On Mon, Sep 25, 2006 at 09:31:33AM -0700, John Oliver wrote:
> On Mon, Sep 25, 2006 at 09:38:17AM -0700, Lan Barnes wrote:
> > And what is our threat to China? "If you don't start honoring all our
> > Mickey Mouse and Microsoft copyrights and patents, we'll ... we'll ...
> > we'll STOP SELLING YOU OUR BONDS! Yeah, that'll show you!"
>
> In theory, we could stop buying massive quantities of consumer goods
> from them. If we tariffed the hell out of Chinese products, that would
> more than sting them.
I don't know whose theory you're quoting. There is this idea called
"free trade" (the real thing, not what passes for it these days) that in
_accepted_ economic theory is good for both countries, their consumers,
and their competitive positions vis a vis each other.
(Hmm ... interesting day. John Oliver has aligned himself with the labor
unions.)
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when are you going to challenge those who would answer "the government"?
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