we can keep it before losing part of it to police bribes.

Or we could just say it's W's fault - which would be great news, because that means the problem ends in two and a half years. But that just begs the question - if he's fucking this country up so badly, why do they still want in?

05-21-2006, 09:02 AM	#86
Undertoad Radical Centrist Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Cottage of Prussia Posts: 31,423	OK, that is perhaps the dumbest post you've ever written here, and I say that with some due respect. I don't even know where to begin with it. We could examine why free trade does not mean free markets in either trading country. We could look at the massive facilities in Mexican border towns, sprung after NAFTA, where the US has very obviously created thousands upon thousands of manufacturing jobs in Mexico. We could point out how since you agree protectionism doesn't create wealth, you can't argue that protectionism creates incentives for illegals. We could point out that most jobs for illegals are construction and farm work and those jobs have to be done in the US. We could visit the seven signs of non-competitive states and figure out why some societies grow while others stagnate. We could take $1000 down to Tijuana and see how long we can keep it before losing part of it to police bribes. Or we could just say it's W's fault - which would be great news, because that means the problem ends in two and a half years. But that just begs the question - if he's fucking this country up so badly, why do they still want in?