So the author of this article has a blog at blogspot: http://mat-rodina.blogspot.com
I was stunned at how much I found myself agreeing with him, in particular his views on free trade: http://bit.ly/12KjVZ Which are quite unconventional but essentially compatible with my own. He's wrong that it is Mercantilism of the 1600's that was best -- in fact, it was the American tariff revenue system (in force from 1789 - the 1930's) that really showed what "domestic production for domestic consumption" in the context of a well-defined, free unfettered system was all about per Adam Smith's Wealth of Nations -- with which our Founders were very familiar as they set out to build our free republic. He even uses my favorite Karl Marx quote on the subject: "But, in general, the protective system of our day is conservative, while the free trade system is destructive. It breaks up old nationalities and pushes the antagonism of the proletariat and the bourgeoisie to the extreme point. In a word, the free trade system hastens the social revolution. It is in this revolutionary sense alone, gentlemen, that I vote in favor of free trade." Carl Marx, "On the Question of Free Trade" (1848) That is one of several issues where I am about as un-Republican as it is possible to be: I oppose it on principle. My view of Free Trade is basically that if a country wants it, they need to join the Union to get it. I never found David Ricardo's "law" of comparative advantage to be anything but a sophist's joke, the punch-line of which we are now experiencing as one country's government-induced mortgage debacle becomes a global nightmare that destabilizes everything. - Bob > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On > Behalf Of Bob Calco > Sent: Friday, May 29, 2009 10:07 PM > To: 'ProFox Email List' > Subject: [OT] He's got a point... > > http://bit.ly/J90jg > > - - - > The final collapse has come with the election of Barack Obama. His > speed in > the past three months has been truly impressive. His spending and money > printing has been a record setting, not just in America's short history > but > in the world. If this keeps up for more then another year, and there is > no > sign that it will not, America at best will resemble the Wiemar > Republic and > at worst Zimbabwe. > > These past two weeks have been the most breath taking of all. First > came the > announcement of a planned redesign of the American Byzantine tax > system, by > the very thieves who used it to bankroll their thefts, loses and > swindles of > hundreds of billions of dollars. These make our Russian oligarchs look > little more then ordinary street thugs, in comparison. Yes, the > Americans > have beat our own thieves in the shear volumes. Should we congratulate > them? > > These men, of course, are not an elected panel but made up of > appointees > picked from the very financial oligarchs and their henchmen who are now > gorging themselves on trillions of American dollars, in one bailout > after > another. They are also usurping the rights, duties and powers of the > American congress (parliament). Again, congress has put up little more > then > a whimper to their masters. > > Then came Barack Obama's command that GM's (General Motor) president > step > down from leadership of his company. That is correct, dear reader, in > the > land of "pure" free markets, the American president now has the power, > the > self given power, to fire CEOs and we can assume other employees of > private > companies, at will. Come hither, go dither, the centurion commands his > minions. > > So it should be no surprise, that the American president has followed > this > up with a "bold" move of declaring that he and another group of > unelected, > chosen stooges will now redesign the entire automotive industry and > will > even be the guarantee of automobile policies. I am sure that if given > the > chance, they would happily try and redesign it for the whole of the > world, > too. Prime Minister Putin, less then two months ago, warned Obama and > UK's > Blair, not to follow the path to Marxism, it only leads to disaster. > Apparently, even though we suffered 70 years of this Western sponsored > horror show, we know nothing, as foolish, drunken Russians, so let our > "wise" Anglo-Saxon fools find out the folly of their own pride. > > ... > > The Russian owners of American companies and industries should look > thoughtfully at this and the option of closing their facilities down > and > fleeing the land of the Red as fast as possible. In other words, divest > while there is still value left. > > The proud American will go down into his slavery with out a fight, > beating > his chest and proclaiming to the world, how free he really is. The > world > will only snicker. > - - - > > I never thought I'd see the day a poorly edited Pravda op ed would make > more > sense than the tripe coming out of our mainstream press editorials. > > I don't buy his argument that somehow Russia impressed everyone with > their > love of freedom any time recently, nor did I find his frequent > assertion > that Russia is somehow "holy", but still, I agree with his point about > our > Wall Street elites -- most of them by the way liberal Democrats -- and > the > super super rich (also mostly liberal Democrats) -- basically > perpetrating a > criminal theft of our liberties not unlike what the oligarchs did to > Russia. > > Also at one point he confuses Barney Frank with a Senator, but > everything > else he says about him is accurate. Maybe I should send him a "Let Me > Google > That For You" link... ;) > > Judging by this editorial, our standing in the world is not being > elevated > by Barack Hussein Obama as our Community Organizer-in-Chief. > > - Bob > > [excessive quoting removed by server] _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: [email protected] Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech Searchable Archive: http://leafe.com/archives/search/profox This message: http://leafe.com/archives/byMID/profox/[email protected] ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
