Looking at from the viewpoint of the American worker perhaps, but not the American consumer.Ironically, the American economy did best when protectionist policies were in place....
Looking at from the viewpoint of the American worker perhaps, but not the American consumer.
“We lost our way and began to rationalize away our principles in the process.”
Jul 31, 2017
https://www.vox.com/policy-and-politics/2017/7/31/16072766/jeff-flake-trump-denial-noah-ark-flood
Americans as a people are lost, we should cherish the values of our ancestors.
Our lost generation isn't the millennial, it's the one after them.
http://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2017/07/31/my-party-is-in-denial-about-donald-trump-215442
Who could blame the people who felt abandoned and ignored by the major parties for reaching in despair for a candidate who offered oversimplified answers to infinitely complex questions and managed to entertain them in the process? With hindsight, it is clear that we all but ensured the rise of Donald Trump.
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Jeff Flake is a Republican senator from Arizona. This article has been excerpted from his new book, Conscience of a Conservative. Excerpted by permission of Random House. All rights reserved. No part of this excerpt may be reproduced or reprinted without permission in writing from the publisher.
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What stop a statesman like him to be elected the top job would be: Just unexplainable?
I've never believed the top job is the presidency. I'm much more informed.
P.S. I think almost every senator/congressman is troubling.
They sell their souls for money, yet preach to the poor. I'd ask how they sleep at night but I know the answer..... like a baby.
https://elitetrader.com/et/threads/chicago-boys.311728/page-3#post-4494597Interestingly, Friedman endorsed "a negative income tax to help low-income persons, a taxation of the prosperous to transfer income to the poor." - Capitalism and Freedom by Friedman, 1962
Perhaps that is a thing some voters and politicians nowadays do not quite understand well.![]()
Maybe not his further comments but that above quote applies to BOTH parties.“We lost our way and began to rationalize away our principles in the process.”
Jul 31, 2017
https://www.vox.com/policy-and-politics/2017/7/31/16072766/jeff-flake-trump-denial-noah-ark-flood
Behind China’s $1 Trillion Plan to Shake Up the Economic Order
By JANE PERLEZ and YUFAN HUANGMAY 13, 2017
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/05/13/business/china-railway-one-belt-one-road-1-trillion-plan.html
Mr. Xi’s plan stands in stark contrast to President Trump and his “America First” mantra. The Trump administration walked away from the Trans-Pacific Partnership, the American-led trade pact that was envisioned as a buttress against China’s growing influence.
“Pursuing protectionism is just like locking oneself in a dark room,” Mr. Xi told business leaders at the World Economic Forum in January.
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Along with the economic boost, tiny Laos, a landlocked country with six million people, is a linchpin in Beijing’s strategy to chip away at American power in Southeast Asia. After Mr. Trump abandoned the Trans-Pacific Partnership in January, American influence in the region is seen to be waning. The rail line through Laos would provide a link to countries that China wants to bring firmly into its fold.