Trade declines across the world
It is concerning that trade is falling across the globe for all the reasons cited by the Wall Street Journal. But TPP/TPA is a disaster for freedom - including free trade - because it suborns US sovereignty.
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I find it amazing that people here think that increasing the minimum wage is not going to decrease jobs. I say all jobs not worth $15 an hour in this international arena will simply disappear when the government mandates the wage.
If you have a chance, go to "One Political Plaza" and read my thread: "Of Mice and Matriarchies, Or How and Why Female Oligarchies Stifle Creativity and Productivity." Comments appreciated.
One Government and military, Two Big Really big business meaning financial controllers. Three Labor Leaders and very specifically that does not include members just http://leaders.as do the other two. The modern terms are statist, corporatist, labor. Socialist goes in front, fascist tags on the back end. The end result of that effort was National Socialism but they got their start with pure or International Socialism
Some change have become more apparent. There is always an elitest ruling class in ALL socialist organizations. Plato's escape hatch.
Even the triumverate has it's heirarchy. Think of the old penny farthing bicycle One Big Wheel, One smaller wheel and a kick stand as modern convenience. Also there is a set of handle bars for steering. Control over Government over Corporate Financial over Labor. Apply what you said to that eighty five or ninety year old framework ha ha ha form to the purists add in the three definitions of left, right, center, Click Click Click it all falls into place.
Government Over Citizens
Left but use the center of the left as the false center or as Mike said between Rinos and Reublicans. He's more optomistic and forgiving than I
Citizens Over Government Right (but to right of tthe false center) and for the most part squarely in the True Center or very close That for us is/was the Constitution.
That's horizontal vertical is the old God, King Country people changed to People over Government The right according to the left was the seat of power divine right of kings and all that. That job was taken by the left when they quit the classless society and went to a class society. leaders apparatchiks the rest...
1776 to 1788 the divine right of Kings became the right of citizens and that's where the true power should be seen.
Unless they abdicate their responsibilities.
Add in the extremists anarchist to the far right (lack of any government) and a choice of Nazis or National Socialists and Communists or International Socialists as the extremists of the left. Followe by SecProgs, Socialist, Dinos, Democrats and Rinos, Republicans in Left to right order.) All believe in or support Government Over People.
Easy to understand and explains a lot.
Their words not mine.
They just picked up the center marker one day and put it in the center of the left then refused recognize anybody else.
As for trade and recession well, it really isn´t easy to put a specific reason. Usually, there are multiple ones and yes; alot are simply beyond our grasp and control. The market, or the notion of "the free market" is, as many other concepts; abstract as well.
Ever since the dawn of man markets have had certain leverage and control by more than one factor. Government too can be one of these muffers, but it certainly isn´t the only one. So, you see; the complexity is not easy to understand either (though we do have the possibility of understanding, that I´m confident of).
A strike can cause a problem in the market, so can a limit to price (to put two extremes into context). For instance, the Pear market can suffer a blow if a production line doesn´t reach a certain desired offer. If we consider the fact that this particular agricultural industry is owned by a monopoly; the fruit itself might just be left there to rot should the price not be met. This has happenned.
A strike, on the other hand; is the power conveyed to the workers who, should they be unpleased with the share they believe is fair on their part; they can cripple an enterprise when regulations are external presence have more control than the entrepeneurs themselves.
Both examples are real, modern day situations that should be dealt with somehow. There are many "hows" we well know of; yet the question is which is the least damaging one in general; or the most "constructive" for the short, medium and even long run.
I still think considerable blame is from the unions vs DC, unless you assert all unions power comes from DC. Thus, my comment about the irony in "Pro Union" bumper stickers (I read as "pro union", "pro OSHA", "pro EPA", "anti-capitalist", "anti free market") shopping at free market, Walmart.
I think the "hassles" you describe are the ones I was referring to in #4. OSHA, EPA, unions, etc. These are the agencies driving up the cost to manufacture in the US.
My point in #3 was since we have opened our market to companies without the EPA, OSHA and union drivers, which the unions find so beneficial, the market has selected the cost/quality point, and those non-compliant companies have killed ours. Shocking. The best irony ever is a pro union bumper sticker in a Walmart parking lot.
BUT, the hassle of making things here in the USA with the employee regulations and taxes, not to mention the various agencies on your back for the slightest violation of their onerous labor laws- increases the costs of any alternative.
Some Marxist great leader sugar daddy will always be there on Candy Mountain in accordance to our needs.
Ask any skinny North Korean. Don;t think they get any of that diabetes much.
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