Whether or not American Joe, and Cho Chinaman make a deal is no business of mine. Whether one of them brings those foreign goods into America to sell them IS my business.
The American markets BELONG to the American people living within the borders of the United States. Each person is an equal stockholder in the ability to sell goods within the borders of United States and has legitimately granted power to the U.S. government to regulate international commerce and to collect tariffs. This allows us to have a Constitutional government without stealing from our citizens or imposing force on them. Those who choose to bring goods here, are willingly choosing to pay the tariff on the imports. If they are unwilling to pay the tariff, nobody is forcing them to bring their goods here. This means if you choose to sell goods within the borders of the United States without paying the tariff, you are trespassing against, and stealing from ALL American citizens. I've already answered your questions. 1. I own the markets, and the government has been granted the power to ensure that those who wish to have the privilege of selling foreign goods in my markets will pay for it. 2. The transaction between the American buying goods from the Chinese guy is of no concern to me. Bringing those goods into America to sell them is of concern to me. 3. The federal government is protecting my property (the markets) by exercising the legitimate and limited powers grnated to it in the Constitution to charge tariffs to those who want access to the American markets. It doesn't matter what the nationality is of the person who bought the goods or sold the goods happens to be. It doesn't matter whether someone owns goods or what they paid for them. All that matters is if they intend to sell foreign goods in the American markets, they must pay for the privilege. Your claims that I, and the rest of the American public don't own the markets is laughable and beyond ridiculous. I suppose in your warped and twisted little world I can just walk into any country I want and start selling anything I want and the government or people of that country have absolutely nothing to say about it. Here in realm of reality, that's not the case. In reality we have governments and borders, and the laws in each nation differ, and the governments in each nation decide on whether or not they will charge a tariff for goods to be imported. In democratic nations those governments are chosen by the people who have granted governments this power because the people of that country own the markets in that country. --- In [email protected], "M.A. Johnson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Paul > The market in America is like a corporation and each American is a > stockholder. You can't use the company resources without permission > from the other stockholders. We have a board of directors > (government) to keep track of the company resources and to charge > those who wish to allow products not manufactured by our company > to be sold in our stores. > MJ > Apparently, in your world, the mob should rule. > AGAIN you continue to want to use government to enforce > your vision rather than allowing each individual to choose > for themselves (which is the case in the analogy you falsely > put forth). > > Paul > No, I want to use government for its legitimate purpose of defending > me and my property against trespass and theft. > > MJ > This claim and what you are advocating are two separate ideals. > > Joe American contracts with Cho Chinaman to provide X in exchange > for Y. Joe lives in the USofA and Cho in China. > > 1. Please explain how YOUR 'resources' have been used without > permission. > > 2. Please explain how THIS transaction is any concern of yours. > > 3. Please explain how the Government would be protecting your > property against theft and/or trespass by intervening in the > transaction. > > Your premise that the free market is somehow owned by you or others > is flawed. In fact, it is absurd. > > Regard$, > --MJ > > "What we call the market is really a democratic process > involving millions, and in some markets billions, of people > making personal decisions that express their preferences. > When you hear someone say that he doesn't trust the market, > and wants to replace it with government edicts, he's really > calling for a switch from a democratic process to a totalitarian > one." -- Walter Williams > 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/
