tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12897315.post9102996792759738864..comments2024-03-28T09:54:55.115-05:00Comments on Dad29: Esenberg's OpinionDad29http://www.blogger.com/profile/08554276286736923821noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12897315.post-45439137372505036832015-08-28T08:15:22.606-05:002015-08-28T08:15:22.606-05:00Clearly, you do not advocate open borders. At the...Clearly, you do not advocate open borders. At the same time, you insist that we cannot remove those who <b>broke the law</b> to get here. Huh? Ike did it. Why can't we? And "immigration" also includes the demi-fraudulent H1-B programs which are nicely-disguised wage-arbitrage games. Let's not forget that.<br /><br />We can agree on Keynes, although what replaces him is kinda important. Hayek? Or Pesch?<br /><br />As to reg-standards, Rick, we know that it is impossible for many components of US industry to be cost-competitive with offshore folks; that's not 'creative destruction' (assuming THAT is a 'good'). Some manufacturers--generally cap-goods--will do fine because of logistics costs. And they are. There's a reason that Toyota, Benz, and KIA build their cars in the US.<br /><br />But others, like the garment trade, paper, and leather, have been demolished, and they employed a LOT of people. <br /><br />We can all agree on the "old" Big Three. But let's also recall Harley-Davidson's history with imports, too. Wasn't it that Freedom Guy Ron Reagan, who slammed the Universal Japanese Machines with tariffs? Was Reagan wrong, too?<br /><br />See my post today about Jim Antle's thoughts on this election. Dad29https://www.blogger.com/profile/08554276286736923821noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12897315.post-27406016973410371012015-08-28T07:55:18.381-05:002015-08-28T07:55:18.381-05:00Larry, I didn't advocate open borders. I think...Larry, I didn't advocate open borders. I think that border security is important and I don't think that there should be a path to citizenship predicated on illegal entry into the country. But I also don't think we're going to round up and deport 14 million people. That's a fantasy. <br /><br />So we need not dump the borders but we should surely dump the Keynes. Pump priming almost never works no matter the state of the borders.<br /><br />I don't think that we ought to insist that other countries follow American regulatory standards. That would not only hurt American consumers, it would resign much of the world to continued poverty.In any event, as many people have pointed out, US manufacturing is quite strong. It just doesn't require as many people as i once did. That's part of the creative destruction process. We need to learn to manage it not stop it.<br /><br />You sell American-made cars. I'm sure you'd argue that they're great. But when the big three lacked competition and were in cahoots with their unions, they were crap and the international manufacturers kicked their collective ass - not because they paid workers less but because they made better cars. If the Big Three's products are better today are (and I think they are), it's because they had to meet that competition. Freedom works.Rick Esenberghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07280070509167910367noreply@blogger.com