[quote=CA renter]
We are a debtor nation and a net importer now. Protectionism would hurt other countries far more than it would hurt ours. I favor *fair trade* where we trade with other countries that have the same labor and environmental protections (and wages) that we do.
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There was a piece on NPR about a company trying to set up a solar power plant in Panoche Valley. Alas, blunt-nosed leopard lizard lives in the valley and the company was forced to spend $7MM (and time) to collect info for the environmental impact study. That just makes no sense – their counterpart in China will cause far more environmental damage producing energy for the Americans.
[quote=CA renter]
I have tremendous faith in the American people (as long as we can keep them from being brainwashed). We have some of the most creative, innovative, and flexible workers in the world. We can work our way out of this if we could ever get our politicians out of the capitalists’ pockets.[/quote]
This is how people in almost any country in the world would describe themselves. In case of the American workers, is the superior creativity and flexibility result of superior genes, superior education&training, harsh living conditions the workers suffered through or something else?
Based on my experience, people are mostly fungible and those who are special in some way are as likely to be American as anything else.
