trade war is a bad idea

Post #329,188 by boxley 7/6/10 7:13:14 PM Reply	trade war is a bad idea subsidizing home grown manufaturing has the same effects as a tariff but without the international ramifications
Post #329,189 by drook 7/6/10 7:22:12 PM Reply	How would we pay for it? You know the Republicans would oppose anything along these lines, and funding the subsidy would be the first salvo. -- Drew
Post #329,193 by beepster 7/6/10 7:33:27 PM Reply	overly pessimistic fund it with tax credits. I will choose a path that's clear. I will choose freewill.
Post #329,194 by boxley 7/6/10 7:39:17 PM Reply	conagra ring a bell? tax credits
Post #329,216 by drook 7/7/10 10:55:38 AM Reply	Farm subsidies are a whole different animal Subsidies should help industries where foreign competition is driving them out of business. That's not happening in agriculture. There's almost nothing about the current farm subsidies that's a useful example of how things should be run. -- Drew
Post #329,217 by boxley 7/7/10 10:56:47 AM Reply	republicans support those, they can support manufacturing
Post #329,192 by static 7/6/10 7:31:51 PM Reply	Local subsidies have their own problems. Just look at the corn market in the US. Though that's really an example of "yur doin it wrong". The real solution is to flatten the economic differences between manufacturing areas. That doesn't necessarily mean raising the living standards of SE Asia; in a lot of ways it means lowering the standards of the West. :-/ Wade. Q:Is it proper to eat cheeseburgers with your fingers? A:No, the fingers should be eaten separately.

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