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U.S., S. Korea reach free-trade deal
The Washington Post ^
| December 4, 2010
| Howard Schneider
Posted on 12/04/2010 6:16:42 AM PST by 1rudeboy
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posted on
12/04/2010 6:16:46 AM PST
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1rudeboy
To: Toddsterpatriot; Mase; expat_panama
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posted on
12/04/2010 6:18:54 AM PST
by
1rudeboy
To: 1rudeboy
So what we got here is Obama wants to cut import taxes, let us spend our own money as we want, and he wants to help our allies that stand up to Marxist thugs.
ok....
To: 1rudeboy
Has the United States EVER had a net gain (in either jobs or exports) from ANY of these free trade deals? Color me skeptical.
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posted on
12/04/2010 6:25:50 AM PST
by
rbg81
(When you see Obama, shout: "DO YOUR JOB!!")
To: rbg81
Well, you could look at the size of the workforce in, say, the year 1800 and compare.
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posted on
12/04/2010 6:26:58 AM PST
by
1rudeboy
To: 1rudeboy
Funny. But you didn’t answer the question.
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posted on
12/04/2010 6:31:15 AM PST
by
rbg81
(When you see Obama, shout: "DO YOUR JOB!!")
To: rbg81
I wasn’t aware that you are looking for a serious answer. In any case, you asked about “net gain,” and I responded.
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posted on
12/04/2010 6:33:29 AM PST
by
1rudeboy
To: expat_panama
Well, at least SoKo threw us a bone for all the blood and treasure our military and taxpayers have donated to them over the last half-century,
What a shrewd camel-trader Obama is.
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posted on
12/04/2010 6:33:35 AM PST
by
Aevery_Freeman
(Fear God and Government - especially when one tries to become the other!)
To: 1rudeboy
How rude...
I'm a free trader. I think anybody should be able to buy anything from anywhere. With that statement, I must also say that in our original papers, we see the intent for imports to provide the tax base!!! Tariffs are a natural funding source and should be strictly enforced.
As for jobs in America, all we need is a Marshall Plan instead of a continuous bank bail-out. Spend the money on people, not yachts and offshore bank accounts. There are also lots of people who should go to jail, but instead will be rewarded.
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posted on
12/04/2010 6:37:39 AM PST
by
WVKayaker
(Faith makes the discords of the present become the harmonies of the future - Robert Collyer)
To: Aevery_Freeman
Actually, the only ‘bone’ involved forcing you to pay higher prices for Korean cars.
To: WVKayaker
Tariffs are a funding source, yes (and "natural," according to the Constitution). But they are also anti-competitive . . . for example, it is difficult to find an economic justification for hamstringing U.S. producers in favor of those located in the E.U. When S. Korea signed its free-trade agreement
with the E.U., it placed our companies at a competitive disadvantage.
The idea should be to find a way to make tariffs a funding source and an advantage.
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posted on
12/04/2010 6:43:28 AM PST
by
1rudeboy
To: 1rudeboy
I favor free trade - it has always been the one-way “not so free trade” that has bothered me. We trade - they tax our stuff, we don't tax their’s.
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posted on
12/04/2010 7:05:31 AM PST
by
elpadre
(AfganistaMr Obama said the goal was to "disrupt, dismantle and defeat al-Qaeda" and its allies.)
To: Aevery_Freeman
What a shrewd camel-trader Obama is. --which brings to mind why they're called 'the ship of the desert'.
To: expat_panama
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posted on
12/04/2010 8:03:42 AM PST
by
1rudeboy
To: WVKayaker
Tariffs are a natural funding source Agreed, and if we want more revenue we have to lower the rates. People that use tariffs to control trade have to raise rates, and when they stop unwanted trade there's no imports for taxing.
To: 1rudeboy
No, you misunderstood. Those are feinting goats, they pretend to faint in order to make the owners carry them around.
To: 1rudeboy
Curious.
First they embarrass Obama in front of the world by saying 'no deal', then they get backed into a corner with the mad dogs to the north and now sign on the dotted line.
Does Wikileaks have any new cables? Might be interesting...
To: 1rudeboy
Free trade is a bad idea. In the long run free trade will not work without a common government.
A better idea is a revenue tariff to make international trade a revenue-neutral event for the government.
The government collects income taxes on goods and services produced in the USA, so they should collect an equivalent amount in tariff on imported goods and services (maybe 22% ?).
And then let foreign countries do whatever they want. There would be no more need for trade negotiations or free-trade agreements.
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posted on
12/04/2010 8:38:33 AM PST
by
devere
To: 1rudeboy
The deal marks a victory for President Obama, who was widely criticized after failing to secure the pact during his Asia trip after last month's midterm elections.Exactly how? I wonder if the agreement was due to Obama backing off all the carp he attached to the Bush deal. Seems like a Bush win / Obama Fail to me.
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posted on
12/04/2010 8:54:07 AM PST
by
NonValueAdded
(Palin 2012: don't retreat, just reload)
To: elpadre
You hit the nail on the head with that first they make so many rules/regulations/taxes here at home that the company’s want to leave and take the jobs with them then they give an unfair advantage to other countries on taxes you would almost think they are purposely destroying our economy and with it our country.
It leaves me wondering why would they want to do that bring Americans down to the living standards of these third world hell holes?
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posted on
12/04/2010 9:49:02 AM PST
by
FromLori
(FromLori)
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