[Politics_CurrentEvents_Group] Re: from a facebook discussion. I didn't write it but I agree

and WHY was that guy vandelizing cars?? He deserved what he got

--- In Politics_CurrentEvents_Group@yahoogroups.com, "Sheep&Goatlady" <springcreek@...> wrote:
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> and I do believe that Singapore is that nice country that believs in canning
> folks for minor damage to cars,, You keep singapore,,
> ** An eye for an eye makes the whole world blind Gandhi **
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> From: "zeus32117" <zeus32117@...>
> To: <Politics_CurrentEvents_Group@yahoogroups.com>
> Sent: Sunday, September 04, 2011 6:27 PM
> Subject: [Politics_CurrentEvents_Group] Re: from a facebook discussion. I
> didn't write it but I agree
>
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> > GDP per capita in Singapore was more than $62,000 in 2010. The rate of
> > unemployment was 2.2%. The ease of doing business was greater than in any
> > other country. Otherwise, Singapore would not have been as wealthy and the
> > rate of unemployment in that country would have been higher. Of course,
> > Singapore is not an ecological disaster, or a humanitarian disaster. The
> > poverty rate in that country is lower than in any other country that has a
> > population of one million or more.
> >
> > --- In Politics_CurrentEvents_Group@yahoogroups.com, "iloveubuntulinux"
> > <valchaulinux@> wrote:
> >>
> >> We shouldn't "trade" for any product that we already make or are able to
> >> make if ...it is cheaper. The only reason it's cheaper is that the labor
> >> costs in the foreign country are cheaper than ours. If we allow this
> >> kind of "trade", we lose jobs. Without jobs, economies fail. That's what
> >> we are witnessing now in the US.
> >>
> >> We can still import products if we really want to, but only under 2
> >> conditions:
> >> 1. Slap a tariff on them to the point where the price equals that of a
> >> similar US product
> >> 2. Only do this if they open their markets to an equal number of our
> >> products on their country
> >>
> >> Secondly, never ever "trade" for services. This is always a loser for
> >> the US because labor costs here are highest in the world.
> >>
> >> That's it in a nutshell - fair trade. That's what we've done except for
> >> the last 30 years or so and that's how every other nation in the world
> >> does it.
> >>
> >> The reason the economy is in the tank is that we have no jobs since
> >> we've moved to free trade. It took a few decades to feel the full
> >> effect, but now we feel it very deeply and its going to get a lot worse.
> >> Unless we get out of these bad deals, america is toast - permanently
> >>
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