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Originally posted by Not Bob
Sure one can escape it. Well, countries can. Slap up a huge tarriff a la Smoot-Hawley, and presto. Autarky may not be good policy, but it is possible for a state to attempt it. I doubt that the Chinese will be sending gunboats up our rivers to enforce the will of the modern day version of United Fruit.
More importantly, it is not necessary to reject the idea of globalization to appreciate the fact that the good that it brings to our economy is an overall one, not a universal one. Why shouldn't those who disproportionately benefit from the policies that created that benefit pay a portion of their gains to help those who disproportionately suffered from it?
I call bullshit. Show me some statistics on the incidence of stock ownership amongst former textile factory workers in South Carolina. Those guys weren't unionized, either, so it ain't like they even owned them indirectly via the pension plan.
You must be joking on this one, Mr. Warbucks. I guess all those tax cuts that your guy gave you were merely Not Handcuffs in your book, rather than bribes to get your vote.
Face it, buddy-boy: you are rich, and the government gives you all sorts of goodies. You will be first against the wall, come the Revolution.
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Yes, we should implement tariffs so we can totally fuck up the economy and make the cost of goods rise, to help Joe Manufacturer. Indeed. Lets do something that really screws up the retailers but good, so Wall Street can tank and drag a bunch of retirees portfolios and pensions funds down.
It's all tied together, Bob. You can't surgically redistribute wealth without adverse ripples everywhere. And you can't soak the rich. They're immune because of the way they have their money structured. You wind up soaking me and you.
We could play this bullshit game back and forth for weeks, and every solution you offer would have a counterbalancing painful effect on the pocketbooks of people you intend to help.
As to my insane wealth, I am thrilled to be so rich. If only somebody would just remind me where I put all those piles of money I'd sure appreciate it... I just seem to keep misplacing them. Terrible. Perhaps I'll have Jeeves tend to them in the future.
