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Trade Bill Puts Jobs On Agenda
IBD Editorial ^ | October 3, 2011 | Editor

Posted on 10/03/2011 5:48:12 PM PDT by Kaslin

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1 posted on 10/03/2011 5:48:14 PM PDT by Kaslin
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To: Kaslin

First demand of the Wall Street mob:

Demand one: Restoration of the living wage. This demand can only be met by ending “Freetrade” by re-imposing trade tariffs on all imported goods entering the American market to level the playing field for domestic family farming and domestic manufacturing as most nations that are dumping cheap products onto the American market have radical wage and environmental regulation advantages. Another policy that must be instituted is raise the minimum wage to twenty dollars an hr.


2 posted on 10/03/2011 5:58:26 PM PDT by ltc8k6
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Another policy that must be instituted is raise the minimum wage to twenty dollars an hr.

Why only $20/hr? How about $100/hr?

The Wall Street mob is just a bunch of lazy, leftist vermin.

3 posted on 10/03/2011 6:05:49 PM PDT by Longbow1969
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To: ltc8k6

Only the government can decide what is good for us! Right on.


4 posted on 10/03/2011 6:08:00 PM PDT by 1rudeboy
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5 posted on 10/03/2011 6:14:57 PM PDT by ari-freedom (I'm a heartless conservative because I love this country.)
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More pathetic free trade BS. As if we don’t run enough of a trade deficit


6 posted on 10/03/2011 6:15:35 PM PDT by dennisw (nzt - works better if you're already smart)
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To: Kaslin

More pathetic free trade BS. As if we don’t run enough of a trade deficit


7 posted on 10/03/2011 6:15:45 PM PDT by dennisw (nzt - works better if you're already smart)
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The U.S. government is running a $1.4 trillion dollar deficit, and protectionists are telling us that the trade deficit is the problem. LOL


8 posted on 10/03/2011 6:24:18 PM PDT by 1rudeboy
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What happened to toddster to echo your inanities?


9 posted on 10/03/2011 6:36:13 PM PDT by dennisw (nzt - works better if you're already smart)
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1. I'd like to see you explain the inanity in my comment.
2. Why don't you ask him?
3. Instead of trying to change the subject.
10 posted on 10/03/2011 6:39:07 PM PDT by 1rudeboy
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Free trade? NAFTA was an absolute disaster!


11 posted on 10/03/2011 6:45:16 PM PDT by ransacked
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Figure out the difference between a trade deficit and a budget deficit yet? LOL!

Explain again how a trade deficit causes a budget deficit. I’ll start you out.

Todd buys a 6 pack of German beer. This causes a budget deficit because.......


12 posted on 10/03/2011 6:50:30 PM PDT by Toddsterpatriot (Math is hard. Harder if you're stupid.)
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To: ransacked

Damn Ronald Reagan and the horse he rode in on!


13 posted on 10/03/2011 6:51:33 PM PDT by 1rudeboy
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To: Toddsterpatriot

Don’t you dare “echo my inanities.”


14 posted on 10/03/2011 6:58:39 PM PDT by 1rudeboy
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To: 1rudeboy

Sorry. My bad.


15 posted on 10/03/2011 6:59:46 PM PDT by Toddsterpatriot (Math is hard. Harder if you're stupid.)
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Yep, this will turn around our persistent unemployment problems any day now.

It has been working so well for the last 10 years at increasing household wages, we should all be in tall cotton right after they pass these “free trade” agreements, right?


16 posted on 10/03/2011 7:00:28 PM PDT by NVDave
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To: 1rudeboy

It’s always been more like a duet.


17 posted on 10/03/2011 7:03:16 PM PDT by RegulatorCountry
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To: ltc8k6

I’d like to see more done in the way of promotion for American produce. I might go more for those US peaches or apples if grocers would put it on the signs on their bins. I rarely see it, even in groceries that take pains to post on their doors that they are union shops. Why? Because those might be non union fruits?

But as stated you’ve given us a fine bit of irony. US farmers don’t care one way or the other about importing non-produce from places like South Korea, and would very much appreciate South Korea importing their own products.


18 posted on 10/03/2011 7:06:36 PM PDT by HiTech RedNeck (There's gonna be a Redneck Revolution! (See my freep page) [rednecks come in many colors])
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To: Toddsterpatriot

It needn’t necessarily in any one instance any more than drinking must cause a car accident. But giving out more gold than you are getting is going to cause trouble in the long run. Buying that German beer, you should hope you’re selling at least as much to Germany if you want the relationship to be sustainable.


19 posted on 10/03/2011 7:09:14 PM PDT by HiTech RedNeck (There's gonna be a Redneck Revolution! (See my freep page) [rednecks come in many colors])
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To: HiTech RedNeck

Granted, I live near a big city, but my produce is labeled with the country-of-origin. I suppose that if you don’t have that luxury, you should stop by your store when the shelves are being stocked and look at the boxes.


20 posted on 10/03/2011 7:09:14 PM PDT by 1rudeboy
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