Recent content by mtj458

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This whole argument is a fallacy. People X, Y, and Z support bad ideas A, B, and C. X, Y, and Z also support D. Therefore D is bad. It's a non sequitur. Let's argue the merits of free trade and leave the rest out of it. Just because a "globalist" supports free trade doesn't mean you shouldn't.

Looking forward to the response freshjiva. I'm curious how a 1930 act could trigger a 1929 crash though. I've heard more more free market economists claim it has prolonged (well, not really prolonged, but worsened) than caused the depression, but few seem to think it was a very big deal. If...

lol...read my post again. I said free trade economists don't think it caused the Depression, not ignorant posters on Ron Paul's forums don't think it caused the Depression. If you want to correct people on misinterpretations of history than fine, that's great and you're right in this instance...

You have basically asserted that free trade economists hold the position that Smoot-Hawley was the main cause of the Great Depression and smacked it down. Problem is, hardly any free trade economists think that. Most agree that Smoot-Hawley was a negative, but not the cause for the presence or...

My fault, I thought you were being sarcastic

But isn't your view that a much smaller minority should impose their worldview on the rest of us? Keep thinking that everyone who's not an anarchist must be pure evil, I'm sure that will win the naysayers over eventually. And by the way, I don't think tipsshould be taxed. I'd bet there a lot...

Government regulations are not the same as trade restrictions. But regardless, look at the unemployment rate over the last 15 years- obviously our society can support a stable amount of jobs. Seems like a lot of people here have a weird obsession with manufacturing jobs over service jobs and...

Haven't read through the whole thread of course, but here's my two cents: I'm a minarchist and I find anarchy largely impractical. Morally, I agree 100% with anarchists, but I don't hold morals as an absolute important thing. I'm willing to live in a society where the government provides some...

For all the talk of there being no jobs left, can anyone give me any evidence that OUTSIDE of a recession, our job numbers are any worse than they have been historically? Unless you are naive enough to blame the recession on free trade, I just don't understand the argument. I mean, I want my...

Does this make Bachmann more cool or Mises less cool?

Yes, nobody is saying it. What were saying is that it's a good thing their wages are doubling or increasing sevenfold regardless of what the motives of their employers are. Can you really not see the difference? And it's not socially beneficial to get rid of our best jobs, so it a good thing...

I just don't understand this at all. Nobody is saying that the corporations are hiring low wage workers in the third world because of altruism. Just like how nobody is saying that employers hire workers domestically out of altruism. If you applied the same logic to our domestic economy, you'd...

It's disappointing to see some of you cheer the NFL ending. The whole point of liberty is having the freedom to live your life to the fullest. I'd rather put up with some government bs and be able to enjoy football than be able to have "freedom" and nothing fun to spend my free time on...

Seriously, if Johnson was a typical neocon pandering for votes do you really thing he'd run with his main platform as drug legalization? To think that Johnson, with that platform, is only in it to win it is pretty much to think he's an idiot. At the very least, he's probably the best governor...