ignore t doc the hypocrite
he sells imported t shirts and coffee mugs while hating American corporations for using over seas work. What has he done to support American workers?
By Joyce

This is not me.

How many chinese tee shirts did you sell today? Ex American factory workers want to know.

For the life of me, I do not understand why so many (mostly liberals and progressive) hate corporations. I mean Corporations play a major part in our economy, they employed a large portion of our population, they house a large part of our investments, and they pay a lot of taxes, etc... The problem with our Corporation is not the Corporation; it is too much gov't involvement. Bad corporations do not succeed if not supported by the gov't---In a true free market, bad corporations fail as they should and the good ones grow which makes our economy healthy and robust.

I am sorry, I love capitalism and make no apologizes for my appreciation for corporations and the people (majority of them are not corrupt as most would like you to believe) who work there due to the self-interest, self-motivation, independence, selfishness (yes it is necessary, one’s selfishness can leads to success for many) etc..; I just wish the gov't can get out the way. Gov't job is to regulate (e.g. a just playing field) the market with minimal and concise laws that protects all parties involve and leads to prosperity. What we have had in a long time is a pseudo-free market or pseudo-Capitalism which we are now moving away from and marching towards gov't control of businesses. It would behoove those who so hate the Corporations to learn that Gov't does not know best, the people and corporations know what is best for them. Also every endeavor touch by humanity can be as bad as it is as good; if we eliminated things because of some negativity associated to them, we would still be in the dark and not have the “progress” that liberals and progressive love so much to use in their vocabulary. Gov’t control of the economy does not lead to success and prosperity; it leads to very small concentration of power and wealth, little or no middle class, and lots of poverty (it is difficult for people to raise themselves out of poverty).

Hey WW - please warn us before using a dailykos link again... please??!! I now have to apologize to my computer. Repeatedly.
Thanks.

T-Shirt, no...McFein is correct and makes a good point. You would do well to at least take a look at those books. You might not think of yourself as socialist....but your thinking there definitely falls in line with socialistic idealism.

What you need to do is think about the connection.... and definitely, at the very least, check out the broken window fallacy he mentions.... very enlightening. That right there explains the flaw with "buy America" etc.... All that does is promote inefficiency. Is that what you want? Might as well change the slogan to "Buy Mediocre American Products."

"Everybody should take note when investing about the poor planning these companies establish."

Soooo... in addition to your nearly criminal ignorance of basic economic principles, the constitution, and the concept of what made America great, you can also now add to that list your ignorance of how to run a business....not that I'm surprised.

So let's see...your strengths include making childish comments, throwing around insults and stereotypes, and changing your name every day.

What the h*ll are you good for, even? Do you at least have a dog or something that you take care of?

Kumbaya, bro.

Trust me, though...you don't wanna hear me sing.

oh, come on now. you're bend facts to label me a socialist.

but you are a neoconservate globalist who don't give a sh!t about our country. you don't care if all our factories close down as long all you save money buying foreign goods at walmart.

it reminds me of a quote you no doubt heard before.

“When we hang the capitalists they will sell us the rope” ~ Joseph Statin

and there is quote i made up myself "Capitalism: It's own worst enemy"


no, i haven't fallen for the broken window fable.

This video kinda sums up the recent government intrusion on our lives...

"The Government Can"

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LO2eh6f5Go0&feature=player_embedded

See, t-shirt thinks I should pay the higher price to protect "American" jobs, i.e., I should sacrifice my income for the "greater good." Now what economic system is based on this kind of altruism? That's right, it's called SOCIALISM.

But that's not why I'm against it. Profits are a measure of how efficiently a business runs. If I pay the higher price, I'm effectively REWARDING INEFFICIENCY. You might call it a form of "corporate welfare." Now, isn't t-shirt always railing against the government bailout? Any kind of "buy American, price be damned" is the same thing. T-shirt has fallen for the "broken window fallacy" that Bastiat warned us about 150 years ago. If you think that protectionism works, I suggest you read Bastiat's book "Economic Sophisms."

"i think Mises, et al., are right. unfortunately, the governments of the rest of the world haven't read them."

Doesn't matter. The formula for the area of a circle works no matter how many people use it. Same thing with free markets. Tell you what, read "Human Action" by Mises and get back to me about where he went wrong.

Re: Jonah Goldberg's "The Politics of Fear."

Boom Zing! Right in the Kisser!

American factories be damned

I feel so bad for these big businesses that were too late to project how much healthcare reform would cost. You would think for all the people they have on staff they would have been able to come up w/ these statistics before it was passed. Everybody should take note when investing about the poor planning these companies establish. Although if you invested in Boeing you arent the brightest in finances anyways.

What if there were a National football team with branches all around the country? If your oversized, less than brilliant kid jock couldn’t get into a university with a football team, or you couldn’t afford to pay for your kid to go to college, he could play for the National football team. Just imagine the power and speed of these teams. They would compete with collegiate teams, and they would win. So if your kid wanted national recognition, this is where he would want to play. Soon, there would be few, if any, collegiate football teams. That would result in fewer donations from the alumni. Universities would have to compete on academic merit alone, which is hard to quantify. The quality of higher education would suffer, but we would have great football on TV.

Now substitute “insurance providers.” Is that easier to understand?

I read that article and I can't refute any of it for the simple reason I don't have the weeks necessary to repudiate such a blatantly false piece of crap. Talk about factually void! I'm still looking for those 500 taliban leaders that were captured....Jesus H, What a load of squeeze

He gave them free healthcare on their parent's insurance until age 26, and a lifetime of crippling debt and reduced opportunity and competitiveness against the rest of the world. Of course, if they do not get free healthcare on their parent's plan, they have to pay the mandate to get their own healthcare. So if they don't manage to get on their parents plan, the get to pay a mandate for their normally healthy young lives AND face the crippling national debt and reduced competitiveness.

Frankly, young people got the very WORST of this deal while THINKING that they got the best and achieved "fairness".

Kneel, Congressman Hank Johnson sounds every bit as ignorant, stupid and ridiculous as YOU do on your 'show' day in and day out. Are you sure that the two of you were not separated at birth? Maybe you two imbeciles can switch places for a few days you ugly dope!