From: Paul <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > You are absolutely, 100% false. > > First off the American markets are OWNED by the American people as a > whole and are regulated by the U.S. government legitimately. America > is not under any obligation to allow any foreign products into America > AT ALL. But when it does allow foreign goods to be sold in American > markets, it is extending a PRIVILEGE. You ask who is harmed when > foreign goods are sold here. The answer is American manufacturers. >
Then your are against capitalism and competition? OK. I can accept that. But that is very very anti-liberty. But I can accept that from you. > While I'm 100% in favor of free-market capitalism, (a 3% tariff does > not qualify as protectionism according to every Nobel prize winning > economist) I am still honest enough to admit that American businesses > face greater competition when foreign goods are brought here. As a > consumer and a Libertarian, I love this. If I were an American > manufacturer, I'd be pissed at those working for me in Washington if > they weren't at least collecting a tariff to lighten my tax > burden. > This too is a very very anti-capitalist argument. And allows for the government to accept bribes to grant favors. That is part of why we have such a mess in our country now. > Let's say for a minute that you were in land without a government and > in this land, you and your neighbors decided to make an agreement with > each other to build a town, and in this town you make your own > laws. Each person in the town is an equal stockholder as it were and each > gets a vote. One of the things you all agree on is the Mayor and city > council will charge a tax on those who wish to sell products from > other towns so those who make goods locally won't have to deal with > having the market flooded with goods. > > The people of the town have the legitimate right to make this law, and > anyone who moves in after the law is created is subject to it. If it is on private property then it is a libertarian argument. The minute that it interferes with the property rights of an individual, then it is anti-liberty and therefore immoral. > > The people of the 13 colonies agreed that government would regulate > commerce in this way. If you were born after the Constitution was > created, and I assume you were, it applies to you and your imports > too. Whether you like it or not, whether you agree with it or not, you are > subject to the laws of America. The Constitution is legitimate, > including the international commerce clause. > That does not make it right or moral. It may be the law of the land, but it is an immoral and unjust law. it is anti-liberty and it is un-libertarian to say that this is how it should be. BWS ForumWebSiteAt http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Libertarian Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Libertarian/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
