Re: IBM vs MS...was: Re: DOLLAR COLLAPSE NOW IMMINENT

On Tue, 20 May 2008 19:27:37 -0700 (PDT), BobR
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> wrote:

>On May 20, 4:07 pm, retrogro...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
 wrote:
>> On Tue, 20 May 2008 13:10:01 -0700 (PDT), BobR
>>
>> <re...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
>> >> But if you're a cor****ation and you can get enough saps to believe
>> >> they'll pay your taxes - then they will pay your taxes as income
taxes
>> >> replace the cor****ate tax share of revenues.
>>
>> >The real hurt comes from the taxing of those cor****ations who are US
>> >cor****ations while allowing foreign cor****ations a free ride.
>>
>> So we took down the tariffs and then argued we needed taxes lowered to
>> compete?  We could do the reverse.  And did when the economy worked
>> more for the people and jobs.
>
>You won't see me arguing against tariffs, they are entirely necessary
>to level the playing field for short periods of time.  They should not
>be a permanent substitute for improved productivity or simply avoiding
>competition.


Agreement! Coool. They need readjustment and fine tuning for sure. In
our economic, manufacturing and jobs heyday, we used them to protect
wages and jobs.  We started destroying American families when we
started dismantling them in the name of "free trade". Lower wages,
fewer jobs, off shoring of manufacturing,  families where both parents
have to work and the kids are on their own. They try to tell us about
"family values" when it's clear they don't value them at all. Real
family value policies create good paying jobs with enough leisure time
to spend with your kids.