Remember, if we allow other, "cheaper" countries to compete freely (which we should), then over time their standard of living and costs will rise to our level.
However, as long as we impose tariffs on their legitimately cheaper products to keep them out of our markets, we are keeping them in poverty, and allowing them to remain cheep for a longer time.
This is exactly what we're doing in the European Union with all the import tariffs placed on third world food products in order to protect the european farmer. Third world farmers can produce eg. sugar better and cheaper than we can, but beacuse of tariffs, they do not get access to our (huge) markets. It's a disgrace, it's unfair and it weakens both them and us.
If anybody had told me, that the mobile phone killer app would be short text messages typed out laboriously on a numeric key-pad, I'd have thought they were nuts. But the telcos are making billions on'em.
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The book The Lazy Way to success by Fred Gratzon has some interesting ideas on this. Gratzon has started 2 successful million-dollar companies, all without ever working a day according to himself. Book: http://lazyway.net/ My review: http://positivesharing.com/2006/03/book-review-the -lazy-way/
heh-heh, "enforced meditation". I kinda like the concept. Come on. Meditate! Now! Be calm. NO, CALM!
Remember, if we allow other, "cheaper" countries to compete freely (which we should), then over time their standard of living and costs will rise to our level. However, as long as we impose tariffs on their legitimately cheaper products to keep them out of our markets, we are keeping them in poverty, and allowing them to remain cheep for a longer time. This is exactly what we're doing in the European Union with all the import tariffs placed on third world food products in order to protect the european farmer. Third world farmers can produce eg. sugar better and cheaper than we can, but beacuse of tariffs, they do not get access to our (huge) markets. It's a disgrace, it's unfair and it weakens both them and us.
If anybody had told me, that the mobile phone killer app would be short text messages typed out laboriously on a numeric key-pad, I'd have thought they were nuts. But the telcos are making billions on'em.