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

but caning is used there, You like Singapore,, it is one of the most
controlling cities in the world, Go and live there if you like it so much,
** An eye for an eye makes the whole world blind Gandhi **
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From: "zeus32117" <zeus32117@yahoo.com>
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Sent: Monday, September 05, 2011 5:06 AM
Subject: [Politics_CurrentEvents_Group] Re: from a facebook discussion. I
didn't write it but I agree

>I do not like everything that's going on in Singapore either. I am in
>principle opposed to punishment. Singapore would have been even more
>prosperous than it already is if punishment was not used over there.
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> --- In Politics_CurrentEvents_Group@yahoogroups.com, "Sheep&Goatlady"
> <springcreek@...> wrote:
>>
>> 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
>>
>>
>> > 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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