Get religion out of government, get the Reps back to their pseudo-libertarian roots, small government, left-of-center social authoritarianism, right-of-center economic policies, some small amount of realistic chokepoints on unbridled international 'free trade'
Hrm, actually, I'm going to chip in on my angle on the pros and cons of 'free trade' (I got put on the spot about this recently)
My solution to making Internation Free Trade a non-exploitative force.
Let american companies outsource as much labor oversees as they wish, on the condition that the products they make overseas, be offered back to those markets at a price commensurate with the local economy.
Simple put, if IBM opens an assembly plant in Malaysia, paying its workers $1/hr, it would be required to sell laptops in malaysia for $100.
I have always been troubled by the notion of workers building consumer goods that they themselves could never possibly afford to purchase. Making those same goods available to developing nations according to their equivalent purchasing power is my answer to the whole world peace/ending hunger/educating the masses dilemma
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Get religion out of government, get the Reps back to their pseudo-libertarian roots, small government, left-of-center social authoritarianism, right-of-center economic policies, some small amount of realistic chokepoints on unbridled international 'free trade'
Hrm, actually, I'm going to chip in on my angle on the pros and cons of 'free trade' (I got put on the spot about this recently)
My solution to making Internation Free Trade a non-exploitative force.
Let american companies outsource as much labor oversees as they wish, on the condition that the products they make overseas, be offered back to those markets at a price commensurate with the local economy.
Simple put, if IBM opens an assembly plant in Malaysia, paying its workers $1/hr, it would be required to sell laptops in malaysia for $100.
I have always been troubled by the notion of workers building consumer goods that they themselves could never possibly afford to purchase. Making those same goods available to developing nations according to their equivalent purchasing power is my answer to the whole world peace/ending hunger/educating the masses dilemma