tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32931256.post4109702676588794507..comments2024-03-22T05:20:44.167-07:00Comments on The Disaffected Lib: "Buy American" - It Makes Good SenseThe Mound of Soundhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09023839743772372922noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32931256.post-87379502587952356552009-01-30T07:30:00.000-08:002009-01-30T07:30:00.000-08:00This is protectionism. Any form of subsidy or inc...This is protectionism. Any form of subsidy or incentive to buy local is a form of protectionism.<BR/><BR/>Now, for some industries it might be a prudent policy. For instance, if you wish to maintain a local critical industry such as agriculture you may have to employ some form of protectionism. However, for most other industries protectionism will only hurt you in the long run. <BR/><BR/>For example; the steel industry. Say for instance that the U.S. bans purchasing steel from outside the U.S. It will drive up U.S. steel prices, while worldwide prices will decline. Thereby making it more expensive for U.S. automakers to make vehicles in the U.S. and giving foreign imports an advantage. So what do you do next, ban foreign car imports outright, add more tarifs? <BR/><BR/>Then you will be in an all out trade war, and that will hurt everyone.<BR/><BR/>As for Canada. We are an exporting nation. If we were to get into any sort of trade war, it would hurt us more than our trading partners. We might save some jobs by making a buy-canada policy, but think of all the exports(and the corresponding jobs) we would lose if every other country we did business with did the same thing.Canadian Hegemonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09401519313667640428noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32931256.post-68619381856477290122009-01-30T02:20:00.000-08:002009-01-30T02:20:00.000-08:00Our Lib & Con leaders continue to live in the ...Our Lib & Con leaders continue to live in the dark ages on this matter. Ideals above common sense, as usual. Aaaaargh! I'm so damn frustrated.penlanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07830912393649649485noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32931256.post-61782535578244153912009-01-29T19:54:00.000-08:002009-01-29T19:54:00.000-08:00US progressives have been far more critical of off...US progressives have been far more critical of off-shoring jobs than Canadians. It's a very smart move on Obama's part. As an old-school anti-globalization partisan, I only see good things with this decision.Beijing Yorkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05579118045254845839noreply@blogger.com