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To: 1rudeboy
n00bs on econ threads end up getting banned anyway, so you're really not worth the effort.

I understand you're trying to keep in character, but did you actually read this before posting it? You want me to be banned because I support buying American to help Americans keep their jobs?

A number of people have tried to explain to you the economic consequences of "spending just 50 cents extra" for something, and you can't grasp it.

For once we agree. I can't grasp the idea that shipping jobs, not to mention revenue and advanced technology, to China, and then borrowing money from them to pay for the unemployment benefits for the people we laid off, is a good policy.

Speaking of which, you never answered my question. How do you feel about all of this technology being exported to China so that you can buy a computer for less? Surely, that's a simple question for one with your expertise to answer.

102 posted on 09/15/2010 4:24:59 PM PDT by TwelveOfTwenty (Compassionate Conservatism? Promoting self reliance is compassionate. Promoting dependency is not.)
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To: TwelveOfTwenty
Me? Want you banned? That would be silly. I want you to stay and illustrate the economic fallacy that a benevolent government, through its actions, can "save" jobs (and "save" money doing so). Is there anything the government cannot do?

And I'm under no obligation to shift the conversation to the topic you want, when you won't even acknowledge the Law of Unintended Consequences. The fact that you cannot even comprehend it in the scope of a discussion about government intervention into the market indicates that you probably drifted onto the wrong website.

104 posted on 09/15/2010 4:33:22 PM PDT by 1rudeboy
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