US Govt. listens to Phoenixboi

well maybe not..

Published on May 19, 2005 By Phoenixboi In Blogging

Just a couple of days after I wrote this article on how we are buying foreign goods and how it is hurting the local economies Link

The US Government has put a limit on imports of Chinese made textile products into the country.
Link

Almost as if they read my blog..

Well.. who knows.

Maybe they are really listening!

Comments

Phoenixboi

on May 19, 2005

cute granny!

yeah i think so too.. do you think she is listening?

Champas Socialist

on May 20, 2005

What a pity, personally I'm all for the Buy Foreign campaign. Support poor people, we're fine.

Phoenixboi

on May 20, 2005

Support poor people, we're fine.

Yeah but while your supporting them .. your screwing your own country and workers.

bakerstreet

on May 20, 2005

" What a pity, personally I'm all for the Buy Foreign campaign. Support poor people, we're fine."

You aren't supporting them, you are supporting their exploitation by your own companies at the expense of your own countrymen. You are supporting the same people who'd be getting rich either way, you're just promoting them paying someone 50 cents an hour...

I would also question the sanity of someone who believes Australia doesn't have any poor. I would imagine a great many people there would differ.

Dr Guy

on May 20, 2005

Why wouldn't they listen to you? You are THE Phoenixboi after all!

bakerstreet

on May 20, 2005

As for the government "listening", that ignores the fact that this has been ongoing for decades. Don't forget that not only does a nation have to import, they also have to export.

If the US government decided to torpedo our ability to export to China, a nation with a billion+ consumers, it would be just as irresponsible as alloing imports to harm domestic production. Many of the most sought-after items in the world are made in the US, and the Chinese would have no qualms about slapping huge trade penalties on their import.

It is a two-way street. Without being able to export US businesses would fail, and if you mess with other nations ability to export TO America, they screw with your ability to export to them.

Phoenixboi

on May 20, 2005

Baker I agree with your points wholeheartedly!

It should be a two way street! We should be trading equally, unfortunately we are talking about large corporations who are expoliting the workers rather than helping the people that they should be, the workers.

Thanks Baker.

Phoenixboi

on May 20, 2005

You are THE Phoenixboi after all!

Dr Guy... exactly!

bakerstreet

on May 20, 2005

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