"Based upon your philosphy how did we ever put man on the moon and be the worlds leader in just about every hi-tech industry back in 1945-1985 when we have tarrifs of some sort and a huge manufacturing base?? When we were exporting more than importing.. HMMM?? "
That was a different world back then. America had the benefit of a monopoly after WWII(due to destruction of everyone elses industries), but the wheels were coming off by the 60s. As far as the Man on the Moon, no one is going to spend a billion dollars on a car that blows up and kills the occupants every 100 trips. And that is what our protected government produces, that and lots of good paying 'jobs'.
Germany has tried your protectionist plan and it is a disaster. The few jobs they have left are centered around the employee. This article says 12.7 % unemployment. You can protect all the jobs you like but your products will never sell when you drive the costs through the roof.
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Nice study in selective reasoning. You conveniently leave out some 200 years of American history. Even before the industrial revolution America's economy grew rapidly and by the onset of WWII America had the largest, most prosperous economy in the world. This all took place when America had tariffs in place to protect and nurture the growth of its industrial base.
Germany has tried your protectionist plan and it is a disaster. The few jobs they have left are centered around the employee. This article says 12.7 % unemployment. You can protect all the jobs you like but your products will never sell when you drive the costs through the roof.
You are attributing the wrong cause to Germany’s current economic malaise. Much of Germany's employment woes are attributable to the high costs of reunification with East Germany. Turns out that when people grow up in a communist system they forget how to compete. It's still going to take another generation for Germany to assimilate their east block kin.
If your point is that socialism in general is hindering Germany I agree but I got the sense at times that you were talking about some other country other than Germany. While railing about the high costs of protecting jobs in Germany (presumably extending the point to America) you then implied such costs make it impossible for such countries to produce competitively priced products.
Seems to me Germany, despite its current economic problems, does very well indeed in selling their products to the rest of the world. They are by far the leading industrial power in Europe and like Japan and China run huge trade surpluses with us. In addition to having a large world market share of luxury autos and motorcycles Germany also is an export leader in industrial machinery, tools, medical equipment, precision instruments and a bevy of other manufactured products including pharmaceuticals.
How can this be with all their job protections and protectionism itself? Oh did I mention that despite their problems Germany also has one of highest standards of living in the world. Amazing!